The spread at Super Dumpling Cafe. | Super Dumping San Diego’s Chinese food landscape keeps getting more exciting, with restaurants of all sizes representing China’s vast and varied regional cuisine. In addition to familiar Chinese American dishes, restaurants are spending time making re gional specialties from gastronomic centers like Yangzhou, Shanghai, Xian, Hunan, and Hong Kong. While there’s room to grow, the appetite of San Diego diners is becoming more sophisticated and familiar with the nuances and complexities intrinsic to Chinese cooking. The city’s first Chinatown was established in the 1860s, encompassing an eight-block district where the Gaslamp Quarter sits today. Since then, standout Chinese restaurants have spread far and wide, from Kearny Mesa to North County and beyond. In this update, newcomer Super Dumpling Cafe and resurrected Convey Street darling China Max enter the map; Golden City Restaurant and Shancheng Lameizi Hot Pot, which have closed, leave. ...read more read less