Sijie is a mini-chain with a few locations in Northern California, and hopefully it’s just a matter of time until their soup dumplings pepper Central Texas, too. It’s located in a strip mall in Northwest Austin with a large dining room blasting soft-rock ballads where tiny robots on wheels deliver plates of food to tables that already have too many dishes on them. In a city full of great Chinese food, Sijie offers a combination of variety and quality that you won’t find anywhere else in Austin. It’s hard to narrow down your order from a menu with nearly 200 items, but start with pan-fried soup buns and grilled lamb kebabs, and finish off with thick and chewy housemade noodles with sweet garlic pork. Show up with a group and make an even bigger dent in the menu, then head to Pinballz next door to burn off some of those calories with a round of laser tag.