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Sumiao Hunan Kitchen
Hunan
Hunan cooking is a different beast from the Cantonese or Szechuan you probably know, and this Kendall Square restaurant is one of the few places around Boston doing it right. The Michelin Bib Gourmand goes to a menu built around heat, funk, and ferment, where even the General Tso's runs on a house-made sauce. The spicy cucumbers alone have regulars ordering doubles. A lively room, casual prices, and the kind of food that makes you ignore your phone.
The awards strongest first
- Chinese Restaurant Awards Elite 12 United States
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Boston Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Boston
- Boston Magazine 2025 · Best Chinese Restaurant · Best of Boston
One number, weighted & current 86
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Beef on fire
“The Beef on Fire captures the appeal of a Hunan home-style stir-fry, combining tender beef, fresh peppers and aromatic seasonings in a lively, full-flavoured dish.”
Chinese Restaurant Awards, 2026 -
Homemade tofu
“The Homemade Tofu offers a gentler contrast in texture, with soft tofu carrying the flavour of its sauce.”
Chinese Restaurant Awards, 2026 -
Stir-fried rice noodles
“Chef Zhang's stir-fried rice noodles are a delightful heap strewn with egg, chives, cabbage and bits of pickled green beans”
Michelin Guide -
Red-braised pork belly
“Those unaccustomed to the slippery texture of fat might flinch at the sheer amount in the red-braised pork belly, but this classic sweet-savory dish of Hunan warms and satisfies like few others.”
The New York Times
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