Beef cheese pancake, steamed dumplings, beef rolls, pork spare ribs, jalapeño bell pepper with pork, mapo tofu and rice noodle with shrimp at Dainty Cuisine in Cupertino, Calif., May 22, 2024.

A Chinese grain spirit called baijiu is paired with brie, pear cordial, and a bitter apertif to marry the complex fermented flavors. There’s also a hidden theme in the name of each cocktail (hint: Ma ...

Dainty Cuisine, which opened in the clean, spacious Eat Up! food court next to a shiny 99 Ranch in late 2023, meets these hallmarks of quality, affordable Chinese food — with a few hard-to-find ...