Chez Xue

Famous for inch-thick green onion pancakes made fresh to order.

Chez Xue puts handmade pancakes, dumplings and noodles at the center of the meal, with regional preparations that give familiar ingredients a different personality. Chez Xue at 1000 Metro Center Boulevard in Foster City offers a Chinese menu with a strong emphasis on handmade pastries and noodles. Its thick green-onion pancakes are made from scratch and served with the restaurant's spicy minced-pork Godfather's Sauce. Pork potstickers, wontons with bok choy, and a pork-belly bun provide other starting points, while a beef-filled flaky wrap adds cucumber, cilantro and sweet bean sauce. Noodle preparations show several regional influences: Shanghainese scallion noodles use a house-prepared onion oil, Changsha noodles combine jalapeños and scrambled eggs, and Beijing-style noodles feature fermented-soybean sauce with minced pork. Braised green-bean noodles and tomato-beef noodles round out the selection. For Chinese food in Foster City, Chez Xue gives diners a range of textures and heat levels, from crisp-edged pancakes and pan-fried dumplings to sauced noodles and light wonton broth.