A bowl of raw seafood, including salmon and salmon roe, on rice, served on a wooden tray with miso soup. — The Tokyo don, plus extra salmon, at Tora Japanese Restaurant in Chinatown

12 Excellent Chinatown and Leather District Restaurants That Deliver

Kaisen don, Chinese barbecue skewers, ramen-crusted fried chicken, and more

by Rachel Leah Blumenthal@blumie Apr 13, 2020, 4:22pm EDT

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The Tokyo don, plus extra salmon, at Tora Japanese Restaurant in Chinatown

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by Rachel Leah Blumenthal@blumie Apr 13, 2020, 4:22pm EDT

Here are 12 excellent restaurants in Boston’s Chinatown and Leather District neighborhoods that are offering delivery during the ongoing pandemic. Stay tuned for curated picks for other neighborhoods in and around Boston.

Note: To best support restaurants — and they really need support right now — order directly from a restaurant’s own website or phone number, if possible, rather than via third-party apps, which typically take a large cut of each order.

For a broader look at delivery options in Boston and beyond — and takeout options, too — check this list. For all Eater Boston coverage about COVID-19, check here.

Asian Garden Restaurant

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Asian Garden serves a large menu that runs the gamut from Hong Kong-style tea and coffee with various toasts to Cantonese-style lobster to hot pots and sizzling hot plates to porridges. There are even lobster set menus for eight or 10 people. The best way to order from Asian Garden is via phone as the market specials (a lot of seafood dishes, especially) are not available for online ordering. Note that the delivery minimum is $100 (plus a $10 fee), and the radius includes most of Boston.

Order: (617) 695-1646 / Official Site

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28 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 695-1646

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Friendship BBQ Boston

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With locations in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Illinois, Friendship BBQ came to Boston in early 2020, serving Chinese barbecue with a focus on meat and seafood skewers. Delivery is available for lunch and dinner daily.

Order: Chowbus / Grubhub / Ricepo / Uber Eats

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42 Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 988-0660

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Seasoned meat on bamboo skewers — Skewers at Friendship BBQ

Gourmet Dumpling House

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One of several popular soup dumpling destinations in Chinatown, Gourmet Dumpling House is currently operating under slightly reduced hours (no late-night dumplings for now) and delivering a limited menu that fortunately includes the soup dumplings. (They’re listed as mini juicy dumplings with pork on the menu.) Also available: Sichuan-style sliced fish, cumin lamb, braised eggplant with basil, and more.

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52 Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 338-6223

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A metal steamer containing eight plump Chinese soup dumplings — Soup dumplings at Gourmet Dumpling House

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Spicy World

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Spicy World — which has a Malden offshoot in addition to this Chinatown location — is best known for its Sichuan-style skewer pots, which let the customer choose a spice level, rice and noodle components, and skewer components (various vegetables, fungi, meats, and more). Delivering lunch and dinner daily, with an abbreviated lunch menu that focuses on the skewer pot and noodle soups.

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7 Beach St, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 654-2980

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Penang Malaysian Cuisine

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One of Boston’s only sources of Malaysian food, Penang is delivering lunch and dinner daily: nasi lemak, fish head soup with rice noodles, curry beef brisket casserole, roti canai, and more.

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685 Washington St, Boston, MA 02116

(617) 451-6373

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A Malaysian fish — curry chicken, rice, and a hard-boiled egg — on a banana leaf on a blue plate — Nasi lemak at Penang

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Hong Kong Eatery

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A Cantonese mainstay, around since the 1980s. Try the sauteed duck tongues in XO sauce. Hong Kong eatery is delivering lunch and dinner daily.

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79 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 423-0838

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A white plate with a blue floral pattern around the edge holds a Chinese beef and rice dish. — Beef in Beijing sauce at Hong Kong Eatery

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Royaltea

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Cheese teas, milk teas, and fruit teas in a variety of flavors.

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23b Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111

(781) 400-9047

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Double Chin

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Looking for over-the-top Hong Kong-style French toast, pork mapo tofu nachos, ramen-crusted fried chicken, scallion pancake sandwiches, and other comfort food? This is your spot. Open late.

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86 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 482-0682

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Cube Toast is a doughy exterior stuffed with several scoops of ice cream, candy pouring out, Pocky sticks, and chocolate syrup — Double Chin’s cube toast

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Tora Japanese Restaurant

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Tora serves a range of excellent Japanese food, with a focus on kaisen don — rice bowls topped with sashimi. Delivery is available for lunch and dinner daily.

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20B Tyler St, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 542-6688

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Crave - Mad for Chicken

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As the name suggests, this restaurant is all about chicken — Korean-style fried wings and drums, chicken and waffles, and more. But that’s not all; there’s also a lot of sushi and sashimi, as well as some Korean entrees. Lunch and dinner available daily.

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75 Kneeland St, Boston, MA 02111

(617) 338-0188

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A couple metal trays of saucy chicken wings — Wings at Crave - Mad for Chicken

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APM Coffee

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APM Coffee is open from morning until late afternoon, delivering smoothies and smoothie bowls, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, pancakes, avocado toast, tea and coffee drinks, and more.

Order: Caviar / DoorDash / Grubhub / Uber Eats