You can find spicy Sichuan, Cantonese dumplings, Hunan smoked meats, and sweet and sour dishes from Shanghai here in the Des Moines metro.

I had my first and last meal at Sam Wo. After 117 years (with a three-year pause during its relocation to 713 Clay Street), the Chinatown institution served its last barbecue pork noodle roll on ...