Chan's Eatery is a Chinese restaurant on Riddiford Street in Newtown, Wellington, rated 4.8 on Google, with its menu available to browse online. A good Chinese meal is built around shared dishes ordered family-style, with rice anchoring the table, so a group of three or four tastes far more by choosing several plates than one each. Menus usually run deeper than the familiar fried staples, and the steamed, braised or wok-tossed dishes down the side of the list are often where a kitchen shows its range. Regulars tend to trust the rooms that local families fill, and they ask what is good that day rather than settling for the same safe plate each visit. For that kind of table, Chan's Eatery sits on Newtown's busy Riddiford Street eating strip.