Open Rice

Name: Open Rice
Address: 1100 Metropolitan Ave, Charlotte, NC, 28204, US
Telephone: (980) 219-8312
Price range: $$

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1100 Metropolitan Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204
(980) 219-8312
Last verified: October 2026
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Xiao long bao: Shanghai-style "soup dumplings": a thin pleated wrapper around seasoned pork and a cube of gelatinized stock that melts into hot broth as it steams. Eat them from a spoon: bite a corner, sip the soup, then finish the dumpling with a little black vinegar and ginger. On this menu as: Pork and Shrimp Xiao Long Bao.
Bao: Soft, slightly sweet steamed yeast buns. Filled versions (baozi) hold barbecued pork (char siu bao), vegetables, custard or red bean; baked char siu bao has a glossy golden crust instead. Unfilled folded buns (gua bao, "lotus leaf buns") come with braised pork belly or Peking duck to stuff at the table. On this menu as: Pork and Shrimp Xiao Long Bao.
Dan dan noodles: A Sichuan street dish: wheat noodles under a sauce of chili oil, Sichuan peppercorn, sesame paste and preserved vegetable, topped with crumbled fried pork and stirred together at the table. Numbing, nutty and savory rather than simply hot. On this menu as: Szechuan Dan Dan Noodles.
Hand-pulled noodles: Noodles stretched by hand from a single rope of dough (la mian) or shaved straight into boiling water from a block (knife-cut, dao xiao mian). Chewy and irregular, they are the base of northwestern dishes like beef noodle soup, cumin lamb noodles and Xi'an's wide biang biang noodles. On this menu as: Hand-pulled Ramen with Pork Belly.
Char siu: Cantonese barbecued pork: strips of shoulder or belly marinated in hoisin, honey, soy and five-spice, roasted until the edges char and lacquer red. Sliced over rice, folded into buns, or hung in the window with roast duck and soy chicken. On this menu as: Hong Kong Char Siu.
Peking duck: Beijing's showpiece: a whole duck air-dried and roasted until the skin is glass-crisp, carved at the table and wrapped in thin pancakes with scallion, cucumber and sweet bean sauce. Usually ordered ahead and priced whole or half. Cantonese roast duck is a different, marinated bird served chopped over rice. On this menu as: Cantonese Roasted Duck.

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Baotypically $8.95 across 206 menus
Char siutypically $8.50 across 163 menus
Peking ducktypically $19.95 across 160 menus
Xiao long baotypically $11.48 across 127 menus
Dan dan noodlestypically $12.95 across 88 menus
Hand-pulled noodlestypically $9.95 across 23 menus

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