Let’s focus on the charmingest bits of Stony Brook and the Setaukets that lie between Route 25A and the Long Island Sound.

If you're looking for a go-to Chinese restaurant on Buford Highway, then you should add Yummy Spicy to your rotation. Why it matters: This no-nonsense restaurant has a large menu filled with Sichuan ...

From left to right: Dumplings, Yummy Spicy Chicken and beef stir-fried with vegetables at Yummy Spicy in Doraville. Photo: Kristal Dixon/Axios ...

Sarah Copeland’s sweet and spicy tofu with soba noodles. David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.

The crispy vegetarian dumplings are even better: golden, delicately spiced and filled with chopped cabbage and carrot. The Sichuan aromatic duck is the star of the show.

With golden rice with red curry paste, salmon, crunchy vegetables and a soya-ginger-lime sauce to liven things up, this crispy rice salad is an explosion of flavors.