Canton Cooks   

If you ask an Atlanta native where to get good Chinese food, Buford Highway will invariably come out of their mouth. While Buford Highway has been the one of the only places to get authentic Asian cuisine in the metro Atlanta area for years, Sandy Springs is catching up quickly. One of the prime examples is Canton Cooks. Dau and Kathy Tang, formerly of China Cooks, own and run this Cantonese restaurant located in a strip mall next to a Whole Foods Market. If you have a taste for the unusual, try the popular frog's legs in kung pao sauce or the steamed and batter-fried duck nuggets. The restaurant boasts plenty of fresh seafood choices and has a tank full of lobsters to prove it. The interior is nondescript, much like your local Chinese takeout joint, with bright fluorescent lights reflecting off the plastic covered tables.