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BEST CHINESE IN MONTEREY PARK
Does it have to be actually Monterey Park? How about the contiguous towns like Alhambra, Rosemead, San Gabril?
Cantonese style Chinese on the Eastside for 30 ppl
Oh, that changes everything. Old time Canto is rare and there is considerable disagreement as to whether any of the remaining places is any good. This thread pretty much discusses all the possibilities. Maybe Chinese Garden in Montebello.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/545283
SGV Chinese Seafood for beginners, experts please advise
Newport Seafood is fine, but you will pay market rate for lobster, whereas a lot of other places will have lobster specials (e.g., free with $50 of other dishes, $3.00 if you order two other dishes). You might want to try one of the larger restaurants for the ambience, such as NBC, Ocean Star or New Capital. Bottom line is that you really can't go wrong with any of the places mentioned on this board.
Riverside: University Cafe
Brief mention on the California board.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/590242#4367029
PV Palace Dim Sum - Anyone Tried it?
It's been mentioned a few times. Here's one post.
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/582830
Green Village (review + pics)
Yes, it's been shut for the year. Was even the lead part of an LA Times story on vacant shopping malls. Rowland Heights branch is still open, though.
Excellent Take Out Chinese Near Silver Lake?
Actually that would be my first thought, too. Also maybe Hoy King or Golden City.
Excellent Take Out Chinese Near Silver Lake?
It's just too close to Chinatown. Just like Pasadena is too close to Monterey Park to have its own good Chinese food.
Excellent Take Out Chinese Near Silver Lake?
Nada. You're out of luck. You'll have to go to Chinatown.
Vietnamese Coffee Houses in Orange County
Has anybody tried these and are they any good?
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/says-nguyen-coffee-2422678-caf-girls
New Formosa Cafe?
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/393882
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/545283
Chinatown dimsum
You're not going to wow her anyplace in Chinatown. CBS Seafood is OK.
Dim Sum in Diamond Bar/Rowland Heights?
A sizable minority of Cantonese dim sum restaurants do XLB, but the theorem that you don't eat non-Cantonese food at a Cantonese restaurant and vice versa holds up.
the quest for cobbler
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/490930?tag=search_results;results_list
Ensenada Style Fish Tacos in LA
No further than driving to the San Gabriel Valley for Chinese food.
Another SGV DimSum Query
New Capital doesn't get a lot of props for quality. Not to say that it's bad, since it isn't, but it's really the value alternative when it comes to dim sum. Capital (on Garvey) has a lot of nice items and very nice decor.
140 San Gabriel Square
Yeah, Tung Lai Shun the Islamic place was the only real destination restaurant there. Also Green Village years ago. Bunch of specialty restaurants there --certainly not bad, but not spectacular either. 108 Cafe good for shaved ice.
CHINATOWN- is there anything worth it?
Except as the first response at the top of the thread points out, it's the "former" Sam Woo now.
Lunch in East LA/monterey park?
Silver & Gold Amazing. (Thanks, I guess, to C. Thi for spilling the beans.)
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/restaurants/la-fo-find1-2009apr01,0,1776541.story
Best Zha Liang? (Rice Sheet-Wrapped Chinese Doughnuts)
Good 'n cheap at Yum Cha Cafe.
Frozen dumplings?
Actually the better alternative is to buy them direct from the restaurants. You get a higher quality product for a good price. Hopefully other Hounds can tell you which of the San Gabriel Valley dumpling restaurants you should be buying from as many, though not all will sell them frozen uncooked.
a better chinese breakfast?
I believe the Board favorite is Four Sea Restaurant in the Von's shopping center on Hacienda Blvd. in Hacienda Heights.
Brea/Rowland Heights area
A little further west in Hacienda Heights is West Coast Seafood, the only really decent and authentic Chinese buffet in the L.A. area. It's on Azusa Ave. across from the west entrance to the Puente Hills mall. Chinese families always bring little kids so you wouldn't be out of place. I think weeknight dinner might be somewhere in the $15 range plus or minus.
ISO of Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown that takes Reservations
Plum Tree left Hill St. in 2007. It's on Broadway now. Food is very Americanized.
Take a Bao in Century City
I think the predominant sentiment would be "Don't bother"
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/565340
Dim sum for dinner tonight?
Not really except for leftover takeout food. See thread from last month. Maybe Joss is Beverly Hills?
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/577976
