Any new/interesting chinese dishes in SGV?

Yeah, in fact it was my Singaporean friend that trashed Jitlada and the HK friend agreed too. Ha.. I agree with you, it's probably too ethnic for them. I told them luckily I didn't recommend another Thai restaurant (I believe it's northern Thai) where the menu is available only in Thai. Cannot remember the name now. Yeah, very surprised though. I wonder if taking an extra hour for them to find the place had something to do with it. =)

Yep, NBC over Elite.. confused the heck out of me. She thought the dimsum was a tad bland, that she had to add soy sauce. I dunno, she compared every dimsum to HK and told me the difference.

I gotta say, their palate is slightly different than mine for sure. Honestly I am very surprised that they dislike the heavy favorite like Elite, Park's BBQ, and Jitlada. Again, thanks so much for the help, truly appreciate it. Have a good one!

neakox37 in Los Angeles Area

Any new/interesting chinese dishes in SGV?

Ha.. I used to lived in the MidWest and guess what my parents enjoyed the most? Yup, americanized chinese buffet.

My final report. We went to Elite for dimsum, I absolutely loved Elite, my friends preferred NBC instead and dissed Elite. Oh.. I don't dare to criticize her since she's from HK. The positive everyone loved the frog leg at Elite. As for me, I thought their har gow is the best in US, the rest were great too. =)

Then took them to the Hokaido Fair, but the special noodle was out. But they enjoyed the trip the trip to Torrance though. We trip the Kari Bao (Curry puff) and ice cream which we all thought was just so so.

For dinner I took them to Kiriko on Sawtelle for sushi and sashimi. They liked Kiriko, everyone loved the white fish sashimi especially the barracuda and halibut. They saw Hui Low Sun and wanted to have dessert there, I was warned by a friend not to go there, but my friends insisted. So we went, and all were disappointed. =)

Recommended several other places to them for Monday since I had to work. The picked Sunday Bistro and glad to hear to enjoyed their meal there. Dinner they wanted congee/porridge, so we went to Lu's Garden. They liked it.

Tuesday, they decided to try Thai, so they went to Jitlada. Wow.. they totally trashed Jitlada; they disliked pretty much all 3 of the dishes they ordered. Yikes, very surprising to me. They said Yelp's rating for Jitlada is overrated.. ha.

For dinner, they wanted to eat seafood at Newport. They loved Newport, whew, glad to hear that. So I didn't do too well in terms of recommendation, but I realized their taste now which is quite different than mine. Hopefully I'll do better next time, thanks again for all the suggestions provide, again I truly appreciate it.

neakox37 in Los Angeles Area

Any new/interesting chinese dishes in SGV?

Just a feedback. Turned out that these 2 friends of mine are very "asian" and want basically asian food. They want to try Korean, Japanese and Cantonese Seafood. Took them to Park's BBQ, got the Prime Short Rib, Bulgogi, HotStone vege rice, and Beef Ginseng Soup. We all loved the soup, I loved the HotStone Pot rice, the rice was a tad soft for them (like the taste), I think I'm the only one who enjoyed the BBQ (though I think it's not the best), both were lukewarm about the BBQ. My friend didn't end up ordering soju nor beer, he's trying to keep his figure for his wedding in 2 months. =)

They want to try Newport Seafood for its seafood. Now we're heading to Elite for dim sum. Just a quick feedback. Thanks!

neakox37 in Los Angeles Area

Any new/interesting chinese dishes in SGV?

Wow, thanks so much for taking the time to write up your recommendation, really appreciate it. You're right, I should go with SoCal's strengths and pick different food/fruits/drinks that's new to them.

I mentioned chinese initially since I live in SGV, ha, wanna see what they think as that's definitely a strength in SGV. I've added Mei Long to the list instead of Savoy (big upgrade =), I have always wanted to try their xiao long bao coz I heard it's closer to Taiwan's Din Tai Feng which I absolutely loved (not Arcadia's DTF).

Thanks to your tips regarding how Singaporean love grill stuff, kabob and BBQ suggestion, I will bring them to Park's BBQ in KTown (salivating just thinking about it). My friend love to drink too, so we can get some korean soju there too (kill several birds with one stone =).

I will save Palate, Fraiche, Apple for my next date instead =). The Peruvian suggestion really sounds good since they love seafood, I'll definitely suggest and urge them to try that out.

Now I think I just need to read up Chow to find a couple of good chinese/cantonese restaurants here just in case. Continue reading. =)

Again, thanks so much!! You have been most helpful.

neakox37 in Los Angeles Area