ramblings of a Seattle travel, food and photography hound
The dim sum here was good but not enough to prefer going to Jade Garden or Top Gun. Selection of dim sum is more limited than other places. Unless you want just the standard stuff (which does come around in a cart), you have to order from a picture menu, things such as turnip cakes... Continue Reading →
Chang's Garden is a popular Chinese restaurant in Arcadia, enough so that you could wind up waiting to get seated. We got there early enough that we got seated right away. Within a half hour, the place was packed and customers waiting outside. A small dish of boiled peanuts was given to every table. Interesting... Continue Reading →
With Golden Deli and Newport Seafood in the same strip mall, life can be tough for another restaurant. Yet, here sits Southern Mini Town (Xiao Nan Gou), a Szechwan restaurant with excellent prices, in its own right well-regarded. Lunch menu items start at $4.95. A week ago, we ordered beef with green onions, preserved vegetable noodle... Continue Reading →
Bamboodles makes its own bamboo stick noodles from a technique developed in China by a master named Hu Min in the early twentieth century. The chef here learned his trade from one of Min's disciples. The kneading of bamboo stick noodle dough is done by the master who straddles (actually, it looks more like a... Continue Reading →
On this visit to Southern California, we read a review in the Los Angeles Times of Kam Hong Garden, a Chinese restaurant in Monterey Park that specialized in making its own noodles. Here, they offer four kinds of pasta: hand-pulled (la mian), knife-cut (bai mian), hand-shaven (dao xiao mian), and flat noodles that are wider... Continue Reading →
One person, the proprietess of Wonton City, runs the entire operation: preps, cooks, waits and cashiers. Who we presume to be a daughter occasionally helps out. In a tiny space in the Lake Hills Shopping Center, having no more than 10 tables, she serves noodles and congee (rice porridge) at very reasonable prices. Of the... Continue Reading →
In a standalone building that used to be occupied by Turkey House many years ago, it has since changed hands and become Greenwood Mandarin, a Chinese restaurant with an extensive menu. It has changed hands twice itself, although the name has been retained. It doesn't appear to draw much of a Chinese clientele, mainly supported... Continue Reading →
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