Happy Holidays! I went with a group of 10 to try Hunan food at San Gabriel Valley. Hunan is a regional Chinese cuisine that’s signature for the dry hot kind of spicy flavor (as opposed to Szechuan’s numbing hot). And as the pictures show, the food has bold, vibrant colors. Everyone was gulping down bottles […]
Archive for the ‘01: San Gabriel’ Category
December 27, 2007
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Hunan Seafood Restaurant (San Gabriel)
By Freda in 01: San Gabriel, Favorite Food Entries
November 30, 2007
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Shin Sen Gumi – Ramen (San Gabriel)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielNo need to head over to South Bay for Shin Sen Gumi‘s Ramen anymore~ 😀 They opened a chain at San Gabriel for awhile. As expected there’re long queue everytime we went. The ordering paper gave you choices for 1) hard, normal or soft noodle, 2) oily, normal, less oily soup and 3) strong, normal […]
September 28, 2007
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Perfectly Sweet (West Main Street)
By Joan in 01: San GabrielWe suddenly had craving for sweet and come upon Perfectly Sweet, a sugar-free bakery and pastry shop in Alhambra on Main street. The interior is “too cute” (as Jon called it) french country-like with an open kitchen where you can see bakers busily making cakes. There’re lots of choices on the display case and we […]
Tags: Cake
September 13, 2007
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Hui Lau Shan Healthy Desserts (Alhambra)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielHong Kong dessert chain Hui Lau Shan Healthy Desserts (?) on Valley Blvd. is a modern take of the traditional Chinese “Leung Cha Po” (Herbal Tea Room). This updated version is more commercialized with pop graphics, less herbal drinks with more focus on friendly sweet desserts. Their house specialty seems to be mango pudding. They […]
September 13, 2007
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Old Country (Valley)
By Freda in 01: San GabrielOld Country is a small Taiwanese snack joint that offers typical Taiwanese snacks (pig intestines, sausages, oyster pancakes) and shaved ice. Sausage Rice The eatery area are counter seats where everyone’s watching TV playing Taiwanese news. The room next door is a manga reading room.
