Archive for the ‘01: San Gabriel’ Category

June 5, 2007 2

101 Noodle Express (San Gabriel)

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Been craving for good cheap rustic Chinese eats. Just so happen that J. Gold did a review‘s on this place. With a generic name like “101 Noodle Express”, how good could it be!? (they do have a much better name in Chinese). But a Northern Chinese place that specialized dumplings and other Northern specialties is […]

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June 4, 2007 2

NRN Noodle (San Gabriel)

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I haven’t frequent the San Gabriel/Alhambra area much so I’m always in awed by all these new obscure exotic regional mainland Chinese specialty restaurants popping up here and there. We saw the sign of this newly open place and went in for a try. They specialized in ONE type of noodle called Luo Si Fen […]

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April 19, 2007 2

Macau Street (Monterey Park)

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Like Hong Kong, Macau also has an unique colonial food culture shaped by Cantonese + Portuguese cuisine. Usually you can get some Macau dishes from Hong Kong “Western” cafe (such as Tasty Garden). Macau Street is a similar but with Macaunese centric food. From lunch special: Macau tomato chili sauce noodle, taste like Bolognese but […]

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April 4, 2007 5

Seafood Village (Temple City)

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Peking duck was nice. But Southern Chinese seafood gourmet is still my favorite kind of Chinese cuisine. The acclaimed Seafood Village (Bei Fung Tong in Chinese) in Monterey Park opened a branch in Temple City. We got there before 6, just early enough to beat the insane crowd. They specialized in Chiu Chow Cuisine (Chiu […]

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April 2, 2007 6

Lu Din Gee (San Gabriel)

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Nine of us dined at this Chinese restaurant Lu Din Gee specialized in Peking Duck. We got carried away and ended up ordering too many food. We got hungry while waiting for the rest of our party to arrive so we ordered the cold appetizer Sauteed Pork Slices. Thin, non-oily and tasty, very good! The […]

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