A friend of mine introduced me to this organic Chinese cafe called Green Zone at SGV. Their under construction website titled itself ‘Fine Organic Cuisine’, though it seems to be their menu is more like casual Hong Kong diner staples (Wonton Noodle, Hainan Chicken Rice, Pasta, Curry), but they were made with a lot of […]
Tags: Chinese, Hong Kong, Organic, Vegetarian
A new noodle place called Bamboodles opened in San Gabriel Valley. It specialized in “jook-sing mein“, or Bamboo Noodle in English, a rare Cantonese noodle dish in which they use a large bamboo stick to tenderize the dough. If anyone seen that Hong Kong episode of Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservvation, you would remember the part […]
My parents told me about this new-ish place that specialize Chinese breakfast and good beef pancake near where they live. It has an odd name in English: “Doe Jon Station”. I assume “Doe Jon” means “Dou Jiang” (Soy Milk) as its Chinese name is “豆漿大王”, or “The King of Soy Milk” in English. According to […]
We drove out to San Gabriel for some Xinjiang skewers. This place 818 JN Kitchen has a banner outside that saids “LA’s Authentic Xinjiang BBQ Skewers” in chinese. The place is very tiny and the front tables are rather close to the skewers grill. There was no AC so it was very hot (try getting […]
Tags: Chinese
Rumor has it that chefs from Sea Harbor (another popular Dim Sum place) had jumped ship to this place, so we came here for a try. There is no wait as we arrived early enough at 11. Big banquet style dining room. Creamy Chicken Pineapple bun. Pineapple is just a name for the type of […]
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