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Restaurant Los Angeles

Happy Kitchen: Finding Harbinger of Good Chinese Food in SGV [CLOSED]

It’s not exactly a secret that the San Gabriel Valley long ago supplanted L.A.’s Chinatown as Mecca for Chinese food in Southern California. Drive Valley Boulevard alone and you’ll face a staggering array of...
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Chinese Food Los Angeles

Happy Kitchen Double Cooked Pork [CLOSED]

Linda Burum’s Los Angeles Times review led me a familiar San Gabriel strip mall for an unfamiliar restaurant: Happy Kitchen. We filled our table with dishes from chef Jixian Liang’s menu, perhaps none better...
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Chinese Food Los Angeles

Lu’s Garden: Hitting Late Night Hunan-Style in the SGV

Angelenos continually bemoan the fact that late night dining options are so limited, but for the past 21 years, San Gabriel has housed one of the city’s best moonlit haunts, a Taiwan-style cafeteria and...
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Malan Noodles: Northern China Noodle Chain Blooms in the SGV

There aren’t many 100-branch chains in the U.S. that can inspire confidence. In-N-Out certainly has its proponents, and Five Guys is an emerging burger brand from Virginia…and that’s about it. In and around Beijing,...
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Shufeng Garden: Sichuan Sizzle Revives San Gabriel Square [CLOSED]

For years, San Gabriel Square was the crown jewel of the San Gabriel Valley, an open-air, double-decker mall with nearly a dozen enticing restaurants. However, turnover and attrition led to increasingly dim dining options....
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Chinese Restaurant Los Angeles

Chuen Hing: Hidden Chinese Gem in Rosemead [CLOSED]

Henry Ng’s well-hidden Rosemead restaurant doesn’t even have a sign. Thankfully, Genevieve Ko’s Gourmet article from May led the way behind the grey building and past the glass doors to Chuen Hing, a Chiu...
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