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Din Tai Fung Dumpling House II: Early Birds Get Xiao Long Bao [CLOSED]

Taipei import Din Tai Fung Dumpling House opened in Arcadia in January 2000 and soon established dominance over other steamed dumpling emporiums in the San Gabriel Valley. Seven years later, news surfaced that Din...
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Chinese Restaurant Los Angeles

Noodle House: Thin, Flat and Made in Monterey Park

Noodle House has apparently been in Monterey Park for a year, but I’d never heard of it until a Chowhounder who goes by exilekiss posted a review this week. The anonymous poster’s words inspired...
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Restaurant San Francisco

Kingdom of Dumplings: Building an Outer Sunset Dynasty

The San Francisco Chronicle’s Bargain Bites guide led us to the outer reaches of the foggy Sunset district, an out-of-the-way section of the city where many of the signs are in Chinese. Until recently,...
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Chinese Restaurant San Francisco

Ton Kiang: Getting Picky with Dim Sum in the Richmond [CLOSED]

On a Saturday or Sunday, this Richmond district Chinese restaurant has a perpetual line out the door. Ton Kiang has developed a reputation for serving some of the best dim sum in San Francisco,...
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Chinese Restaurant Los Angeles

Din Tai Fung: Jockeying for Soup Dumplings [MOVED]

Bingyi Yang was born in 1927 in Shanxi, China. He moved to Taipei in 1948, worked for many years as an oil salesman, and eventually built an international steamed dumpling empire. Din Tai Fung...
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Restaurant San Gabriel

Wow Dumpling House: Second Level San Gabriel Destination [CLOSED]

Our backs were to the wall, literally. There were 50 of them, and only two of us. Armed only with breakaway wooden chopsticks, it wasn’t looking good for my friend Bryan and I. One...
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