Dean Sin World, an Eater Essential

Americas - USA West Los Angeles
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In last year LA Eater’s Essential Guide to the San Gabriel Valley, Dean Sin World got on that list in part because Ms. Lu was back in the kitchen.

Is she still there? I’m looking at Yelp, and there’s some bad recent reviews.

And, what dishes do you order besides their xia long bao?

Since I’ve eaten before at Mama Lu’s Dumplings, is Dean Sin World basically the same as Mama Lu’s Dumplings? Does one of those places do anything better than the other restaurant?

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Mama Lu is still there.

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Seems like if you stick to the XLB you’ll be fine.

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DSW is a shell of its former self.

I would pass.

Only thing really worthwhile is a few radish crab pastries, and a bowl of wine brew to wash it down.

Better dumplings, XLB, beef rolls, beef noodle soup elsewhere. Heck, better off at Qing Dao across the street for pescetarian dumplings, or head to PP Pop, Mama’s Lu and Xi’An Tasty for dumplings, XLB and the like.

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So what happened to DSW?

I thought the conventional wisdom was that DSW was never the same after Mama. Lu left. And, if she came back, then she’d make DSW great again.

Are there any other places you’d pass on that list?

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I’d pass on most of the places on that list.

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Agree with this. DSW was very disappointing last visit.

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Yi Mei in Monrovia instead of Huge Tree for brekky

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Instead of asking which ones you’d pass on eater’s list, I’ll ask a related question:

Which ones on the eater list would you go to eat at?

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In no particular order

Elite
Huge Tree
Seafood Village
Fortune No 1
Luscious Dumplings
Lao Xi’er (by the way, if you are here, make sure to ask the owner how and why he proposed to his wife, it will fill you with much mirth and make what can be a rather pedestrian bowl of noodles seem rather quite special)

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I’m surprised that Chengdu Taste or Szechuan Impression aren’t on your list when those two have been the most hyped, famous Chinese restaurant openings in the last few years.It seems like Jonathan Gold launched a thousand people to wait in line after his review of Chengdu Taste.

Anything wrong with them?

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What no Mama’s Kitchen?

Anyone remember the commercials on Channel 18?

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Yes, and their commercials on AM 1300 were even more memorable.

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according to @JThur01’s most recent eater article, DSW closed.

and i’m kinda surprised @chandavkl hasn’t already commented on said article: