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Pan Holic on Lincoln and Beach. Used to be Wok Holic. The ownership has changed hands a few times but for our money the best Korean Chinese in the OC. Small place with only 8 four tops and pretty much a wait if you go during lunch or dinner rush hour on the weekends. Mom n pop owned. Support small business.
Properly spicy jjampoong with half a crab, 3 head of shrimps, mussels, clam and squid rings.
The jjajiangmein is well seasoned but not a lot of meat. Good noodles for both dishes.
Well fried crunchy sweet n sour pork. Always sauce on the side.
Pan fried home made dumplings. Excellent crunch. Cut up with scissors to share and cool them off.
Garlic shrimp. Good sauce with a hint of heat from the jalapeños.
The only thing missing is kimchi.
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They didn’t have it or you didn’t order it?
Some of the Chinese Korean restaurants only have the yellow pickles (Dan moo ji) and raw onion with the plum sauce. Sometimes you’ll get the fresh non fermented kimchi at these places. They did not have kimchi.
Oh yeah, the cheap zazang / zampong specialist near me doesn’t have kimchi either.
Villa’s Tacos, Highland Park
I don’t see/hear much love on FTC for Villa’s but I think these are banging. I would gladly come back. Most of the customers are Mexican and the owner is a local so this ain’t some Highland Park hipster tacos. Estilo Los Angeles. Free parking!
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Sightglass, Hollywood.
Holy crap this place is freaking huge. Also has a full menu of food, produce, and wine. Right next to Tartine too. Surrounded by studios. Plenty of restrooms, tables, and chairs. Sans power outlets you can probably stay here all day lol I imagine some of the writers nearby do this.
Vanilla paste latte.
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Yang’s Kitchen, Alhambra.
Been going to the SGV for 3 decades and I don’t really go to Main St at all lol.
“Hainan” Fish Rice. Fish was cooked to perfection. Ginger sauce was flavorful as well as the rice and butter. Pickles were sweet and slightly tart with a kick. Nicely executed dish. Goofy name.
Are you fuking kidding me? ROFLMAO.
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Is that a drink you ordered? Looks Costco sample size lol
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Catching up on a lot of meals over a few months!
Sakae Sushi, Gardena - Tried after reading the LA Times piece, ordered a little of everything. A lot of attention goes into the food. Inari and kanpyo are both delicate, not too sweet. Saba was my favorite. Didn’t like the others as much because there was too much rice with not enough filling.
Chennai Dosa Corner, Artesia - Onion masala dosa, plain paratha, yum. Ambala in the same strip mall if you can’t get enough dosa.
Bafang Dumpling, Chino Hills - Not bad, better than I expected for the fast casual style of the place.
Holbox - Out of their truck, not the full menu, but everything I had was still great. Not everything pictured - smoked kanpachi tostada + taco, fish taco, ceviche of the day.
Osteria La Buca, Hollywood - Still solid. Spaghetti nero, bucatini carbonara, chopped salad, fried artichokes
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Yes and it was $8. I understand it’s a business and money comes first but is that really about $3-5 worth of material?
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giant hands or small cup?
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BOTH.
Strawberry Amazake ‘Smoothie’
Chavez Farms strawberries, amazake (Japanese fermented rice beverage), almond milk, lime zest
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Geez yeah that’s insane
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It used to be a lot bigger. 
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Sometimes you need greasy chili cheese fries and onion rings from The Hat. Probably the only family of four who doesn’t get pastrami. I grew up in NYC eating the real pastrami not the salty pink LA style (not that there is anything wrong with The Hat or Johnnys Pastrami).
Some of the best onion rings around. Buttermilk brined beer battered whatevs.
Pickles, tomatoes and onions help cut all the greasy bites.
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Yes!!! I LOVE their new location. We have mentioned in Villas quite a bit on the NE LA Thread. Pro-Tip, while waiting for your order, you can pop into Grocery Outlet for a good selection of chilled Mexican Sodas.
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Ate at Loreto last night and the takeaway from the evening was goddamn eating out has gotten expensive. For a nice sit down dinner it’s easily $150pp at most places and I just don’t know how many people can pull that off more than a couple of times a month. I know food costs have gone up and restaurants have probably always been underpriced when considering the labor involved, but at current prices it is no surprise people are cooking more and staying in.
Loved the vibe at the place. Felt like we are were in Brooklyn. We sat inside, but the patio out back looked like a great place to bring kids as there is ample space for them to wander around without being in anyone’s way.
Raw bar oysters, clams, sashimi was good, but nothing spectacular
The seafood tower had great fresh seafood, but the sauce poured over was too overpowering. I have no idea what it was, but it seemed real heavy on Worcestershire sauce.
The torta ahogda was quite good, but a little light on lobster meat.
We had two desserts. One was a good puff pastry with some tropical fruit cream and ice cream. The other dessert was a sort of chocolate coffee cake thing covered in a light cream and it was phenomenal. I believe it was a riff on an after dinner drink, but i didn’t understand what the waitress said when she explained it.
Dinner for 2 w/ 3 cocktails and an $85 bottle of wine was $500 after tip.
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JeetKuneBao, you remind me that aside from a few visits to Hot Red Bus, getting an ice kacang at Yazmin, and a stop at The Dog Haus when Alhambra was just their second location, I haven’t eaten on Main St. either.
Valley, tons. Garvey?, sure. North-South thoroughfares (Atlantic, Garfield, San Gabriel), absolutely. Las Tunas, of course. Just not Main St.
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