Feng Ying Gui Lin Rice Noodles has replaced Noodle Harmony in Monterey Park.
Thats lame, I just ate there last month and thought the pho ga was pretty decent.
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Macao Cafe replaces Tasty House in San Gabriel.
Has anyone tried Xian Biang Biang Noodle?
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I have!!
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Great! What’d you think? Did I miss the post on it, if so sorrry!
I really like their Biang Biang style noodles, it’s the only noodle dish they have that uses that long thick noodle. The rest are a different type of handmade noodle for some reason. Also good, but not the same. So if you want that noodle it’s just 31-33 on the menu.
Food was good but it was super oily. Everything just felt drenched in oil to me.
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It’s got good chew! I like. I am not too experienced with biang biang/youpo though tbh
How was the oil usage compared to other Shaanxi-style places? (Shaanxi Gourmet; Shaanxi Garden; Xi’an Tasty; Xi’an Kitchen). Amount of oil varied from place to place. I recall Shaanxi Gourmet being criticized for not using enough oil. And how about amount of vinegar? This too, seems to vary from Shaanxi place to place. Folks have said Noodle Art is heavy on the vinegar, which has kept me away. Shaanxi Gourmet started out with a light touch on the vinegar, but near the end of the Arcadia location, the cold skin noodles were drenched in it.
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noodle art had a shit ton of oil as well.
I think most of these places do too much oil except for Lao Xi noodle
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I always found mainland spots to be more oily compared to Taiwanese and Canto
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Ipoh Kopitiam.
This wasn’t a good visit at all.
Got the classic breakfast trifecta without the soft boiled eggs.
White coffee, not much interplay between burnt and sweetness.
Kaya toast was COLD. Barely any kaya.
Kopitiam in NYC is still the best.
Oh well off to get some mooncakes
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with the worldbeating quality of your recent eating streak, you were due a dud… condolences in any case 
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Have you had the kaya at Breadbelly in the inner rich?
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I didn’t like my first and only visit a few wks ago and don’t plan to return. Thought the food tasted sloppy and cheap. Thought it might be a “me” thing b/c the place was packed, but perhaps not.
Get some ones with lotus paste!!! Where do you like going for mooncakes? I might be in the later today. I can a place later and say, “Was JKB just here???” 
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The 99 Ranch at Focus Plaza has a large selection and there is also a Kee Wah on Valley.
I like the lotus paste! They should all be on sale right now. I saw many HK imported ones going for $15-20. I actually skipped the mooncakes and got po tats at Jim’s Bakery
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Lao Xi (or is it Lao Xi Er?) on Baldwin in Arcadia - house fried noodles + sesame cold noodles + dumplings + wife noodles.
Great flavors, but ALL of the noodles were on the soft side, even the fried wider noodles. Is that typical here? It’s too bad, could’ve made a good meal awesome.
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I am just n=1 but I think Live Oak location is better.
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Good to know, will have to give them another try at that location! Any faves there?
Min Min’s SJB looks good. Need a new spot in our rotation. TY Ernie_SGV.
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