True, but I would guess that’s down to the buyer, or contingent on what came along with the sale (did they buy the location? the name? any of the recipes? which combo of these?). We still have to wait and see whether the restaurant is still known as “Best Noodle House” when it re-opens. Based on the note, it sounds like it will be.
Here was what I wrote in the Best Noodle House thread in January 2017:
Not sure if it’s been mentioned, but Shen Yang in Monterey Park has now converted to Guang Dong Garden. Brightly lit front with lots of red paper lanterns. Need to go back and check on a menu.
Thanks for the report. I noticed an ownership change sign in the window as I drove by last week, but literally ran out of time to investigate. TonyC reported Shen Yang being sold and turned into another restaurant (shabu shabu?) some time ago, yet they continued on serving the Dongbei dishes for at least a couple of years.
For those of you keeping score at home, and are scratching your heads about the naming…
关东, in this case, does not refer to Guangdong Province (the former Canton) in Southern China. Rather, it refers to the Guandong area (loosely called Manchuria), located in the northeast (dongbei) portion of China.
Unless you are a Chinese-speaking historical geography geek, this is straight-up shittily confusing nomenclature for a restaurant.
yeah - the original plan was to occupy a space inside the 168 but 168 fell through on their renovation plans - i think they envisioning something like the 3 places that went into the ranch 99 on main in alhambra.
the pic (if you hadn’t guessed by the quality compared to my usual pics) was taken from BMMT’s FB page where it was posted earlier this evening. they didn’t list the address.