It’s actually a banger!
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Chong Qing Special Noodle and Tam’s from @scalliongirl
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… Incredible!!!
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very portuguese.
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Went last night after badminton and I wasn’t sure if the waittress said they were out of this for the night or they’ve discontinued it. I was sad.
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Bao Master, sort of a high end bun and noodle place, opens up in the giant mixed use structure on Monterey St. in Alhambra off Main Street.
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Is there–was, has there been–a place in either WSGV/ESGV for Suzhou-style noodles? Chicken/pork broth. Thin noodle. Super clean flavor and finish. Recent post by St Cavish has a good summary of the dish: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNXzThoyWfA/?img_index=6 (linked here is a super clear broth variant!)
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i can’t recall a readily identifiable jiangsu place, much less suzhou
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I’d have to dig out my old menu to check, but the long-closed Bamboo Creek in Monterey Park had Jiangsu and Suzhou items. That’s the only one place I recall in the SGV that had Jiangsu dishes. They also had Zhejiang dishes and some Shanghainese.
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i’d forgotten about that place. great food, cursed location.
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More shenanigans at the Alhambra 99 Ranch Market food court. Aroma Dumplings with a specialty of deep fried lotus sandwiches opened up and then closed down a little more than a month later.
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Went to Bao Master on day 3 of their soft opening. We had XLBs, sheng jian bao, huitou, noodles with pork and mustard greens, egg rolls, and pork and green onion buns. Average and underwhelming…better versions can be found at Min Min Pie House and Auntie Qiu. XLBs at Good Alley are way better.
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Anyone have a favorite out in this parts? Looking for a Chinese option to go to lunch with a friend who hasn’t had some stellar Chinese in a long time. Probably not Sichuan because I might not be able to hang.
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Noodle, rice, or dumplings? Or a combination?
Tasty Dining or Newport Seafood
Open to everything. Her spouse has dietary restrictions that doesn’t make it easy for her to do Chinese. He’s not coming along on this trip so we can go wild.
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shanxi: lao xi noodle house (two arcadia locations) michelin bib gourmand award
shaanxi: xian biang biang noodle (note: they’re more hanzhong sub regional - closer to sichuan - so some dishes are spicier than typical shannxi)
guizhou: hengry - think flavored with one of the lo gan ma jars (which comes from that region) - the spicy fish soup is a winner.
hunan: xiang la hui - very ‘nuanced’ hunan - not everything is super spicy
shanghai: no 8 on the bund (restaurant) luxiyuan (more “bistro” hole in the wall type)
shanghai/xlb: shanghai dumpling house
uighur: dolans (which is another name for uighur so saying dolans uighur is like saying ‘uighur uighur’
dongbei: shenyang tasty
sichuan: chong qing special noodles (not every\thing is spicy)
pan-chinese (buns/pies/noodles):
- min min pie house - everything is made to order so be prepared to wait. also, not that many tables in the place.
- northern cafe (i like their big plate of chicken, among other things but everything on the menu rocks)
i’ll throw an old favorite which happens to be myanmar(burmese) yoma myanmar which might offer the most diversity since i have no clue as to the dietary restrictions.
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i like lots of secretasianman’s choices. more upscale options are bistro na’s and array 36 (both open for lunch).
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