Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:18 pm Post subject: Best Chinese Food
I tried and searched.... but in southern cali i cannot find a good chinese restaurant.. please tell me of the best mainstream and hole in the wall eateries.... keep in my mind that my family (except me) are veggi so where are the good tofu joints?
and those of you who are not chinese but a Connoisseur of asian food im open to EVERYONE's opinion....
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I find it hard to believe you can't find good Chinese food in Los Angeles. Next thing you know, someone will tell me they can't find a good Mexican restaurant in San Antonio.
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:14 pm Post subject: Re: Best Chinese Food
LALakers999 wrote:
I tried and searched.... but in southern cali i cannot find a good chinese restaurant.. please tell me of the best mainstream and hole in the wall eateries.... keep in my mind that my family (except me) are veggi so where are the good tofu joints?
and those of you who are not chinese but a Connoisseur of asian food im open to EVERYONE's opinion....
what area?
Westside: Good Luck
Hollywood: See Above
You have to go to the San Gabriel Valley, where they have the best Chinese food in North America.
Tons of great stuff on Atlantic Blvd in Monterey Park. Dim Sum, seafood, etc.
Ocean Star, Seafood Village, NBC Seafood, New Concept, etc. Lots of great stuff.
Sam Woo's is a good chain. Don't go to the Sam Woo Express ones though.
Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: Re: Best Chinese Food
chef wrote:
LALakers999 wrote:
I tried and searched.... but in southern cali i cannot find a good chinese restaurant.. please tell me of the best mainstream and hole in the wall eateries.... keep in my mind that my family (except me) are veggi so where are the good tofu joints?
and those of you who are not chinese but a Connoisseur of asian food im open to EVERYONE's opinion....
what area?
Westside: Good Luck
Hollywood: See Above
You have to go to the San Gabriel Valley, where they have the best Chinese food in North America.
Tons of great stuff on Atlantic Blvd in Monterey Park. Dim Sum, seafood, etc.
Ocean Star, Seafood Village, NBC Seafood, New Concept, etc. Lots of great stuff.
Sam Woo's is a good chain. Don't go to the Sam Woo Express ones though.
inland empire area.... in tired the one off of colima... it didnt impress me much
I find it hard to believe you can't find good Chinese food in Los Angeles. Next thing you know, someone will tell me they can't find a good Mexican restaurant in San Antonio.
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well... every place ive been too so far... the food tastes pretty much all the same.... and considering our limitations (veggi) I wanted to find a good chinese/tofu place... ..which im sure you probabally have no knowledge of
you're right, there are limitations to chinese food if you're vegetarian (can you do seafood)? basically you're stuck with fried noodle dishes, fried rice dishes, stir fried vegetables, and veggie dumplings - which din tai fung is fabulous for. (i went to a vegetarian chinese restaurant in nyc, and the entire menu was basically fake-duck, fake-beef, fake-pig tongues, etc...)
if you want a lot of varieties when it comes to vegetarian/tofu, you should try korean - there are a lot of great items like..."soon dubu", a hot tofu stew dish (you can get it mild or hot), "kal guk soo", flat-pressed noodle soup, "ja ja myon", chinese/korean black bean noodles, "naeng myun", cold buckwheat noodles, bi bim bab of course, etc. etc...good korean places include (Dong Il Jang on W. 8th and Yong Su San on Vermont and Choson Galbi on olympic)
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:43 pm Post subject:
there's a restaurant close to me called happy veggie garden... i don't eat meat, either, so we go there quite often.
i googled, and this is all i could find on it.
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there's another restaurant, happy family (which, i've been told is owned by the same people), but the food isn't as good as hvg. _________________ "You're a man's woman. You hate other women and they hate you."
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Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject:
oh! try the "chicken" nuggets with basil (i don't remember the exact name, but it's something like that)... it's the BEST! _________________ "You're a man's woman. You hate other women and they hate you."
- kramer, to elaine (seinfeld)
Vancouver, hands down ...come here for chinese food and get blown away, literally. Best chinese food in North America, bar none. _________________ Music is my medicine
I like going to this restaurant on Valley and New Ave called U2. It has cheap food and it's pretty good. _________________ I'm like a Hadouken, down-right Fierce!
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2006 4:39 am Post subject:
There are plenty of good places in Alhambra and Monterey Park in established Chinese American communities. They are very competitive, so the quality is high and the prices are very reasonable. _________________ "Darkness cannot drive out darkness. Only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate. Only love can do that." ~~Martin Luther King Jr.~~
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