Comments on: color, variety, activity: dining chinatown

By: Rich Alossi

Rich Alossi — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:02:09 +0000

^ #17, I agree. That was a little overzealous editing on our end.

I had originally stated that was the type of unhealthy Chinese food - I grew up with - in the San Gabriel Valley, and I occasionally find myself out there for dim sum and noodles and such.

Nowadays the San Gabriel Valley is a hotbed for Chinese cuisine, both authentic/traditional and contemporary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:58:22 +0000

i take a bit of offense against the comment about lucky deli and how it is very much like the food that is indicative of the san gabriel valley - cheap, greasy, unimaginative, etc. the san gabriel valley is full of amazingly good, great chinese food that can be healthy, cheap, quick, and still good. places like the kitchen, the alhambra outpost of phoenix inn, savoy kitchen, triumphal palace, etc. i’d suggest that before you say something like that about a whole eating destination, you do some research.

By: Rich Alossi

Rich Alossi — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:09:41 +0000

Thanks, m. I’ll check them out. Looks like they deliver, too!

By: m

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:41:47 +0000

I ordered Thai food tonight from the newish hole in the wall restaurant at 726 S Hill called City Thai Cuisine. Their food is delicious and cheap. They have a pretty extensive menu, are open every day till 9 p.m., and they deliver! Anyone else try it?

By: paulstorm

paulstorm — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:44:20 +0000

great list! I need to spread my wings more and try a few of these out. Thanks!!

By: spinsLPs

spinsLPs — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:11:06 +0000

I’m bookmarking this posting. Thanks for the tips.

john

By: Rich Alossi

Rich Alossi — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:15:42 +0000

Wow, that’s an omission. Thanks, Celia!

By: celia

celia — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 22:14:03 +0000

are los angeles pizza company and bbq king considered chinatown?

By: css

css — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:43:32 +0000

I would like to add Battambang at 648 New High. It has gone through a few reincarnations and is off the beaten path between Broadway and Spring… but it is one of the rare Cambodian Restaurants outside of Long Beach, and is really good. Maybe Cambodian is less accessible here than Thai or Vietnamese because of the more bitter/sour flavors… but also that could be due to the smaller population of immigrants… anyway I hope that this place stays alive.

Pho Hoa like a lot of Vietnamese places in the area is okay, but doesn’t compare to anything in OC.

Lucky Deli is our go-to place for take-out… steamed buns, duck/chicken, and har gao/siu mai are great. Most of their steam table stuff is nasty but the dim-sum in metal treys is pretty good.

There are better steam table places south on broadway from there and also New High… one is associated to CBS I think? But these might only be of interest if you need to eat on 2-3$ a day.

I would say Mayflower is my favorite sit-down place in Chinatown. For faster noodle and dumpling eats it would be Kim Chuy in the Wing Hop Fung Plaza… for a more relaxed setting for outsiders maybe Full House.

Also there used to be (or still is?) a pretty good Indonesian place on the north end of Broadway close to the 110-north entrance.

By: Veronica M.

Veronica M. — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 06:36:15 +0000

Wow, after reading this blog post and Chris’ comment about Authentic Thai delivering all the way into downtown (I’m in OBD) I ordered immediately . My husband and I loved it. Thank you for making us aware of this great Thai place! also, website is http://www.authenticthaila.com/