Monterey Park- There seems no end to skewer joints opening up on Garvey in Monterey Park. Signature glass noodles in hot and sour broth are one of three noodle dishes, and surprisingly, Hot-Star brand large fried chicken breast and popcorn chicken are also available. Bone-in chicken is their signature sizzling pot, but bullfrog and a tofu and veggie version are among other options. The replacement is Ikka Sizzling Pot, which features stone (dry) pots. San Gabriel Blvd., Suite 102Īrcadia- After one year, the brilliantly named 100% Fensanity has closed. The flood also sent the Jonathan Gold acclaimed adjacent Sichuan restaurant Nothingness to a watery void. It replaces Victory Kitchen, which closed following a February 2018 building flood. The small menu features seven hot and sour soup entrees, at least three containing some form of beef, three other soup broths and a few cold dishes. San Gabriel- Glass noodles in soup are the focus at Mr. Despite garnering some positive coverage from reputable online food writers, the restaurant only lasted about six months. Fish, a Sichuan-style bistro in downtown Alhambra, has closed. It opened in November 2016, replacing Happy Family Vegetarian Chinese Restaurant. With a kitchen staff that purportedly trained at the incredibly popular Newport Seafood, the restaurant quickly became an alternative to the always busy Newport. No word on how this exchange came about, or why. Green Kitchen moves from the space in front of Hawaii Supermarket to the Gui Lin Noodle location at one corner of the San Gabriel Superstore plaza, and vice versa. Green Kitchen and Gui Lin Noodle have swapped locations. The previous eatery, whatever one chooses to call it, opened in November 2016. to 4 p.m., with seafood taking over after 5 p.m. 9406 Las Tunas Dr.Īrcadia- Tong Tak House has replaced Family Li Seafood (or Li Family if one stood on the other side of the building). It replaces the latest location of acclaimed Taiwanese eatery BeBe Fusion, which opened in June 2018, but never seemed to gain traction at the new location. From 2013, in a tiny space in El Monte, Ahgoo’s served a huge pan-fried green onion sesame cake and Taiwanese beef noodle soup that gained the notice of food writers and diners alike. The new place is Ye Loy Ahgoo’s Kitchen, incorporating the signage and name of the iconic Americanized Chinese restaurant that occupied the space for 53 years. Temple City- After an absence of more than a year, Ahgoo’s Kitchen has relocated. Food writer David Chan reminds us that from the 1980s until then, the space housed Harbor Village Seafood, the most upscale Chinese seafood restaurant in the SGV in its day. The Cantonese restaurant served cart dim sum, seafood and hosted banquets from around the year 2000. Monterey Park- An iconic location has closed with the shuttering of Empress Harbor Restaurant. Oddly, pho carries over to the new menu, which hopefully should attract students from nearby ELAC, despite a tough parking situation. Dim Sum World replaces Ruihua/Rui Hua, a Vietnamese-Chinese place that served pho, broken rice dishes. Even the font on the cards and signage are reminiscent of DSW. There are differences, like a couple of lamb items, but the similarities are striking. From the menu of Shanghainese snack items, crab shell pastries in a familiar plastic display case, and freezer cases of dumplings, it looks - and feels - eerily similar to beloved Dean Sin World, which closed last year. Monterey Park- Stepping into Dim Sum World, one is overcome with a strong sense of déjà vu. This month, a noted favorite returns, an iconic restaurant shutters, and a switcheroo. Welcome to Meanwhile in the SGV, a regular update of San Gabriel Valley updates from Eater’s roving reporter, Jim Thurman.
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