Shopping in local supermarket in Monterey Park (50% population is Chinese), on the 8 miles east of downtown, Los Angeles. This area is known as another Chinatown, only bigger, miles on end. Off the W Garvey Avenue, I spotted men playing chess and poker games on the ground. My goodness, can’t they find a table?
400 S Baldwin Ave., Unit 231
Arcadia, CA 91007
(626) 446-8588
Ding Taifeng or DTF has a few eateries in US – on the west coast tho, none in New York. This one is located in Westfield Mall in Arcadia. It looks pretty good, open with no long line = not much of waiting, on a Sunday, which is new to me. The foods are decent as usual. Juicy xiao long bao is great. We tried red bean buns this time, which are delicious with thin skin/wrap. My classmate who lunched with us said the owner of the DTF is her client/friend. I was going to bring a banner to protest but forgot – so no DTF in New York for the time being. She said DTF is family owned, into the third generation.
767 Deep Valley Dr,
Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274
(310) 377-0580
Nice layout, nice decor, nice staff, nice presentations, decent bathroom, big portion, rather tasteless food. Each dining hall is on the different longitude – a few steps, so be aware.
On the North Pacific Ocean in LA, part of 1785 Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant; one of 3 beach cities (the other two are Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach).
There are lots of families!
Next to the parking lot, is this eatery – I’ve no idea why people would like to sit next to a parking lot!!
This Spanish/Hispanic area in Los Angeles, is next door to Chinatown. The streets, the people and the music. It’s LA’s oldest house – Avila Adobe.
A spectacular peninsular on the North Pacific Ocean in LA, south of Redondo beach. The area is pretty affluent. The Point Vicente Lighthouse, the long walking trail, and marvelous sunset. And the big guns are out.
727 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
In a time capsule. Definitely will return.
Randomly we walked in and the rest is history. Very Cantonese and old fashioned, which I don’t see often even in New York. The dining hall is pleasant. They serve you a soup and pot of tea without asking; after the dishes come out they put a pot of rice in the red container.
The French filet mignon, although is too sweet for my taste but is very tender, love it – highly recommend. The tofu pot, please remember what Anthony Bourdain says in the movie The Big Short? … is ok (perhaps a few items are indeed left over …); the fried squid is tasty but not much squid.
The bathroom is ok and they validate your parking ticket – I parked on the street – don’t know which parking lot/garage tho.The bathroom is ok. They validate parking. A smaller dinning room to the left.
Nashville Hot Chicken
727 N Broadway #128,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 935-8399
It is the only place that seems busy in LA‘s Chinatown. Actually it’s very busy, that you need to wait for upward two hours. Who’s the time for it? I went to the second floor, and found Fortune Gourmet to be satisfying. After lunch, the line for the chicken was just as long. Maybe it’s a good party spot: bring some friends, with a beer or two and wait.
In west Los Angeles, south of Santa Monica. Homeless; protest (against SnapChat); impeach Trump booth; drum with tennis balls, to alter the sound; body builders … all kind of interesting people and things. The parking lots charge $6 per entry.
In west Los Angeles. It reminds me a little of South Street Seaport in New York. It begins a sunny blue sky day but as we were driving toward the coast, the fog suddenly appeared, as if out of nowhere. The street cleaner said, hope the skies will clear … unfortunately it didn’t. We walked to Venice Beach in the cold. As we’re driving back in the afternoon, the sun reappeared again, and hot 80 degree.
