Monterey Park

What's a Chinese Calzone Where to Find Them

You're probably familiar with dumplings and potstickers: Dumplings are likely the first Chinese food item that comes to mind for non-Chinese, while potstickers turn up in the frozen-food sections of markets and menus of Chinese restaurants even on the Westside. But have you heard of a Chinese calzon ... More >>

10 Best Eats in Monterey Park: Neighborhood Grub Crawl

The first U.S. city with an Asian population majority, Monterey Park has been referred to as "the Chinese Beverly Hills" and "the first suburban Chinatown." When it comes to doing a food crawl, it will obviously skew heavily to Chinese cuisine. Indeed, a top 10 could consist solely of Chinese resta ... More >>

2012 in the San Gabriel Valley: A List of Restaurant Openings Closings

As the calendar prepares to turn the page on yet another year, it's tradition time here at Squid Ink. A time for us to look back on the year and note restaurant openings and closings. When attempting to do this with the San Gabriel Valley, where an estimated 600 Chinese restaurants make up a vibran ... More >>

Whether Jook, Congee, or Chok: A Cure for What Ails You

It's officially cold season again, a time when stuffy heads and runny noses send us searching for solace in the soothing comfort foods we grew up with -- usually something warm, starchy and easy to digest. For me that was usually chicken noodle soup, known by some as the Jewish penicillin, but for a ... More >>

Nha Trang: Onward and Pho-ward

When San Gabriel's Nha Trang opened a larger shop in nearby Monterey Park earlier this year, it was cause for excitement. While the original location was celebrated for its deeply flavored, complex versions of Central Vietnamese soups, it measured about the size of a doctor's waiting room, could sea ... More >>

80: Shu Mai at Elite Restaurant

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 4), we'll be counting down, in no particular order, 100 of our favorite dishes. 80: Shu Mai at Elite Restaurant. Elite Restaurant in Monterey Park has a reputation for being one of the most civilized dim sum palaces in town -- if you're ac ... More >>

Boiling Point Coming to San Gabriel in June

Boiling Point is coming soon to Valley Blvd.'s Life Plaza Center. The hot pot chain has been aggressively expanding within the past couple of years, with current locations in Arcadia, Hacienda, Monterey Park and Irvine.

Nong Lá Café Brings Bun Bo Hue to West L.A.

Nong Lá Café, the latest addition to the strip of Sawtelle Boulevard often known as Little Osaka due to its concentration of Japanese eateries, is offering something a bit different than most of its neighbors -- instead of ramen and yakitori, diners will able able to get a taste of Vietnamese spec ... More >>

Enter the Dragon

Steven Rodriguez: Cops Shoot Pipe-Wielding Man Outside Carl's Jr. in Monterey Park: It's Captured on Video

Updated at the bottom with the man's ID. First posted at 11:41 a.m. A man who swung a metal pipe wildly at police and broke out the windows of a Carl's Jr. in Monterey Park was fatally shot by the cops, sheriff's officials said. Video (after the jump) from the incident seems to support the cop's ... More >>

The Five Most Underrated East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands Of All Time

Javier Cabral​See also: *East L.A. Backyard Punk Scene Rages On As Uninhibited and Intoxicated As Ever *The Five Best East L.A. Backyard Punk Bands *Reviewed: Stomp-Outz, The Lumberjacks, Who Gives A Fuck in a Backyard on West 79th St. Last week I wrote about movers and shakers on the curren ... More >>

Hall of Justice Downtown Sees Key Renovation Starting This Month: L.A. Sheriff Ready to Move in

​Downtown's iconic Hall of Justice is coming back to life, with "primary renovation" starting up this month. The L.A. County Sheriff's Department, which will occupy the 1925 Beaux Arts building that was the backdrop for TV's Dragnet and Get Smart, is champing at the bit. But it'll have to wai ... More >>

Club Encounter in L.A. Leads to Ketamine Drugging, Rape, Strange-Hotel Nudity For Woman, Cops Say: Suspect Ming He Arrested

​A woman woke up nude and violated in a strange hotel room in Rosemead, and now a 27-year-old suspect who cops say offered to pay her to shut up about it was being held behind bars in lieu of $100,000 for alleged rape-by-drug/intoxicant and possession of narcotics. Over the weekend sheriff's ... More >>

Top 10 Kinds of Bacon in My Refrigerator This Morning

Flickr/Chuck T.guanciale​ 10. Guanciale. Made by some guy in Colorado, or so says Rosario, the cured-meat impresario at Roma Deli in Pasadena. A nice, gamy pig cheek, anyway, suspiciously like the ones I used to get from Salumi Biellese on 8th Avenue in Manhattan.

Konjac: Where to go in the SGV

Jim ThurmanSlice of konjac​ Last month Squid Ink told you about Skinny Noodles, a brand of shirataki noodles made from konjac or konnyaku, and it's remarkable claims - zero calorie, low carb, high fiber, low sodium and gluten free. Today, we take a look at the use of konjac in Chinese cuisine ... More >>

Best Gyoza: Daikokuya

A. Scattergoodgyoza at Daikokuya​ I know many purists who will not order gyoza, serene in the conviction that any restaurant dumpling can not compare to those they make (or their mothers make) in their own kitchens. But it would be a shame to forgo the gyoza at Daikokuya, that insanely popular ... More >>

Four Arrested For Allegedly Operating Brothels In The San Gabriel Valley

Wordpress via shadmia​Four people were under arrest this week for allegedly operating two brothels in the San Gabriel Valley, according to ABC 7. The suspects, who were accused of conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, pimping, and pandering were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement ... More >>

Huey, Dewey and Chop Suey: Andrew Coe On the History of Chinese Food In the American West

​In Los Angeles, you will often hear the words "ethnic," "traditional," "authentic" and "exotic" to describe food other than cupcakes, hashbrowns, hamburgers and subway sandwiches. If you venture into the San Gabriel Valley, you'll find that the city is pretty well endowed when it comes to Chi ... More >>

Pangs of Industry: Earthen

Where to eat in a city without residents

Ask Mr. Gold: Pangs Of Industry. Where to Eat in a City Without Residents?

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I'm in the City of Industry. And I'm starving. --Evan K., Los Angeles Dear Evan: There are worse places to be hungry than Industry. But while there are a lot of decent restaurants in the area, it's generally too f ... More >>

Home Invaders Flee In Porsche

2001 Porsche 911 Turbo.​For nearly 45 years the Porsche 911 has been everyman's object of desire in the U.S., an exotic and sometimes super car for a fraction of the cost of a Ferrari. Despite its quirky, rear-engined configuration and back seats that could only comfortably accommodate Oompa-L ... More >>

Eat What Bourdain Just Ate: Dosa, Lamb Soup and Squirming Tentacles

While New York and Los Angeles are clearly, very different cities, the outer reaches of both areas have something in common: terrific foods from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds. For this week's No Reservations, the crew was focusing on the outer boroughs of New York, and Bourdain seemed legitimat ... More >>

Freak Wildfires Hit County

It's bad enough when an Amtrak tour bus catches fire on I-5 and is destroyed by flames. Worse, however, would be if the blaze then sets off yet another Castaic-area wildfire -- which is what happened today. According to Associated Press, all nine bus passengers and their luggage, plus the driver, sa ... More >>

The Green Village Preservation Society

Open to new members in Rowland Heights

Pretenders: Mock Duck

And other vegetarian "meat" dishes

Cook's Tortas, Westside espresso, Eastside spice

The new torta paradigm

Upper Cut: Pacific Dining Car Steak

Pricey but prime

Ask Mr. Gold: Pot Stickers

Best Spots You're Sure Not to Get Shot by Mark the Cobrasnake

Clear Concept

Capital News

Ask Mr. Gold

Great Balls o’ Rice!

Chinese

What the Doctor Orders

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Check This Out

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Spicy With Spicy

Judy Chu for Assembly

The Uprising

A Chinese daily’s long road to union recognition

Into the Melding Pot

Rich flavors from the old country

I Dough

An homage to pasta

From Spaetzle to Saimintosoda

The world on a string

Monterey Park After Dark

Welcome to the Chinese Beverly Hills

Bright Lights, Pig City

Chinese barbecue in Alhambra

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Hong Kong Chow