Rosemead

Top 5 Tiki Bars in Los Angeles

Even if it's reborn as part of the newly-imagined Clifton's, many still mourned when aquarium-filled Bahooka tiki bar in Rosemead closed its doors recently. But in NoHo, the Tonga Hut will be celebrating its 55th birthday this year -- and appropriately for such an exotic craze, the phenomenon began ... More >>

Saul Robles: Dental Assistant Accused Of Sexually Molesting 15-Year-Old Patient

Sheriff's officials this week said Saul Robles, a 36-year-old dental hygienist, has been molesting a 15-year-old patient for the past six months. Cops say the Lincoln Heights dental assistant was sexually molesting the victim during her dental visits. Robles was arrested recently ...

February Roundup of Restaurant Openings and Closings

February was a big month for restaurant openings: Umami Burger continued to grow its empire with a $20 million dollar acquisition and a 14th location in Pasadena. On a smaller scale, Josh Gil and Daniel Snukal opened Tacos Punta Cabras in Santa Monica. The tiny taqueria replaces Utopia Cafe. After ... More >>

Korean BBQ Update: Oo-Kook Now Open in the SGV A Salad Bar

More than all you can eat. That's the slogan of Oo-Kook, a longtime Koreatown staple that recently set up another shop in the San Gabriel Valley. They're an AYCE barbecue joint that specializes in high-quality cuts of meat. The company has been in Los Angeles since 2010, but their Rosemead locatio ... More >>

Bahooka Closing in March: One Last Meal At Bahooka Family Restaurant

Another surviving remnant of Tiki culture in L.A. will soon sleep with the fishes when Bahooka Ribs & Grog closes in March. That means no more drunken treasure hunting for maraschino cherries and stray shreds of pineapple at the bottom of giant icy bowls of coconutty cocktails. No more eating ribs ... More >>

Bhanu's: Indian Cuisine in the SGV, a Grocery Store Where to Find Ghost Chiles

Walk into Bhanu's Grocery and Cuisine in San Gabriel and you'll see a grocery store that's slowly being consumed by a restaurant. "We started off with five tables," Richard Harrison, a server at the restaurant said. Now, there are more than a dozen. Owned by Mr. Bedi and Bhanu, a brother and siste ... More >>

Cal Fresh Vikon: Buddhist-Style Chicken in the San Gabriel Valley

When it comes to making dishes -- like Hainan chicken rice -- in which flavor is key, the Trang family prefers buying Buddhist-style poultry. "It is pretty much the most organic, free-range chicken you can come by," Andy Trang, a UCLA senior said. Trang and his family, San Gabriel Valley residents ... More >>

Status Report: Lamb Burger at Shaanxi Gourmet

Recently, we told you about the lamb sandwich ('Fried With Meat') at Beijing Restaurant. Our original plan was to compare it with another lamb sandwich, namely the lamb burger at Shaanxi Gourmet in Rosemead. At least that was the plan. On three visits, we were told they no longer served them. We ... More >>

JTYH Restaurant, Starry Kitchen Bee Yinn Low at Macy's

Macy's doesn't just celebrate holidays. It celebrates "months." Black History Month in February. Then Hispanic Heritage Month in September. For June, LGBT National Pride Month. Now, it's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month -- and that calls for food. This Saturday afternoon, two store locations wi ... More >>

USC Hosts Weekend Seminar to Educate Current Politicians on Ethics, Transparency; L.A. Mayor Attends Kentucky Derby Instead

The University of Southern California isn't just for strapping young scholars anymore. Today and tomorrow, the USC Price School of Public Policy begins an ongoing series of classes that will school current politicians in "public transparency and ethics, leadership, governance and environmental polic ... More >>

Biáng Biáng Noodles Where to Find Them

One of the latest regional Chinese noodle variations to arrive in the San Gabriel Valley? Biáng biáng noodles. Originating in Shaanxi Province in central China, Biáng biáng noodles are another regional iteration of handmade noodles. For this, wheat noodles are torn into long, thick, wide strips ... More >>

Panda Express Founders Open Dry Cleaning Chain: Order Your Food Get It Off Your Shirt

If you have issues with your Kung Pao chicken ending up on your shirt as often as it does in your stomach -- eating while driving being as problematic as texting while driving -- then this news should make you pretty happy. The folks who brought you Panda Express, the Rosemead-based Chinese fast foo ... More >>

10 Cheap Restaurants for New Year's Eve

Last week, we listed 11 new restaurants open for New Year's Eve. All will present special menus -- at "special" prices ranging from $46 to $475. Prefer to not break the bank for New Year's? We've selected ten restaurants where you can dine for less than $30 per person (not including drinks) past ... More >>

The Pig Blood Cake The Controversy That Was (and Wasn't)

Jim ThurmanPig Blood Cake, Old Country Café, Alhambra​ Let's talk blood, specifically pigs blood. The use of pigs blood is somewhat common in Chinese and other Asian cuisines, where it usually takes the form of congealed cubes added to soups, stews and hot pots. However, the most interestin ... More >>

Central Vietnamese in the O.C. ... or Echo Park

Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​Dear Mr. Gold: What's your favorite place to eat Hue/Central Vietnam food in Los Angeles? Also, do you ever venture down to the O.C. for some eats? --Brian Tran, via Facebook

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 >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Noodle Boy

Johnny V. Pham, SGV Teen, Arrested After He Blows Stop Sign And Cops Allegedly Find 8,000 Ecstasy Pills in His Ride

Arcadia PoliceThese Es are in name-brand bags, so you know they're good.​Among the lessons we've learned over the years from drug dealers: Utilize a ride that looks like your mom's car. Don't dress like a pimp. And, paramount among these, obey all traffic laws. Looks like eighteen-year-old Jo ... More >>

DANCE CLUB PICK: BLACK SATURDAY

$4 Million In Pot Seized In San Gabriel Valley

Dey​Authorities in the San Gabriel Valley this week seized $4 million in pot and arrested seven people in raids at four "locations" in the city of San Gabriel, Rosemead and Temple City, sheriff's officials said. Three of the locations were homes where "major marijuana cultivation operation[s] ... More >>

Teenager Sophia Cristo Charged In Grandmother's Rosemead Murder

​A 14-year-old girl was charged Friday in the murders of her grandparents in Rosemead, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. Sophia Janalisa Cristo would be charged as an adult, the office stated. Her 21-year-old boyfriend, Rodolfo Lopez, also faced two counts of mur ... More >>

Quan Mien Trung: Not Your Mother's Noodle Soup

Unless she happens to be from Central Vietnam

SoCal Edison Slapped With Discrimination Lawsuit -- Its Third Since The 1970s

​Utility juggernaut Southern California Edison was being sued this week by eleven former and current African-American employees who claim to have been discriminated against while working for the Rosemead-based company. Above: A photo from Edison's corporate "diversity" web page.

Best Bánh Mì: Buu Dien in Chinatown

Flickr/Pabo76bánh mì​ We have, we think, followed the evolution of the Vietnamese sandwiches called bánh mì throughout their evolution in California, from the mingy sandwiches stacked like cordwood at the earliest delis, through the specialist phase, and onto the mega-bakeries whose neon f ... More >>

Use Your Noodle: Chinese Director Zhang Yimou's Remake Of The Coen Brothers' Blood Simple

Sony Pictures Classics​ For all the marquee prominence in the title of Chinese director Zhang Yimou's A Woman, A Gun and A Noodle Shop, (slated for release on Sept. 3rd) we only see a kitchen staff shift into high gear once. In the scene, Wang -- the villainous owner of a restaurant located in ... More >>

May Wah Inc., the Vegan Restaurant's Secret Weapon

May WahThe many flavors of fake​ The vegan chef de cuisine has three options when planning his animal-free menu. First, ignore mock-meat entirely and serve tofu as tofu and vegetables as vegetables, without subterfuge. Such is the approach at M Cafe de Chaya, those green tendrils sprouting fro ... More >>

Looks good for Romero-Dutton law: It bans ousted California politicians from getting unemployment

California state Sen. Gloria Romero's  bill to prevent loser politicians who get ousted by voters from collecting California state unemployment insurance has made it out of a key labor committee in Sacramento. Well, thank God for that.John Nunez​Yes, you read it right. Thanks to a particularl ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from L.A. Food Blogs and Newsletters

-- Pat Saperstein checks out the new Tip Top (banh mi! gelato!) location in Rosemead. [Eating L.A.] -- Laurent Torondel leaves his own empire. [Daily Dish] -- Expats from Chile gather at Rincon Chileno in the wake of the recent devastating Chilean earthquake. [Grub Street] -- Andrew Knowlton disc ... More >>

JTYH Restaurant: Heavy Noodling II

Knife-shaved pasta, the next generation

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 >>

Top 10 Bánh Mì Shops: Where to Get Viet Sandwiches If You Can't Find A Food Truck

Photo credit: Diane CuDakao's bánh mì​If the lines at Nom Nom Truck are too long, or the food runs out or the sweltering sidewalk heat is too much for you, there are still brick-and-mortar options for bánh mì, the awesome Vietnamese baguette sandwiches that Viet street food by way of Frenc ... More >>

Of Cumin Bondage: Korean at Feng Mao

The improbable, cross-cultural carom

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Cedillo Rolls Up Another Opponent Longtime San Gabriel Valley politician Ed Chavez has removed his name from the Congressional race to replace Hilda Solis. Chavez announced his support of state Senator Gil Cedillo, who faces a tough challenge May 19 from Judy Chu, who sits on the State Board of Equa ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Deputies Shoot Machete Man A young man said to be under the influence of drugs was discovered in a Rosemead back yard by sheriff's deputies. Ernesto Castaneda was shot when he threatened them with a machete and baseball bat. He later died. L.A. TimesMolina Slams Obama on Saenz According to Superviso ... More >>

The Korean Taco Justice League: Kogi Rolls Into L.A.

From Rosemead side streets to Venice dive bars, hungry Angelenos have a new way to roll

Heads and Tails: Salt-Baked Shrimp

Banksy in Bethlehem

BBC has a video report posted on Youtube about Banksy pieces showing up in Bethlehem. There's even a brief phone interview with the artist and a couple of decent images of his works on the walls that divide the city. However, BBC won't let the video be embedded, so you'll have to visit the site ... More >>

Salad Lovers, Get to the Point

Stations of the toss

Ask Mr. Gold

From Hollywood to Bollywood

Two Guys Walk Into a Bar . . .

Ask Mr. Gold

The Power of Bao

How to win at dim sum

Ask Mr. Gold

Pho West, Young Man

Real Vietnamese-style noodles come to Brentwood

Judy Chu for Assembly

I Dough

An homage to pasta

Double Bubble

The slow sweet burn of Sichuan hot pot

Loco Moco and Other Delights

1998's best dishes

Gruel World

Chinese porridge in Rosemead