Rosemead

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 >>

Assembly District 49: Chau's Video Featuring Lin's Wife's Social Security Number Still Up Online, Despite Suit and Restraining Order

The San Gabriel Valley showdown pitting two successful Asian-American professionals, a doctor and a lawyer, against one another is getting cutthroat in the dwindling hours to election day--with accusations of tax evasion, lawsuits and a restraining order to boot. Joy Lin, wife of candidate Dr. Mat ... More >>

Marijuana Grow House Bust Worth $6 Mil in San Gabriel Valley; Binh Ly Arrested

If you wonder where at least some of that fine kush at L.A.-area marijuana dispensaries comes from, we don't. There has been a rash of busts involving indoor grow houses in the Los Angeles area in recent years, including a three-house take-down yesterday in the San Gabriel Valley. (In the meantime, ... More >>

6 Great Dim Sum Dishes at Sea Harbour

Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant in Rosemead is the embodiment of Chinese haute cuisine. The management runs the show, and everyone else from the chefs to the waitstaff is at their call. Walk in during slow hours and you'll probably see a group of men dressed in crisp suits exchanging business cards a ... More >>

Meet David R. Chan: The Man Who Has Eaten At Over 6,000 Chinese Restaurants

David R. Chan can't use chopsticks. "I can't hold them properly," Chan said. "It hasn't really been a problem though. Chinese restaurants usually have forks available." 6,090 Chinese restaurants to be exact -- a number that just keeps on growing. An accountant and attorney by trade, Chan has been ... More >>

Spicy With Spicy: What the Dish Is Where to Find It in the SGV

If you've frequented Chinese restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, you've perhaps noticed a menu item intriguingly translated as Spicy on Spicy or Spicy With Spicy. Maybe you've wondered exactly what it is. The dish is made up of ground pork seasoned with pepper, which is then topped with a vari ... More >>

Breakfast in Los Angeles: Top 10 Spots

Sweet, savory and in between

2011 in the San Gabriel Valley: A List of Restaurant Openings Closings

Jim ThurmanLamb soup with knife cut noodles, Shaanxi Gourmet, Rosemead​2011 in the San Gabriel Valley restaurant scene witnessed the usual spate of openings and closings, some notable and some not so notable. With some 300 Chinese restaurants alone, trying to compile a list of the year's open ... More >>

L.A.'s First Rainy Day Causes 481 Accidents, At Least 5 Deaths, General Mayhem

Aside from a couple end-of-summer showers so far this year, yesterday was the first real rainy day of 2011. And you know what a rainy day means in L.A.: People are going to freak the F out, creating a traffic tangle worse than the Internet trying to reconcile the Occupy protests with the death of 1 ... More >>

Willoughby Britton at the Buddhist Geeks Conference, on the Problem with Meditation

​ The Buddhist Geeks conference is filled with, well, geeks. Who happen to be Buddhists. Who happen to be meeting on a recent Saturday for a conference in Rosemead to share their common afflictions. There's nothing crunchy here -- no handwritten signs, no dreads, no Birkenstocks. These techno ... More >>

Buddhist Geeks Conference: What is the Sound of One Nerd Tweeting?

Paul T. BradleyIs Super Mario a Buddhist? Er...probably not...​ While mooks gawked the nether parts of starlets all weekend long at Adultcon downtown, another, radically different group of conventioneers gathered at the University of the West in Rosemead to lube up their third eyes and wax phi ... More >>

Six L.A. Neighborhoods With the Most Distinctive Fashion Styles

Jason Levesque​ How we dress can send messages not only about who we are and what we like but also where we're from. There is no singular "L.A. look," and Silver Lake isn't all beards and ironic T-shirts, either. Still, there are certain aesthetics -- in the form of everything from accessorie ... More >>

Yi Qing Chen, L.A. County Resident, Gets 25 Years For Agreeing to Import Shoulder-Fired Missiles From China to U.S.

Feds say Yi Qing Chen agreed to import these from China.​We admire Angeleno Yi Qing Chen for the breadth of his criminal appetite. If you're going to be an outlaw douche, you mind as well own it. Feds say the 49-year-old from Rosemead just got handed 25 years behind bars for trying to smugg ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Nha Trang

LA Weekly Flickr Pool Reader Photo of the Day: Repeating Dumplings

LA Weekly Flickr pool/LA Weekly Flickr pool/R. E. ~dumplings at JTYH​ This LA Weekly Flickr pool photo comes to you from photographer R. E. ~, whose pictures show up consistently on this blog but who does not, as yet, work for us. The dumplings are from JTHY in Rosemead, a restaurant much bel ... More >>

Beef Roll, or Soup Dumplings?

Why argue? Have both

Ask Mr. Gold: Beef Roll, or Soup Dumplings? Why Argue? Have Both

Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: My husband and I are taking a long weekend in Los Angeles in a few days. We're going to 101 Noodle Express for the beef roll. How are their dumplings? Should we skip them there and go to Din Tai Fung instead for Xiao Long Bao? --Carolyn, ... More >>

Following Post-Rave Death Of Teen, U.S. Attorney's Office Cracks Down On Alleged Ecstasy Ring; $17 Million In Pills Seized

U.S. Attorney's OfficeTuan Vu, at-large.​Fifteen suspects were indicted this week following a federal investigation in the Los Angeles area that led to the seizure of 1.1 million tablets of ecstasy -- $17 million worth, the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. announced Thursday. The U.S. Attorney i ... More >>

Hot Weather, Cold Noodles

Where to chill for lunch

Dodgers Outfielder Manny Ramirez Donates Rare Porsche To Charity

​An online charity auction of Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez's 1994 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.6 will begin on Friday. Proceeds from the auction will benefit ThinkCure!, which funds research to cure cancer and Maryvale, a Rosemead resident placement home for girls. ThinkCure!, a non-p ... More >>

4.4 Earthquake Strikes L.A. Area; No Injuries Reported

USGS​(UPDATED) A 4.4 shaker woke up the Los Angeles region about 4:04 a.m. Tuesday. The epicenter was about one mile east-northeast of Pico Rivera (map), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. A sheriff's official from the county's Pico Rivera station told ABC7 news there were no reports o ... More >>

Lusty for Life

Cook Chinese Like a Film Star: The Joy of Chinese Cooking with Theresa Lin Cheng

Barbara HansenTheresa Lin Cheng will show how to cook Chinese.​Learn to cook Chinese as if you were in the Ang Lee film Eat Drink Man Woman. The food director on that film, Theresa Lin Cheng, will teach a class in "The Joy of Chinese Cooking" this Saturday (November 14) at 2 p.m. at the Rosem ... More >>

Blood, Dumplings, & Nicotine Gelato: Esotouric's Unusual LA Tours, With Food

It still feels like summer vacation, and whether you have guests, or just feel like exploring a bit, Esotouric isn't your cookie-cutter tour company and promises an "intelligent, unpredictable ride into the secret heart of the city we love." The tour's themes integrate literature, rock and roll, ar ... More >>

Pupu Platters and Flaming Cocktails with a Side of Design History: de LaB's Tiki Trek

Design East of La Brea, (AKA de LaB) once again finds a cool way explore surprising corners of the city where food, fun and aesthetics merge. The Tiki Trek on Thursday, July 23 takes a close look at the trend that's found a recent nostalgic resurgence in L.A., with new incarnations of Luau and Trade ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Budget Dilemma Health officials tell Sacramento that state budget cuts in medical coverage could have unwanted long-term results: deaths and higher costs. L.A. Times'Grim Sleeper' Reward Renewed The L.A. City Council has extended the $550,000 reward offered for information leading to the arrest of a ... More >>

Where to Drink Now: The New Cocktailian's Guide

Wrap and Roll at Nem Nuong Kanh Hoa

By any other nem

Pho Town: Noodle Stories From South El Monte

Vietnamese beef noodle soup — it's all about the broth

Theater Reviews: Bury the Dead, Coriolanus, Inherit the Wind

Also, Abigail's Party, The Bones of Lesser Men, and more

King Hua's Dim Sum: Breakfast, à la Cart

In the Cantonese restaurant wars, Alhambra kitchen brings morning firepower

The Revolution Will Not Be Merchandised

Readers comment on Murakami, Tilda Swinton and more

Northern Light

A new Mandarin dynasty at Earthen Restaurant

Vietnamese Tabletop Barbecue

Where to Eat Now

Ask Mr. Gold: Salt-and-Pepper Squid

Where to Eat Now: New to the List

Bun Voyage

The Art of Faux Paws

New to the List

Mission Accomplished

Lights Out for SoCal Edison

Our pseudonymous insider says corporate culture was comatose

First Bites

Tastes from some of the city’s newest restaurants

Rik L. Rik, 1961–2000

Duck, Duck, Goose...

Fowl play

Building Resentment

Pico-Aliso tenants evicted in the name of progress

Bone the Extortionist

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Around this time of year, we start to yearn for restaurants that put their smoke in the meat, not in the street . . .

Macaroni & Cheese

And the crossing of cultural borders