San Gabriel Valley

3 Great Banh Beo in Los Angeles

Leading up to this year's Best of L.A. issue (due out Oct. 3), we'll be bringing you periodic lists of some of the best things we've found to eat and drink around town. Ice cream sandwiches and bowls of tsukemen, fish tacos and dan dan mien, cups of boba and glasses of booze. Read on. On your last ... More >>

Baby, You Can Drive My Car

5 Essential Chinese Restaurants in Los Angeles

Our 99 Essential L.A. Restaurants issue came out last week, and we're highlighting a few categories drawing from the list. Today: Chinese restaurants. This is not a definitive list of the best Chinese restaurants in L.A., but it is a sampling of five that we think are each essential in their own wa ... More >>

Savoy Kitchen: 99 Essential Restaurants 2013

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 >>

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 >>

Assembly District 49 Matthew Lin v. Ed Chau: Absentee Ballot Results

The absentee votes are in, and the race to represent voters of Assembly District 49 in the San Gabriel Valley is neck and neck.

FBI Busts Massive L.A. County Meth Ring, Arrests 16 Gangsters With Names Like 'Fat Boy'

Bad news, meth heads: The feds just took the good stuff off the streets of the San Gabriel Valley. After 16 months on the trail, with a little help from the DEA and the ATF, a gigantic task force of investigators from the FBI, the Pasadena PD, the L.A. County Sheriff's Department and the California ... More >>

Dr. Matthew Lin to Sacramento, Stat?

GOP surgeon may beat Dems for first time since '70s in San Gabriel Valley

Ton-Chan Ramen Eating Contest: Win a Year of Free Ramen

This is why we love the San Gabriel Valley. While other competitive eating contests are dominated by pizzas and hot dogs, the San Gabriel Valley prefers competing with ramen. Ton-Chan Ramen on Las Tunas is hosting a ramen eating contest on May 20 from 3 - 5 p.m. The first place winner will receive ... More >>

Q & A with The Fung Brothers: Food Nerds, Asian Vegetable Superiority and the Lack of Drunk People in the 626

YouTube stars, comedians and brothers Andrew and David Fung ascended to San Gabriel Valley fame in February with music video "626," a witty YouTube mash-up of various restaurants and dishes in the area. "Food is the one thing that a lot of people can agree that Asians are the best at," Andrew Fung ... More >>

Golden Deli: A New Restaurant, in the Style of Chipotle

Golden Deli has been the default Vietnamese noodleshop in the San Gabriel Valley for a couple of generations now, a cramped, eternally crowded storefront where the pho, and especially the fried springrolls called cha gio, have always been worth the discomfort -- and the menus, worn to the softness o ... More >>

Jonathan Gold Reviews Westfield Culver City Food Court

Shooting at Southern California Edison Takes Multiple Victims; Baldwin Park Schools on Lockdown

The SoCal Edison office where the shooting occurred -- part of the San Gabriel Valley Corporate Campus​A shooting at the Irwindale branch of Southern California Edison -- located at 4900 Rivergrade Road -- has taken multiple victims, KTLA reports. And the San Gabriel Valley Tribune identifies ... More >>

Chang's Garden: 99 Essential Restaurants 2011

Shaanxi Gourmet: More Fun with Hand-Shaved Noodles Untranslated Menus in the SGV

F. FriesemaJonagold apples​Shaanxi noodles? We know from Shaanxi noodles. The hand-shaved variety, first at Dow Shaw/Heavy Noodling, then at JTYH, have been a mainstay of San Gabriel Valley gourmandism for decades before most Westsiders could point out Shaanxi on a map. But in New York, Xi'an ... 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

EPA Orders $20 Million Worth of Groundwater Cleanup to Help Residents of San Gabriel Valley

​Tap water has a bad rap these days. And in many cases, for good reason. There's an awful lot of groundwater contamination out there. But for those folks living in the San Gabriel Valley who - God forbid - like being able to actually drink their tap water, there was a splash of good news today ... More >>

More Fun With Pigs: Pig-shaped Mooncakes

Jim ThurmanPig shaped mooncake.​ While normally round or square, mooncakes can also be found shaped like fish or rabbits (representing the Year of the Rabbit), but it's this little pig that caught our attention. While animal shaped mooncakes are primarily aimed at kids, who doesn't love anyth ... More >>

Cockfight in San Gabriel Valley Busted in the Act: Dead Roosters Found, Three Men Arrested For Watching Bout

LASDCockfighting accessories.​A major cockfight was broken up over the weekend in the San Gabriel Valley community of Valinda (near West Covina). Authorities said they found several dead roosters. What impressed us about this particular avian bout was that it was allegedly happening in the mo ... More >>

Marijuana Bust in San Gabriel Valley Nets 1,000 Plants From Indoor Growing Operation, Authorities Say

DEAThis is what an indoor grow looks like.​Wonder where all that wonderful, hydroponic, strangely market-rate marijuana (it's supposed to be nonprofit) at pot shops comes from? We don't. There's been a correlation between busts of grow-houses, which cops have said are often run by gangs and o ... More >>

How Breast Milk Ice Cream Is Made: The Animated Video

Ever since London ice cream shop The Icecreamists started selling Baby Gaga (derived from human milk) and was promptly banned from doing so, the notion of breast milk ice cream has taken the world by storm. But how is it manufactured? Thanks to an animated video from NMA TV, we finally know. The ... More >>

Brick's Picks: Esperanza's Victory Lap

San Gabriel Valley Grow House Suspected Of Supplying Weed To Dispensaries Goes Up In Smoke

A grow house in the SGV went up in flames, a little.​A grow house in the SGV went up in flames, a little.​Note to self: When setting up 1,700-plant marijuana grow house in the San Gabriel Valley try not to burn the place down. Got it. So where were we? Oh yeah, a 1,700-plant cannabis h ... More >>

L'il Bao Wow: Soup Dumplings at Dean Sin Noodle World

Xiao long bao -- the dish at the center of the San Gabriel mayoral mistress scandal -- is such a popular item with so many variations that in some stretches of the San Gabriel Valley, you can sample three top-tier dumpling houses in a two-block radius. On Monday, that's just what I did on an XLB ... More >>

Looks Fusion, Cooks Orthodox

Dip's Grill in Alhambra

First Bite: Looks Fusion, Cooks Orthodox, or Dip's Grill in Alhambra

Christie BishopJonagold apple, minus first bite​If you've eaten around and in the San Gabriel Valley, you've probably become accustomed to the markers of an overly ambitious Asian-fusion restaurant, the couples picking listlessly at their sautéed-seafood salads, and bros pounding down exotic ... More >>

A Close Shave: Taiwanese Shaved Ice

J. ThurmanA "small" mango shaved ice at Pa Pa Walk​ Recently, we examined some international versions of shaved ice, and today we're delving more deeply into the style from Taiwan. Not to be confused with its Hawaiian namesake, or raspados, Taiwanese shaved ice is a three-dimensional creatio ... More >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of News from L.A. Food Blogs & Beyond

-- A recipe for salted butter chocolate chip cookies. [David Lebovitz] -- Live lobster, crab, giant shrimp, geoduck, fish, and more at Sea Harbour in San Gabriel Valley. [Exile Kiss] -- Dose of Vitamin P: Bludso's Pork Ribs. [Food GPS] -- John Sedlar's new menu(s) at Rivera. [Gourmet Pigs] -- R ... 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 >>

Gourmet Island: Sweetness and Light

At Alhambra restaurant, less is more

Chitlins: Pasadena's Hog Killing Dinners

There are people who wait all year for the Hog Killing dinners at Pasadena's Calvary CME, a church fundraiser that sees a fairly large number of pigs off to their reward in heaven. It's kind of expensive, but your $18 goes to a good cause, and the Styrofoam cartons are packed with exquisitely cooked ... 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 >>

Web Surfing: A Roundup of Posts from LA Food Blogs

-- Eddie Lin takes a few little princesses to eat frogs legs. [Deep End Dining] -- NakedSushi visits Yunnan 168 in the San Gabriel Valley. [NakedSushi] -- Bacon & egg martinis at the Allston Yacht Club. [Eating L.A.] -- The LA Times test kitchen has been opening up their recipe vault: Top 12 reci ... More >>

Love, Shandong-Style: at 101 Noodle Express, a Beef Roll as Big as Your Arm

Best of L.A.: Food and Drink

Ask Mr. Gold: Is San Diego a Food-Impaired City?

Dear Mr. Gold:   My friend Oliver says you would know where to get lunch in San Diego! Can you recommend a cool place? Merci! Gaelle, Montreal    

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Ah, Wilderness! The House of Representatives has passed a massive conservation bill that would declare as wilderness almost as much land as George W. Bush did during  eight years in office. Included are a new wilderness area centered on Magic Mountain and the cleanup of San Gabriel Valley groun ... More >>

Where Are Our Landmarks?

A new L.A. Conservancy report card (actually, an update to its 2003 survey) scolds San Gabriel Valley cities -- not only for not having ordinances to protect historical landmarks, but for not even having any landmarks to protect. While giving A's to Pasadena, South Pasadena, Long Beach and Whittier ... More >>

All Kinds of Nasty Shit Happened in the SanGabVal, Apparently

Best Gelato: Bulgarini Gelato

Emperor Taste Seafood

Morning Glory

Sadao City

Karaoke and Khmer flavors at Battambang

Wok Out

Mei Jia Deli

Capital News

Ask Mr. Gold

In the Soup

Beauty in Chaos

Dumpling Chic

Beijing snacks in San Gabriel

Gruel and Unusual

Chinese porridge in San Gabriel