Clarissa Wei

Boba shops are a signature experience in the San Gabriel Valley. The San Gabriel Valley, after all, is the ground zero for boba in the United States — where the experience was started, cultivated, and proliferated. Yes, boba shops are an experience in themselves. They're the community gathering ground of......

Since the early 1990s, Valley Boulevard — known for its diverse range of Chinese eats — has been the main food artery of the San Gabriel Valley. The street itself stretches from Los Angeles to Pomona, but it's the nine miles from El Monte to Alhambra that gets all the......

Massive green onion sesame pancakes, handmade dumplings and one of the best beef noodle soups in town — these are among the destination-worthy dishes at Ahgoo's Kitchen, a Taiwanese/Chinese eatery in El Monte that's been around for nearly two years. It's the passion project of chef Thomas Yeh, a Taiwanese......

In reference to a mass of boiled or steamed dough, the word "dumpling" dates back to the 1600s in the United Kingdom's Norfolk area. While the exact origin is unknown, it is thought that the word is derived from German — or from "dump" or "lump."   The origins of......

The open-air 626 Night Market, modeled after evening bazaars in Asia, recently announced the dates – in May, June, August and September – for its fourth season.  The market made its debut in April of 2012, drawing crowds of 40,000. Last year, attendance averaged over 55,000 people per event. While......

Japanese food in L.A. is changing. Restaurants are leaving the former stronghold in the South Bay and the region's Chinese immigrants are quickly becoming one of the most promising markets for Japanese cuisine.  This is all according to Yae Dobashi, founder of J-goods, a Japanese food magazine catering to the......

The tradition of the Lunar New Year originates from China. It's a two week-long celebration beginning with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ending 15 days later on the first full moon. This year, that dates falls on Thursday. February 19. It commemorates the beginning of spring......

The Chinese food scene in Los Angeles has its own restaurant week and it's starting today until February 15. It's called the Chinese Cuisine Festival and participating restaurants, located mostly in the San Gabriel Valley, will have a secret menu with items that aren't typically offered during regular business hours......

Chihuo.org is the most popular Chinese language food and lifestyle website in Los Angeles. They have accumulated more than 3,000 followers on Facebook and a whooping 178,000 followers on the Chinese social networking site Weibo. They have a roster of 20-some employees: two full-time workers and the rest, a mix......