Restaurant: King Kho Bo
Location: 1621 South San Gabriel Blvd. San Gabriel Ca, 91776. 626-573-8000
Cuisine: Dried Chinese Snacks
Rating: So addictive, we call it crack
One of the perils of driving 30 miles for your Chinese food in LA traffic is that in order to arrive on time, you have to risk being 30 minutes early. But fortunately, the San Gabriel Valley is host to all sorts of interesting culinary stops that can kill a few minutes.
One of these is known among us Hedonists as the “Crack House” for its addictive dried Chinese snacks.
Row after row of dried stuff. Some savory.
Some sweet.
Dried okra. This stuff is so dried (do they use a freeze drying machine? Who knows) that it’s incredibly crunchy. These veggies are pretty salted with a bit of Asian style flavoring.
The quintessential “crack” is dried mushrooms. They are incredibly addictive.
Some dried sour plums.
Or more familiar mango.
I don’t even know what these are!
Sesame fish!
Or even better: mini chili crabs!
Nuts and seeds.
And more sweets.
Various beef and pork jerkys. I tried some awesome sweet pork and really spicy Asian beef.
The friendly owners.
