Restaurant: New Century Lobster
Location: 8518 E Valley Blvd #101, Rosemead, CA 91770. (626) 739-8896
Date: March 18, 2018
Cuisine: Vietnamese / Chiu Chow Chinese
Rating: Good family-style value
One of our old favorites, Shaanxi Gourmet, recently went under and was replaced by a new Chiu Chow place called:
New Century Lobster (which is obviously harkening after Newport Seafood or Boston Lobster).
I pretty much single handedly covered the wines for the dinner with half finished rabbited bottles from my mega LQ dinner the night before.
Another I brought.
And one red from someone else — can’t even remember if we opened it.
Fried pepper fish filets. Probably my favorite dish of the night with a bright green and black pepper flavor.
Lobster. Underneath were some yummy noodles too.
Vegetable fried rice — boring but fine.
Garlic crab. Tasty but hard to get into.
White boy shrimp. Might be white boy (with the mayo) but I do like this dish.
French style black pepper beef. Tasty.
Kung pao chicken.
Crispy vegetables. Pretty good actually.
More beef of a different sort. Solid, but not as good as the first kind of beef.
House fried rice. Better with the shrimp and pork!
Pea tendrils — aka colon sweeper. Loved ’em.
Fried sweet and sour pork. Chunks of sugary covered pork. Tasty.
Some bonus sweet wine another person brought from a different dinner.
Sweet Milk Gelato (that I made), Café Choc-o-lait, Chocolate Old Fashioned, Blastberry Madeira Sorbetto, Gorgonzola Fig Walnut, Hazelnut Espresso.
Oranges.
New Century Lobster is a great deal and portion sizes are huge. Is it the best Chiu Chow in the SGV? Hardly, but it is a great deal and satisfying home-style food.