Chinese Food Index

I love Chinese Food.

Always have. Family legend has it that my parents ate from “Jenny’s Szechuan” constantly while my mother was pregnant. It only snowballed from there. These days, I seek out authentic regional Chinese flavors from Anhui to Szechuan — old fashioned and modern — cheap and expensive — in LA’s San Gabriel and back in China and all over the world.

Looking for more specific Chinese Food coverage? Check out my Ultimate LA Peking Duck Guide.

If for some reason, you can’t live without dairy or are a wok hater, you can always retreat to the main FOOD INDEX on the right sidebar (the knife and fork icon).

LA Chinese Meals / Restaurants

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Los Angeles is blessed with one of the best collections of regional and eclectic Chinese food in America. I’d argue THE BEST. This list celebrates that bounty by listing my epic Chinese meals from the last couple of years. Most are located in the San Gabriel Valley (AKA the SGV or 626).

19 Town	Modern Sichuan Chinese
888 Seafood (brunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
888 Seafood (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
888 Seafood (all day)	Cantonese Chinese
A-1 Chinese BBQ	Chinese
ACC Chinese Fast Food	Cantonese BBQ
Array36 (2023-24)	Shanghai Chinese
Bafang (hedonists – crawl)	Chinese Dumplings
Bang Bang Noodles	Western Chinese Noodles
Bao Dim Sum House	Cantonese Dim Sum
Beijing Duck House	Beijing Chinese
Beijing Pie House	Beijing Pies
Beijing Restaurant	Beijing Chinese
Beijing Tasty House (alhambra)	Beijing Chinese
Beijing Tasty House (hacienda heights)	Beijing Chinese
Bistro 1968 (lunch)	Chinese Dim Sum
Bistro 1968 (dinner)	Chinese Dim Sum
Bistro Na	Chinese
Bistro Na (birthday)	Chinese
Bistro Na (foodie/hedonists)	Chinese
Bistro Na (foodie – duck)	Chinese
Blooming VIP (lunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Blooming VIP (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Boston Lobster (Nov 2015)	Cantonese/South East Chinese
Boston Lobster (v2.0 Sep 2022)	Cantonese/South East Chinese
Broiling Pit	Chinese BBQ
Capital Seafood (tony lau – 2014)	Cantonese Chinese
Capital Seafood (tony lau – 2021)	Cantonese Chinese
Capital Seafood (bev hills – brunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Capital Seafood (bev hills – sauvages)	Cantonese Chinese
Capital Seafood (bev hills – dirty dozen)	Cantonese Chinese
Capital Seafood (bev hills – sauvages)	Cantonese Chinese
Capital Seafood (bev hills – hedonists)	Cantonese Chinese
Chang’an (foodie)	Western Chinese
Chang’s Garden	Hangzhou Chinese
No. 1 Charcoal BBQ	Chinese BBQ Skewers
Chef Tony (pasadena)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Chef Tony (arcadia)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Chengdu Impression	Szechuan Chinese
Chengdu Taste	Szechuan Chinese
China Islamic (hedonists)	Western Islamic Chinese
China Red (brunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
China Red (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
China Taste	Anhui Chinese
Chong Qing Special Noodles	Szechuan Chinese
Chuan’s	Szechuan Chinese
Chuan Ren Bai Wei	Szechuan/Beijing Chinese
Chun La Hao	Szechuan Hot Pot
Colette (lunch)	Contemporary Chinese
Colette (dinner)	Contemporary Chinese
Colette (tony lau)	Contemporary Chinese
SGV Crawl (Brent)	Hunan/Szechuan/Shanghai Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (meal 1 – 2013)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (meal 2 – 2014)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (meal 3 – 2016)	Szechuan Chinese
Cui Hua Lou (meal 4 – 2018)	Szechuan Chinese
Dai Ho (aff)	Taiwanese Chinese
DaLongYi Hot Pot 大龙燚火锅 (lunch)	Szechuan Hot Pot
Dean Sin World	Chinese Bakery
Dim Sum House	Cantonese Dimsum
Din Tai Fung	Taiwanese Dim Sum
Dolan’s Uyghur Cuisine	Uyghur
Dolan’s Uyghur Cuisine (lamb)	Uyghur
Dong Ting Noodle (aff)	Hunan/Hubei Noodles
Dong Ting Spring	Hunan Chinese
Dong Nguyen	Vietnamese / Hainan Chicken
Duck House	Peking Duck House
Duck House (birthday)	Peking Duck House
Duck House (Apr 2022)	Peking Duck House
Duck House (Jan 2024)	Peking Duck House
Earthen Restaurant	Taiwanese Chinese
Elite Restaurant (brunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Elite Restaurant (dirty dozen)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Elite Restaurant (dirty dozen)	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (dinner 1)	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (dinner 2)	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (dinner 3)	Cantonese
Elite Restaurant (dinner 4)	Cantonese
Embassy Kitchen	Cantonese
Empress Pavilion	Cantonese Dim Sum
Five Star Seafood Restaurant	Cantonese Dim Sum
Flaming Pot	Taiwanese Hot Pot
Grand Harbor (meal 1)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Grand Harbor (meal 2)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Grand Harbor (meal 3)	Cantonese Chinese
Grand Harbor (meal 4)	Cantonese Chinese
Guan Dong Da Yuan	North Eastern Chinese
GuYi	Szechuan/Northern Chinese
GV Yummy	Qing Dao Chinese Chinese
Hai Di Lao	Chinese Hot Pot
Haige Star Blvd	Szechuan Chinese
Happy Duck	Beijing Chinese
Happy Harbor (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Happy Harbor (lunch)	Cantonese Chinese
Happy Table (May 2015)	Northern/Central Chinese
Happy Table (June 2019)	Northern/Central Chinese
Happy Tree House (crawl)	Chinese Skewers
Happy Valley Village (May 2022)	North East Chinese
Hip Hot	Szechuan Chinese
Henry’s Cuisine	Hong Kong style
Ho Kee Cafe	Hong Kong Chinese
Hop Woo	American and Szechuan Chinese
Hot Pot Hot Pot	Mongolian Hot Pot
Huolala	Szechuan Chinese
Hunan Chili King	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Mao	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Restaurant (crawl)	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Restaurant	Hunan Chinese
Hunan Style Restaurant	Hunan Chinese
Indian, The Tavern	Chinese
Indian, The Tavern (foodie – CNY)	Chinese
Iron Teapot	Dim Sum
ixlb Dimsum Eats	Dim Sum
J&J Restaurant	Shanghai Chinese
Jiang Nan Spring	Shanghai Chinese
Ji Rong	Beijing Chinese
JTYH Heavy Noodle II	Western Chinese
J Zhou	Cantonese Chinese
King Hua	Cantonese Dim Sum
King Kho Bo	Chinese Dried Snacks
Lady Yans	Szechuan Chinese
Lao Sze Chuan	Szechuan Chinese
Legendary Restaurant	Szechuan Chinese
Leung Kee (crawl)	Cantonese BBQ Chinese
Lincoln Seafood Restaurant (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
Little Fatty	Modern Taiwanese
Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot	Mongolian Hot Pot
Longo (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Longo (lunch)	Cantonese Chinese
Longo (hot pot)	Cantonese Chinese
Long Xing Juicy Dumpling	Northern Chinese Dumplings
Lotus Dim Sum Dumpling House	Chinese Dim Sum
Lucky Noodle King	Szechuan Chinese
Lukshon	Modern Chinese
Lunasia (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Lunasia (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
Lunasia (brunch – 2014)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Lunasia (brunch – 2023)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Lunasia (sauvages)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Luscious Dumplings (aff)	Chinese Dumplings
MaLu Bian Bian Hot Pot	Chengdu Hot Pot
Mama Lu’s Dumpling House	Chinese
Mandarin Bay (crawl)	Cantonese Chinese
Mei Long Village	Chinese
Meizhou Dongpo (Century City)	Mixed Chinese
Meizhou Dongpo (Arcadia)	Mixed Chinese
Mian	Schezuan Noodles
MK BBQ (crawl)	Chinese BBQ
MK BBQ (dinner)	Chinese BBQ
Monarch	Hong Kong fusion
Monterey Palace Restaurant (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
Monterey Palace Restaurant (dim sum)	Cantonese Chinese
Monterey Palace Restaurant (dinner – 2023)	Cantonese Chinese
Moon House	American Chinese
Mr Chow	American High End Chinese
Mountain House	Szechuan Chinese
Nanjing Duck House	Nanjing Chinese
Nature Pagoda	Herbal Chinese
NBC Seafood (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
NC Peking Duck	Northern / Beijing Chinese
New Bay Seafood (meal 1)	Hong Kong Chinese
New Bay Seafood (lunch)	Hong Kong Chinese
New Bay Seafood (last dinner)	Hong Kong Chinese
New Century Lobster	Southern Chinese
New Port Seafood	Chinese
New Port Seafood Beverly Hills	Chinese
Noodle Harmony (aff)	Szechuan Chinese
Northern Cafe	Northern Chinese
Northern Cafe Temple City (foodie)	Northern Chinese
Northern Chinese	Northern Chinese
Ocean Star Restaurant	Cantonese Dim Sum
On Fire	Hot Pot
One One Dumplings	Northern Chinese
The Palace (brunch)	Cantonese Dim Sum
The Palace (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Paradise Dynasty	Chinese XLB++
Peking Restaurant (crawl)	Chinese
Pine & Crane	Taiwanese Chinese
Popcorn Chicken	Taiwanese
Qin West Chinese Cuisine	Western Chinese
Ray’s Duck House (dim sum / duck)	Cantonese Dim Sum+
Red Chicken	Singapore Chicken
Rice Yummy	Shanghai Chinese
Roc	Taiwanese Dim Sum
Ruby BBQ	Southern Chinese
Salju Dessert	Taiwanese Shave Ice
Savoy Kitchen	Hainan Chicken/Hong Kong
Sands Chinese Restaurant 金沙中餐館	Southern Chinese
Sea Harbor (dim sum)	Cantonese Dim Sum
Sea Harbor (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
Seafood Village	Chiu Chow Chinese
Seafood Palace	Chiu Chow Chinese
Sham Tseng (valley blvd)	Cantonese Chinese
Sham Tseng (garvey ave)	Cantonese Chinese
Shaanxi Garden	North Western Chinese
Shaanxi Gourmet	North Western Chinese
Shancheng Lameizi	Szechuan Hot Pot
Shandong Dumplings	Shandong Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 1)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (brunch)	Shanghai Dim Sum
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 2)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 3)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghai #1 Seafood Village (dinner 4-5)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghailander Palace (Hacienda Heights)	Shanghai Chinese
Shanghailander Palace (Arcadia)	Shanghai Chinese
Shi Hai	Cantonese Dimsum
Shin Beijing (meal 1)	Korean Chinese
Shin Beijing (meal 2)	Korean Chinese
Shin Beijing (meal 3)	Korean Chinese
Side Chick	Hainan Chicken
Silk Road Garden (crawl)	Uyghur Chinese
Southern Mini Town	Shanghai Chinese
Spicy City	Szechuan Chinese
Spicy Home (crawl)	Szechuan Chinese
Spicy Impression	Szechuan Chinese
Spicy Moment (crawl)	Szechuan Chinese
Spicy Moment V2.0 (hedonists)	Szechuan Chinese
Spicy Noodle House	Bad Chinese
Szechuan Delicious (AFF)	Szechuan Chinese
Szechuan Impression (SGV)	Szechuan Chinese
Szechuan Impression (West LA)	Szechuan Chinese
Szechuan Impression (Tustin)	Szechuan Chinese
Szechuan Place	Szechuan Chinese
Tang Dynasty	Hunan Chinese
Tang Gong (tony lau)	Cantonese Dimsum
Tang Gong (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
Tasty Dining	Wuhan Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 1)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 2)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 3)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 4 – 2016)	Chinese
Tasty Duck (meal 5 – 2021)	Chinese
Tasty Food	Shanghai Chinese
Tasty Noodle House	Shanghai Chinese
Tim Ho Wan	Dim Sum
Tong Tak House Seafood Restaurant (tony lau)	Cantonese Chinese
Top Island Seafood	Cantonese Chinese
Wagyu House by The X Pot (lunch)	Chinese Hot Pot
Wagyu House by The X Pot (foodie)	Chinese Hot Pot
Wangjia (hedonists)	Shanghai Chinese
World Seafood Restaurant (brunch)	Cantonese Chinese / Dim Sum
World Seafood Restaurant (dinner)	Cantonese Chinese
World Seafood Restaurant (brunch)	Cantonese Chinese / Dim Sum
Wuming Hot Pot	Chinese Hot Pot
Xi’an	Chinese
Xiang La Hui	Szechuan Chinese
Xino (meal 1)	Modern Chinese / Dim Sum
Xino (meal 2)	Modern Chinese / Dim Sum
Yaha	Northern Chinese
Yanbian Restaurant (meal 1)	Yanbian Chinese
Yanbian Restaurant (meal 2)	Yanbian Chinese
Yang’s Kitchen	Chinese Fusion
Yau Ma Tei Yummy Kitchen	Southern Chinese
You Kitchen	Chinese Dumplings
Yuan’s Hot Pot	Chinese Hot Pot
Yunnan Garden	Yunnan Chinese
Yunnan Restaurant	Yunnan Chinese

At lot of these dinners are organized through a group known as Yarom and the Hedonists. We meet a couple times a week for serious eating and drinking. It’s a fairly open group and the only conditions are that the food is delicious and that each person brings a great (and appropriate bottle of wine). Most of the time we have 10-20 people and we really take over a restaurant and go to town. It’s all great fun. If this kind of thing appeals to you the Meetup for the group can be found here.

China

Chronicling my Chinese eats at the source — back in China. Currently, these feature a 2 week trip in 2018 hitting Beijing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Guilin, and Shanghai.

Day	Meal	Restaurant	City	Regional Style	Rating
Day 1	Dinner	Dadong	Beijing	Peking Duck	!!
Day 2	Breakfast	Opposite House Breakfast	Beijing	International
Day 2	Lunch	Xiao Long Pu	Near Wall	Beijing Chinese
Day 2	Dinner	3.3 Noodles	Beijing	Noodle House
Day 3	Lunch	Xian Lao Man	Beijing	Beijing Dumplings	!
Day 3	Dinner	Country Kitchen	Beijing	Beijing Cuisine	!!
Day 4	Dinner	Jia San Soup Pau	Xi’an	Shaaxni Cuisine	!
Day 5	Breakfast	Xi’an Sofitel Breakfast	Xi’an	International
Day 5	Lunch	Unknown	Xi’an	Shaaxni Cuisine
Day 5	Dinner	De Fa Cheng	Xi’an	Chinese Dumpling House	!
Day 6	Dinner	Chen Mapo Tofu	Chengdu	Szechuan Chinese	!
Day 7	Breakfast	Chengdu Ritz Breakfast	Chengdu	International
Day 7	Lunch	Unknown	Chengdu	Szechuan Noodle Shop
Day 7	Dinner	Unknown Hot Pot	Chengdu	Szechuan Hot Pot
Day 8	Lunch	Unknown	Leshan	Szechuan Noodle Shop
Day 8	Dinner	Unknown	Chengdu	Szechuan Chinese
Day 9	Dinner	Chungji	Guilin	Guangzhou Chinese	!
Day 10	Dinner	Amys on the Li	Yangshuo	Guangzhou Chinese
Day 11	Breakfast	Amys on the Li	Yangshuo	Guangzhou Chinese
Day 11	Lunch	Chungji	Guilin	Guangzhou Chinese	!
Day 11	Dinner	Paradise Dynasty	Shanghai	Shanghai Chinese	!
Day 12	Lunch	Shanghai Tang	Shanghai	Shanghai Chinese	!!!
Day 12	Dinner	Xinrongji	Shanghai	Shanghai Chinese	!!
Day 13	Dinner	Cheng Long Xing Xie WangFu	Shanghai	Shanghai Chinese	!!
Day 14	Dinner	Jade Mansion	Shanghai	Shanghai Chinese	!

Chinese Diners outside LA or China

China Gourmet (2021)	Philadelphia	Cantonese Chinese
China Gourmet (2022)	Philadelphia	Cantonese Chinese
Ding Hao	Adelaide Australia	Chinese
DJ Kitchen	Philadelphia	Szechuan Chinese
Feng Nian	San Francisco	Chinese
Han Dynasty	Philadelphia	Chinese
Hei La Moon	Boston	Cantonese Dim Sum
Long Beach Dempsey	Singapore	Singaporean
Joy Luck Palace	New York	Cantonese Chinese
Mark’s Duck House	Washington D.C. Area	Cantonese Chinese
Ping Pong	Washington D.C. Area	Modern Dim Sum
Q by Peter Chang	Washington D.C. Area	Szechuan Chinese
Wendy Wuo	Mammoth Lakes	Homemade Hot Pot