We’d like to meet some old friends for dinner at a Chinese place that is ‘moderately’ authentic (not American Chinese) but welcoming to non-Chinese speakers. They live in Valencia and we live in South OC. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
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I’m surprised nobody has chimed in. I can’t give you specific recommendations because I haven’t been in the area for several years, but the SGV surely must still have a ton of great Chinese places. IIRC, Rowland Heights and Hacienda Heights are hotbeds for Chinese expats, and I’m sure that up and down Colima Road (Boulevard?) you’ll be able to find something to your preferred degree of authenticity. Check other local review sites.
I realize that the SGV isn’t exactly midway between Valencia and South Orange County, but it’s roughly equidistant!
I’m surprised too. I’m very familiar with the San Gabriel Valley but was hoping for specifics where we’d feel most comfortable. So far, my own research has come up with Newport Seafood in San Gabriel, but I’ve seen online bits about new places in West LA too.
I’ve been to Newport Seafood in San Gabriel before the pandemic, before they took reservations. Not my choice, so we waited 2.5 hours….and to my surprise it was very good, even after the long wait. Their lobster special is the go to item. One out of 8 dishes was weird (can’t recall what) but otherwise very good to excellent. They have a restaurant in Santa Ana, not as fancy. The San Gabriel restaurant use to be some kind of chain place it’s nice enough, clean, seemed like a recent renno at the time.
There’s also the Capital Seafood group and mini chain. They have full restaurants in Arcadia, San Gabriel and Beverly Hills (near Lawry’s). I was at the Beverly Hills for niece’s graduation dinner a couple of years ago (Go Bruins). Menu was semi-abbreviated, as in a lot of the standard Cantonese banquet menu items but not anything exotic…definitely not 300 items. My sister called it a “best of” menu. I thought everything was prepared well and a nice room. I think Capital figured out, driving to SGV is a hassle.
You’re better off asking on foodtalkcentral
But here’s some choices some are fancy some are less fancy:
Bistro nas
Array 36
Lao xi noodle gouse
Chengdu taste
Longo seafood for their king crab and seafood dishes
Newport is an old classic gouse special lobster and get the shaken beef
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Thank you. We’ve been to Capital Seafood in The Spectrum and liked it a lot.
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Thank you! I was think that too but there’s so much more activity here. Got great recs there very quickly….. even from Chandavki.
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