WHY For adviser-designed herb tea drinks that just might cure what ails you. WHAT All sorts of Chinese herbs and teas are served at the tonic bar in this retail herb emporium. Tell the folks here what you’re seeking (more energy, less weight, fewer hot flashes), and they’ll fix you up with a drink that [...]
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WHY Bulk teas, ginseng and hot teas, iced teas and iced milk teas to sip in the shop. WHAT This Chinatown branch of the international tea company has a loyal following for its bulk teas from around the world: green, jasmine, black, Pouchong, Ti Kuan, organic teas, flavored teas and more. Take a break and [...]
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WHY Soup noodle dumplings, scallion pancakes, Shanghai fried noodles and other such comfort food. WHAT The mini-mall storefront offers a selection of traditional eastern Chinese breakfast items on the weekends and good and inexpensive noodle soups, dumplings and traditional northern and Shanghai dishes all the time. WHO Noodle and dumpling lovers on a budget who [...]
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WHY When you’re in the mood for red-cooked pork ribs or lion’s head meatballs but don’t want to head out to the San Gabriel Valley, this venerable spot (formerly known as Mandarin Shanghai) is the ticket. WHAT Hidden in a strip mall, this little place is a good find off the Chinatown tourist path for [...]
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WHY Fine home-style cooking for a bargain tariff. WHAT This spot’s spartan white room is as brightly lighted as any hospital operating room; it’s the varied crowds that give the room its color. Following Shanghai custom, meals begin with small eats: roasted peanuts flecked with herb-like dry seaweed, seasoned jelly fish strips with scallions or [...]
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WHY Go for the Shanghai-style dumplings filled with crab and pork and the light, pastry-style dumplings filled with sautéed leeks—but also try the Shanghai spareribs and the jade shrimp with a spinach purée. WHAT Originally known as Dragon Villages, this was one of the first formal restaurants to introduce Shanghai-style cooking to Los Angeles. The [...]
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WHY Ambitious cuisine for discriminating eaters. WHAT In its coveted spot—the second floor of the huge Chinese Focus Plaza—Shanghai could probably get by serving the usual cold wine chicken, spicy cold beef tendon and a few pedestrian hot pots. Those are on the menu, but the kitchen turns out more sophisticated fare, such as poached [...]
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WHY Go for the tofu lovers’ piece de resistance: fine-cut tofu noodles dotted with ham shreds and shrimp in a rich-tasting translucent sauce. WHAT Ho Ho Kitchen is a charming hole-in-the-wall where you’re greeted with Styrofoam plates, big smiles and little English but good home-style cooking. Xiao long bao, or soup dumplings, although not on [...]
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WHY Crusty-bottomed pan-fried pork bao with slightly fluffy coverings, the fresh scallion dumplings, the salted vegetables stir-fried with torn bean curd sheet, and more such little treasures. WHAT At Supreme Dragon, diners are given a long sushi bar-style list of about 80 northern and Shanghai-style pastries and small dishes. The restaurant’s attempts at elegance—waterfall curtains, [...]
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WHY The spot-on cooking at this supremely nondescript place is something no food lover will want to miss. WHAT With small appetizer plates of Shaoxing wine-marinated blue crab, red-cooked Jia Xing duck and cool jade celery seasoned with sesame oil, plus a few orders of satisfying pastries and dumplings, you might be tempted to forgo [...]
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