82. Garlic Noodles at Krave Asian Fusion

This week’s recommendations will require a leap of faith. If you’re willing to wait in line for your food or to possibly sit in traffic for a restaurant with no set menu or hours, then you’re in luck. I promise it’s worth the risk. Shan tofu...

In the brave new Irvine, where there are more Taiwanese restaurants than there might be of any other cuisine, the pork chop rice called pai gu fan might be the most commonly eaten dish in the city. It's such a constant and essential representation...

Whenever I see Chinese chicken salad on a menu, I gravitate toward it. It’s not as if I’ve liked most of them; the dressing is almost always too sweet, and the chicken stringy. But ordering one guarantees there’s at least going to be some sort of...

I spend a lot of time eating in the San Gabriel Valley, always learning and ever amazed by the breadth at hand: Beijing duck, Uighur lamb polo, Sichuan ginger rabbit, Hong Kong-style steamed fish, Taiwanese beef noodle soup, on and on and on. Over...

New Qingdao Restaurant    Zhou's Guilin Rice Noodle    1919 Lanzhou Beef Noodle   

There are certain dishes most people will identify as "comfort food." Ice cream, any form of cake, grilled cheese, doughnuts, lasagna and burgers are all likely candidates. Growing up in a Chinese American household, it was always rice. Rice in...