Out-of-County Experience: Dim Sum at New Capital in Rowland Heights

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 8, 2008
If we're in a recession, someone forgot to tell the Chinese. Yesterday, the dim sum crowd at New Capital in Rowland Heights was as crazy as always.  Judging by the number of people milling about outside waiting for a table, this go-to place for...
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