Restaurant review: Bowled over by the Bashu fish at Fang's Kitchen

Counter Intelligence: Restaurant critic Jonathan Gold is bowled over by the Bashu fish at Fang's Kitchen in Monterey Park.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • February 6, 2015
Water-boiled fish is one of the most impressive dishes in the Sichuan repertoire: an enormous bowl of vegetables and broth bloodied with a half-inch of vivid chile oil. At Fang’s Kitchen, the sleek new Chengdu-style Sichuan restaurant in Monterey...
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