Some of the best Hainan chicken in town is in an Arcadia mall

Jonathan Gold reviews Side Chick, Johnny Lee's new restaurant in in the Westfield Santa Anita mall
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • April 28, 2017
If you wander by Side Chick at the right time of day, you can see an absurd number of whole chickens being prepped for that day’s service, both steaming pyramids of plump, pale birds fresh from their poaching liquid and burnished roast birds...
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