Tasty Garden: Denny's By Way of Hong Kong

In last week’s column, I alluded to the flood of San Gabriel Valley Chinese restaurants with the word “Tasty’” tucked somewhere into their English-language names. Depending on whether you count doughnut shops, burger stands or branches of the same...

We have visited Seafood Palace before, more or less, on the occasion of a visit from a group of Michelin-starred chefs from Hong Kong to the San Gabriel Valley. The chefs had no interest in the Sichuan-, Shanghai- or Shandong-style restaurants...

As I wrote back in August of last year, Tasty Garden, the chain of Hong Kong-style cafes (cha chaan teng) with branches in the San Gabriel Valley, is planning to open in Irvine. ] At the time I said it does two things: it ups the cha chaan teng...

Tasty Garden, the chain of Hong Kong-style cafes (cha chaan teng) with branches in the San Gabriel Valley and Westminster, is planning to open one more Orange County store in Irvine. This does two things: it ups the cha chaan teng count to two in...

As I wrote back in August of last year, Tasty Garden, the chain of Hong Kong-style cafes (cha chaan teng) with branches in the San Gabriel Valley and Westminster, is planning to open in Irvine. Now it has in the space formerly occupied by Thanh...