Must Eat Noodles at Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle

March 14th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Chinese, Food, Must Eat, San Gabriel Valley, Travels / Leave A Comment

It’s not exactly the same as in Taiwan, but the noodle soup, mian xian (麵線), at Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle (阿宗麵線) in San Gabriel is pretty close in taste. The Ay-Chung restaurants in California are actual restaurants with seats and other items on the menu, rather than just a stand that serves only mian xian. Their stewed fatty pork over rice (滷肉飯) was also very good, one of the best I’ve had. (Pass on the glutinous rice meatball 肉圓).

140 W Valley Blvd, #208
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 280-0186

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Place(s): Ay-Chung Flour-Rice Noodle
On: Saturday, March 13, 2010Jessica Cheng
In: San Gabriel
With: Jann Jeung, Mae Luu
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Must Eat Caramel Pudding Shaved Snow at Class 302

March 14th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Dessert, Food, Must Eat, San Gabriel Valley, Travels / Leave A Comment

Shaved snow (雪花冰) outside of Taiwan is rare. Actually, even in Taiwan it’s rare. Anyway, my favorite place outside of Taiwan is at Class 302 in Rowland Heights. Just look at it! I don’t know if I’ve just gotten used to ordering either their green tea shaved snow with red beans and mochi or their shaved snow with strawberries and/or mangoes, but this time, I noticed a caramel pudding shaved snow at the bottom of the list. I love pudding, so I had to try it. It has a layer of snow at the bottom, then a generous layer of pudding (布丁) in the middle, and more snow on top. They provide some caramel on the side to pour onto the dish. It’s definitely worth a try.

1015 S. Nogales St., #125
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
(626) 965-5809

View all 3 photosCaramel Pudding Shaved SnowGreen Tea Shaved Snow with Mochi and Red BeansOutside
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Place(s): Class 302
On: Saturday, March 13, 2010
In: Rowland Heights
With: Mae Luu, Jann Jeung, Jessica Cheng
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Must Eat Taiwanese Breakfast at Yi Mei Deli Co in Rowland Heights

March 14th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Chinese, Must Eat, San Gabriel Valley, Travels / Leave A Comment

I haven’t been to Yi Mei Deli Co in Rowland Heights in a while, and I’m glad I got to go again this time. It’s my most favorite place for Taiwanese breakfast. The things the have here remind me so much of Taiwan. Not as cheap, but some of their items are just as good.

My favorites are: egg pancake (蛋餅), rice roll (飯糰), and glutinous rice meatball (肉圓). They also serve very good donuts (油條) and soybean milk (豆漿). I tried their gua bao (刮包) for the first time and it was just alright. It seems that nothing will ever compare to the one from Lan Jia Gua Bao (藍家刮包) in Taiwan. Anyway, let me reiterate, best Taiwanese breakfast joint in SGV!

18414 Colima Rd Ofc
Rowland Hghts, CA 91748
(626) 854-9246

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Place(s): Yi Mei Deli Co
On: Saturday, March 13, 2010
In: Rowland Heights
With: Jann Jeung, Jessica Cheng, Mae Luu
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Pork Chop Rice (Pai Gu Fan) at Old Country Cafe

March 14th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Chinese, Food, San Gabriel Valley, Travels / Leave A Comment

One of my favorite Taiwanese dishes is pork chop rice (排骨飯). I ordered it at Old Country Cafe in Alhambra and it was pretty good. I think it must be in the batter. The pork chop came with some pickled vegetables (雪菜) as well as some boiled vegetables, a tea egg (茶葉蛋), and some ground pork over rice (肉燥飯). All this for only about $6! If I lived around here this would probably be one of my regular meals.

Neighborhood: Alhambra
2 E Valley Blvd
Alhambra, CA 91801
(626) 284-4610

View all 5 photosPork Chop over RiceShredded Chicken over RiceGround Pork over RiceBeef Intestines SoupInside
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Place(s): Old Country Cafe
On: Friday, March 12, 2010
In: Alhambra
With: Mae Luu, Jessica Cheng, Jann Jeung
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City of Angels Film Festival Gala Premiere of 1040

March 14th, 2010 by Jonas / Filed under Events, Los Angeles County, Travels / Leave A Comment

The reason I went down to LA this weekend was for the City of Angels Film Festival gala premiere, featuring 1040. Simply put, it’s a documentary and story about Christian movement in Asia, and I highly recommend it!

The event kicked off with food and beverages at the reception hall in the Designers Guild of America, then an introduction, followed by the screening of the movie, and ending with Q&A with the cast and crew of 1040, which included: Jaeson Ma, Carl Choi, Anson Ho, Evan Leung, Sean from Jinusean, and MC Hammer.

Here’s the trailer:

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Event(s): City of Angels Film Festival Gala Premiere of 1040
Place(s): Directors Guild of America
On: Friday, March 12, 2010
In: Los Angeles
With: Jann Jeung, Jessica Cheng, Mae Luu, Kristine J
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