Off the 60 I have GouGe’s Utopia in City of Industry and Shancheng Lameizi in Rowland Heights flagged on Google Maps. Can’t remember where I heard about the former.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/gouges-utopia-rowland-heights
North of Riverside and worth a detour:
Not sure the level of $$$ you want to spend or how much sit-down service you want, but these were some of our favorites from when we lived out that way:
Caffe Allegro - La Verne and Upland (French-Italian-California fusion)
San Biaggio Pizza - Upland…on Campus Dr off the 210 (they have a take-out location on Mountain off the 10)
Union on Yale - Claremont (modern American)
Uno Tre Otto - Claremont (Italian)
Well between El Monte and Riverside are probably half of the authentic Chinese restaurants in the LA area, most numerous in Rowland Heights, but also in Hacienda Heights, Walnut, Diamond Bar and Chino Hills. Happy Harbor is great for dim sum (daytime) and seafood (dinner), and there are a number of other pricey Chinese places in the area.
Nice thanks. It’s by Omar as well which i’m thinking about. That’s west of el monte though… Can you think of anything east? Rowland Heights Little Highness looks good but too casual and Newport Tan Cang may be the move though i’ve been to the other one
No, I meant the original Happy Harbor on Nogales and Gale in Rowland Heights.
oooh thank you!..
poop… 5:30 doesnt give enough time to get to our concert at 7
What year was your shanghailander visit, @Chowseeker1999?
I used to love that place and your report looks great. I cannot tell years on FTC posts.
There’s Sun Nong Dan for Galbi Jjim off of the 60 fwy , Nogales Exit, open 24 hours
18902 A East Gale Ave., Rowland Heights, CA 91748
Off the 10
Back Abbey (Claremont) for burgers and brews
Merry’s Fried Chicken (West Covina) Indonesian fried chicken (kind of a trek off either the 10 or 60)
Ritual Brewing and Bootleggers Brewery (Redlands) blocks away from each other they usually have food trucks
Off the 60
Earthen (Industry)
Sun Nong Dan and Kang Ho Dang in the same plaza (Rowland Heights)
Ruen Pair (Rowland Heights) same as the one in Hollywood
Off the 91
San Juan BBQ (Riverside) A5Kobe recommendation
Corner Beef Noodle (El Monte)
Ahgoo Kitchen
Corner Beef Noodle House
Earthen
Shanghailander
Sung Nong Dan
Colonia Publica
Along the 210, try Papa’s Best Sandwiches or Cafe Mixu. And, of course, Donut Man.
Along the 10 in/around W. Covina, consider Mezzaterranean or Lobster & Steak Express, or further east on the 10 in Pomona try Cachanilla.
Along the 60 past the 57, try Dilliwala Indian. Along the 60 before the 57, basically anything along Gale, Azusa or points in between and you have all of Taiwan, various points in China, and sections of Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore to choose from.
Disagree on Back Abbey. It’s gone down in quality over the years. The fries no longer taste as ducky as they used to (they are fried in duck fat)…I had them last year and they tasted like regular fries…no hint of duck at all. The burgers were all of average quality, too…everything used to be executed with care…burgers used to be cooked to order (i.e. medium-rare, medium, etc.) but now they’re all over cooked. I was terribly disappointed and sad. I used to love this place.
Maple House Chicken and Waffles (right off 10fwy and Mountain) - waffles, fried chicken, smoked turkey greens, yams
Hilltop Jamaican (Pomona) - excellent jerk chicken, oxtail and curry patties, hidden gem (usually people take food to go)
They do make a good sandwich. Haven’t tried their prepared foods but I will next time I grab some sandwiches.
el monte:
viet huong cha gio are pretty good
ahgoo kitchen: seaweed fried fish and the scallion bread
the burmese place that replaced the malaysian place
rowland heights/walnut
chop chop grill
shanxi noodle house
midori (japanese)
janty noodle (indonesian)
Thats too bad. Haven’t been in a while but used to be great. Really digged the fires and burgers. My niece might be going to college at Claremont next fall. I’ll give it another try just to confirm.
Ahgoo has changed ownership recently. For now, green onion pancake is still on the menu.
It was delicious, but as you said, in another “time zone” LOL.