Saturday nights are strange in the San Gabriel Valley because while most of your highly regarded Hong Kong Seafood restaurants are almost never full and often half empty, an array of other restaurants, such as Mama Lu’s, Seafood Palace, Five Star Seafood, Boston Lobster and Bay Cafe are jam packed with people lining up to get in. In the latter category is Henry’s Cuisine in Alhambra, whose main attractions are lobster which ranks up there with Newport Seafood and a fantastic pork leg dish with crispy pork skin. So it was distressing last night to go to Henry’s see posted signage that after last night they would be closed until May 1 because of the coronavirus situation.
A worldwide group called No Appetite For Ignorance is trying to fight back by having diners pledge to support their local Chinese restaurants during this crisis, and highlighting favorite Chinese restaurants of various Chinese food personalities.
