I know in Rowland Heights, Little Shanghai in the Pacific Plaza food court has a variety of zongzi, but does anyone know of any other places that have particularly good 粽子 or other variations? And, yes, I recall many writing that the best version(s) came from their mom or a market.
Little Shanghai has five listed under a zongzi portion of the menu: Shanghainese pork; salted egg w/ pork; smashed red bean; red bean’ black sweet rice w/ red bean and red date.
I will invoke my “Morimoto mode” by topping plain zongzi with some uni ‘shutou’ from Maruhide (the store is still open for sales, I’m told; only the restaurant portion had closed)… We’ll see how it turns out.
該死 ! 粽子 made with 碱水 are one of the variations I was looking for.
So, does anyone have any particular favorites? Definitely will hit up Dean Sin World…
Don’t laugh too hard, but before it comes up…is there anywhere to pick up 粽子 outside the SGV? (yeah, I know!) Maybe a better way to put it, is there any place with serviceable 粽子 outside the SGV?
Most items range from $3-5. Most zongzi will be around $3. Lots of vendors (probably around 20), with lots of things other than zongzi. Don’t get too excited tho, just veggie stuff (mostly).
And bring sunscreen. Cuz it’s going to be fucking Africa hot.