Ethnic Foods Of The San Gabriel Valley: Representing The Far East


Cuisines covered inward previous posts: Mexican, Cajun, Nepalese, Lebanese, Thai, Basque, Argentinian, Cuban, Vietnamese, English, Belgian, Spanish, Jewish, Greek, Greek Diner, Hawaiian, Salvadoran, Iranian, Armenian, Afghani

 See that above? That's xx dissimilar ethnic varieties of food. I'm guessing nosotros but crossed over the half-way shout out for of our survey.

Last fourth dimension nosotros were inward the middle eastward too drifting further east. Today, we'll locomote dorsum to what the SGV is actually know for...Asian.

 Fried noodles, piddling tiny egg rolls, minty milkshakes...even durian, for Christsakes!  It's from that island archipelago and we've got it...Indonesian Food.

 There is non a whole lot of Indonesian inward the L.A. expanse but what nosotros create conduct is to a greater extent than frequently than non concentrated inward the valley amongst an outlet inward West Covina, 2 inward Alhambra, too the i nosotros sampled, Chicky BBQ too Grill inward Duarte.

Just off the corner of Huntington too Buena Vista, behind the El Pollo Loco, lies a piddling flake of this Southeast Asian culture. In the strip mall, at that topographic point is an Indonesian grocery store, beauty salon, an Indo TV studio, cultural club, too a motel...the Duarte Inn...where each Saturday, an Indonesian nutrient fair sets upward inward the parking lot.

 It's betwixt the marketplace too the TV studio that you'll notice Chicky BBQ amongst but a few tables where large Indonesian families force together to bask weekend meals together.

The bill of fare has a large arrive at of products...glazed shrimp that expect similar piddling glazed donuts; soto ayam (a chicken stew); nasi timbel (fried chicken too tofu)...and much more...but their specialty hither is satay, skewers of grilled meat (chicken, pork, or lamb) cooked over an opened upward flame.

This piddling combo of chicken satay, rice, salad, too egg rolls amongst peanut sauce too sweetness chili is non exclusively real juicy too delicious, it's exclusively $6.50.

 Going westward on Huntington, it won't locomote long until you lot instruct to i of the jewels of the valley, Santa Anita Racetrack. Just earlier you lot instruct there, however, you lot may notice a funny named restaurant, Young Dong Garden.

 Korean Food is making a large splash inward the Los Angeles expanse these days. You tin notice all you lot desire inward Koreatown, but westward of downtown L.A. too centered at Wilshire too Vermont, but nosotros conduct quite a representation hither inward the valley every bit well.

 At Young Dong, it's Korean barbecue. You pay i toll too instruct all you lot tin eat.

 A propane grill is built into each tabular array too a waitress brings you lot plates of meat too roughly pork fat. You coat the grill amongst the fatty too develop the meat every bit you lot continue your personal hot plate.

Besides the meat, at that topographic point is an awesomely huge array of condiments too side dishes to pick out from, all assault your table. Kimchi, onions, garlic, several sauces, chiles...

 It's a dissimilar means for us to barbecue. The meats are good, the alternative vast, too you lot instruct to pick out how much gustation you lot desire on it.

Did you lot know that when you lot conk to our local donut shops, to a greater extent than than probable you're enjoying Cambodian Food? That's because it has conk a traditional concern for Cambodian immigrants to instruct into. They are real skilful at it, likewise (our favorite is run past times a real prissy solid unit of measurement but exterior of the SGV, Miss Donuts inward La Verne).

 Beyond that, though, at that topographic point is i traditional Cambodian eatery that I could notice inward the San Gabriel Valley. Unfortunately, nosotros haven't been able to endeavor it but volition include it hither for reference. 

 It's Battambang Seafood Restaurant inward San Gabriel. It looks existent skilful too nosotros promise to endeavor it out soon.

Darryl
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