Having tried the popular “Xiao Fei Yang” (Small Fat Lamb) Hot Pots in L.A. area, I was excited to find that a bay area restaurant is offering a “Xian Nen Yang” (Fresh Tender Lamb) Hot Pot.
Chef King Restaurant’s window says Xian Nen Yang Hot Pots in Chinese characters. They don’t seem to be a specialty [...]

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Not sure if any of these are new, but just want to list them here so others may chime in. BTW, these are for the Chicken Machurian, but I’m sure they have Gobi as well.
Sitara in Santa Clara. I’ve only had it in their buffet. The flavor was ok but it was spongy buffet version.
Tumeric [...]

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Ay Chung Noodles is a Taiwanese small eats restaurants which already has chains in the L.A. area, and which itself originates from the XiMenDing (West Gate District) of Taipei, an area famous for stores for young people and popular small eats places.
The day before the official grand opening last Saturday, I had a chance to [...]

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Yes, I guess it has come full circle. It is the same place alright, but I think either they’ve remodeled or there’s an ownership change. When I went to Jia Ten Ha, there was no blue sign like the one in the picture (New Yong Kang snacks and noodle shop, named after the Chinese market [...]

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Yes, I guess it has come full circle. It is the same place alright, but I think either they’ve remodeled or there’s an ownership change. When I went to Jia Ten Ha, there was no blue sign like the one in the picture (New Yong Kang snacks and noodle shop, named after the Chinese market [...]

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It seems like you’ve hit upon a Korean noodle or snack shop. Gook Soo is Korean for noodles, as in Kar-Gook-Soo, or knife-cut noodles.
In this type of restaurants, Ramen usually means the Korean instant package variety of ramen, and NOT Japanese Ramen. As a kid I remember having these in snack shops (that usually also [...]

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