406457 Wed May 30 10:30:41 -0700 2007 4 2 Los Angeles Area 0 2613604 In his novels, Michael Connelly's detective, Harry Bosch, often goes to eat at a Chinese food restaurant in downtown LA called CHINESE FRIENDS... is there such a place? Has anyone been if so? Wed May 30 10:30:41 -0700 2007 10308 Tom P 1 2613619 984 N. Broadway. It's been there 25 years or so. I keep meaning to go back but haven't been there in years. Wed May 30 10:32:48 -0700 2007 2613604 10131 Chandavkl 1 2613787 I used to go monthly, had the house special shrimp, not the one on menu. Have not been in 10 years, but I saw one of the owners of Empress Pavillion dining ther last time I was there. Wed May 30 11:09:35 -0700 2007 2613604 11279 Burger Boy 1 2615040 Chinese Friends is the first chinese restaurant I was taken to in L.A. over twenty years ago. It is on the north end of Chinatown, a small storefront in a stripmall, with some underground parking next door. The food is good -- standard fare including an imitation of slippery shrimp, beef with broccoli, kung pao chicken, etc. Linoleum tabletops, plastic water glasses. Still occasionally go for lunch, but while many dishes are a buck or so more expensive, I defintely prefer Yang Chow, a couple blocks south on the other side of the street. Wed May 30 16:08:25 -0700 2007 2613604 10855 nosh 2 2616146 Chinese Friends is great for pork chop w/vegetable rice, shrimp friend rice and shanghai noodles. Thu May 31 01:06:38 -0700 2007 2615040 41436 kure