462153 Mon Nov 19 13:42:16 -0800 2007 9 2 Los Angeles Area 0 3139572 Literally stumbled onto this one while walking down the street a couple of doors north of Yunchuan (formerly Yunnan) Garden. Now seeing "Qingdao Bread Food" on a sign, what would you expect that they serve? First guess would be a bakery, but this was clearly a restaurant storefront so I'm thinking sandwiches. (Chinese sandwiches?) Well, in reality, Qingdao Bread Food serves almost nothing. They have sole dumplings (very good), pork dumplings and pork buns, plus four varieties (chicken, beef, pork and pork chop) of noodles, and that's about it. To give them credit, you do get your choice of leek or parsley with your fish dumplings, and leek or napa on the pork items, and they also have a handful of small appetizers (e.g., chitterlings). But this is probably the most concise menu I've ever seen in a sit down restaurant. I don't read Chinese, but I suspect that all the little banners including "50" on them means you can buy 50 frozen dumplings for between $15 and $20. This is total speculation on my part, but I'm wondering if this is one of those residential dumpling factories that decided to open up a legitimate retail location. Qingdao is at 301G N. Garfield. Mon Nov 19 13:42:16 -0800 2007 10131 Chandavkl 1 3139630 Sounds similar to Luscious Dumplings. So how are the dumplings and noodles? Mon Nov 19 13:56:59 -0800 2007 3139572 46671 notmartha 2 3140864 I guess the menu is like Luscious except Luscious has a much greater variety (though strangely I believe they dropped the fish dumplings from their menu). Sole with parsley at Qingdao was excellent. I think I'll go back to see if I can get 50 of them frozen. Mon Nov 19 20:42:23 -0800 2007 3139630 10131 Chandavkl 2 3140908 Where is Luscious? Mon Nov 19 21:05:18 -0800 2007 3139630 15633 fdb 3 3141093 In the shopping center at the SE corner of Las Tunas Dr. and Mission Dr. in San Gabriel. Street address is 704 W. Las Tunas. Mon Nov 19 23:38:28 -0800 2007 3140908 10131 Chandavkl 2 3946077 Had the Sole and Parsley Dumplings ($6.95) at Qingdao this afternoon, and they were ok. I liked the flavor of the sole/parsley filling. It seemed to also contain cilantro. There were a few other parties in there, which means it was practically full. What raised a red flag for me was seeing the chef eating something right out of his hand and then preparing food for customers without washing up first. Sun Aug 10 21:08:33 -0700 2008 3139630 181005 SushioCity 3 3946128 "What raised a red flag for me was seeing the chef eating something right out of his hand and then preparing food for customers without washing up first." _______________________________________________________________ Happens all the time, my friend. All the time. Sun Aug 10 21:48:44 -0700 2008 3946077 11583 ipsedixit 4 3965263 Where? Mon Aug 18 00:00:11 -0700 2008 3946128 181005 SushioCity 3 3946177 From what I can tell, most of the crew over at Qingdao have arrived fairly recently from the old country. When I first went there and before I figured out their order slip system, I needed the help of one of their patrons to communicate my order. There hasn't been a lot of migration here from that part of China until fairly recently. Consequently it'll take them a little while to catch on to what passes muster in a restaurant setting. Sun Aug 10 22:25:47 -0700 2008 3946077 10131 Chandavkl 4 4243020 the cook and family are from Shandong, really from Qingdao. The daughter in law who does the english language and cash register duties is from taiwan. They also have Lu-jiao, a type of pinwheel stuffed fried jiaozi dumpling. unusual. but yes, limited menu. Fri Dec 12 17:08:59 -0800 2008 3946177 10366 Jerome