50148 Thu May 02 15:18:37 -0700 2002 1 2 Los Angeles Area 0 253443 When I was a young kid my adventurous parents took me to a Hakka chinese place in Flushing Queens, which catered to old man yelling in near defening Chinese. Small, crowded, smelly, noisy I was a little wierded out but when the food came I just stared. Pieces of bumpy yellow chicken fat floated in a hot delicious broth anchored by broken bits of delicate fowl bone. That night has become a family joke. Including the sigh above the door that said "Hakka the Last Frontier". Well, good impression or bad I want more. What ever happened to Hakka cuisine? Can I find some more of that good stuff in L.A.? Please help. Thu May 02 15:18:37 -0700 2002 0 Colin Brown Ugly American 1 253534 I believe that the Kim Tar chain is Hakka (but I'm not certain). There is a branch in City of Industry on the northwest corner of Nogales and Gale. Other than the very good bbq - duck, pork, the ususal - I never worked my way through the menu. Their specials were generally seafood and listed in on the butcher paper pasted on the wall. Hakka litterally translates as "guest". Guest refers to their being a Chinese group that doesn't have their own homeland. To my understanding they are mostly from southern China and IndoChina. The one Hakka I've know was from Burma and more than a little sensitive. Fri May 03 18:53:34 -0700 2002 253443 0 John Z