65349 Mon Dec 27 16:55:56 -0800 2004 8 2 Los Angeles Area 0 352067 Hi 'hounds In an earlier thread (linked below) I requested Taiwanese food for a friend of mine from Taipei who has been traveling around the world for 5 months and is looking for a taste of home. In my earlier thread, someone mentioned that all of the nicer Taiwanese places have moved to Rowland Heights-- does anyone (Jerome? Beuller? :-) know of any of these places? Would love to take her to a great spot that reminds her of home. I'm quite surprised that in a city which plays Taiwanese satellite TV that there are not more taiwanese specialty restaurants Thanks everyone! Mr. Taster Link: http://www.chowhound.com/topics/show/65279#351689 Mon Dec 27 16:55:56 -0800 2004 0 Mr. Taster 1 352124 One of my Taiwanese friends hipped me to Supreme Dragon. We usually go in a group of 4, and get one of the set course meals, which includes steamed pork dumplings, a whole halibut, soups and a couple other items for $16 total (not per person). On the divey side, but unless you're trying to impress a date or a client, who cares? Supreme Dragon 18406 Colima Rd #E&F Rowland Heights 626-810-0396 Same friend showed me Q Noodle House, which specializes in noodles & tofu dishes. The cold, smoked tofu w/ oyster sauce is oddly delicious. Scallion pancakes are tasty here. Many stir fried mifun dishes to choose from. Q Noodle House (same strip mall as Sam Woo's dim sum shop) 18930 E. Gale Ave Rowland Heights 626-810-5108 Jonathon Gold wrote about Chicken Garden in his book, but I've never been. They're a chicken specialist, and do a good version of three cup chicken. He called the Burning Wine Chicken "the most specatacular chicken dish in existence," in the firey, visual sense of "spectacle." Chicken Garden 18406 Colima Rd Rowland Heights 818-913-0548 Din Tai Fung is well known on this board. They're based in Taipei, so your friend may already be familiar with them. Din Tai Fung 1108 S. Baldwin Ave Arcadia 626-574-7068 I ate at King's Palace with Chowpatty, Thi, DanaB and Robert Lu. I'm told this is high end-y Taiwanese with a strong Shanghai influence. The fried crab with garlic made me weep, but not everyone dug it. Pork pump was good, but not as impressive to me as Mei Long Village's version down the street. The winter melon with crab roe was subtle and delicious, and I think everyone enjoyed it. Chowpatty wrote more about it on her blog, here: http://eatingla.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_eatingla_archive.html King's Palace 250 W. Valley Blvd #M San Gabriel 626-282-9566 Tue Dec 28 01:02:34 -0800 2004 352067 0 Professor Salt 2 352158 Chicken Garden closed down a couple of years ago. Fortunately, there's a new Taiwanese place a couple of doors down called Taiwan Taste. Actually, Taiwan Taste has two locations in that shopping center--one is a sit down place up front, and they also have a fast food place behind the Hong Kong supermarket. Tue Dec 28 13:27:56 -0800 2004 352124 0 Chandavkl 1 352151 Hey Taster. Am out of town and just checking in at a library. There were a few places in Great Mall on San Gabriel and Valley. I'm away from my stuff and I don't have the time rightnow but, if it doesn't have to be a surprize, have your friend look at this page on Rowland Heights and scan through the Chinese part and she might find a place you can discover and let us all know about. A caveat: am not a huge fan of Taiwanese food, although I like Fujian food a lot. Maybe I just haven't had the best of luck - the blood soup was a turnoff, and the three cup chicken was ok. The computer here is pretty slow, so go to chineseypages.com and look for the restaurant info. I may have posted it here before - you can click on Rowland Heights specifically once you get to the restaurant page. If you browse the chowhound search page, the link might show up. Sorry I can't do any better right now. Tue Dec 28 12:48:14 -0800 2004 352067 0 Jerome 2 352152 Ok It's Chinesypage.com not pages. See link below for rowland heights. Link: http://www.chineseypage.com/rest/rest-Rowland%20Heights.htm Tue Dec 28 12:55:20 -0800 2004 352151 0 Jerome 3 352153 Good time cafe on the page looks promising. Haven't been. Good luck. Good Time Cafe 18920 E. Gale Ave. Rowland Heights 91748 626-810-7838 Tue Dec 28 12:56:58 -0800 2004 352152 0 Jerome (sorry) 2 352201 Ooh - where have you had good Fujian food? There was a post on the general board about Hokkien (Fujian) mee and now I'm craving it! Tue Dec 28 17:44:08 -0800 2004 352151 0 vidia 1 352157 Great suggestions-- thanks PS and J Mr. Taster Tue Dec 28 13:15:16 -0800 2004 352067 0 Mr. Taster 1 352193 I like Country Bistro Restaurant, 1380 S. Fullerton Rd., #105, Rowland Heights, PH: 626-839-9889. I is not as good as it was a year ago, the owner got sick and the quality suffered from this and there was change in one of chefs, because some of the items on the menu just were not the same. It was one of my favorite resturants and it is lower down on my list now, but it is still very good and is high quality Taiwanese food. If you want Taiwanese snack food this is not the place for you because they don't make it. Tue Dec 28 16:37:17 -0800 2004 352067 0 ScottE