Help A Sino-lovin' Brother Out in the West SGV Please

[Ciao Bob]

Looking for new ideas for Sunday night dinner in the Mid-to-West SGV.

About a month ago, I had a fantastic meal at 9679 Las Tunas recently (no Eng-rish name, my friends translated it as "Spicy Fish House"), I will likely go there again, but am looking for new ideas. Anything good SGV Hounds...open to anything from Shanghai to Nothern to Yunnan (just not Canto/HK/Chui Chow).
TIA Bob

[Ciao Bob]

Thanks all.
Hao Yu Lai was quite good. One of the best dishes is a simple lotus root positively drowning in Ma La (numb-spicy) sichuan pepper.

[Chandavkl]

The English name at 9679 Las Tunas is Hao Yu Lai. It's only on the exterior signage, not the menus etc. Most all of the new places in the SGV get mentioned on the board, so I don't know which ones you've noted. Biggest recent splashes probably have been Wang Xing Ji in San Gabriel Square and Shaanxi Gourmet in Rosemead.

[Ciao Bob]

Thanks Chandavkl - that is some "English name" :)
Does it really mean Spicy Fish House?

[raytamsgv]

Your friend may have been pulling your leg. The Chinese name is: 好又来, which is not even remotely close to "Spicy Fish House".

I know the individual characters, but it may be an idiom that I cannot translate well. Perhaps they have that name elsewhere in the establishment?

[Peripatetic]

The full name seems to be 好又來鮮魚府:

http://s3-media2.ak.yelpcdn.com/bphot...

It's in the Health Dept database as "SI CHUAN HOA YOU LAI", for what that's worth.

[raytamsgv]

Thanks for the photo and the Health Depot. Info. The Chinese name would be more accurately translated as "Fresh Fish House". Regardless, it's just a name.

[ipsedixit]

Shen Yang
Omar's
Shanxxi

[TonyC]

Pretty sure CB's been to them all, several times.

Fortune No. 1 ( http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/811191 ) has released some Northern / Tianjin dishes, but you're on your own.

Sweethome Grill's ( http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/840137 ) menu looks "deep end": http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/1OkMND... but I've literally seen NO one there.

So, not much new to see here, except a bunch of new tea houses (natch).

[Ciao Bob]

Actually I have not made it to Shaanxi Gourmet! Thanks TC and ID!

[JThur01]

Let me third Shaanxi Gourmet. TonyC sums up the WSGV scene of late, not much interesting or of note.

[Johnny L]

Sweethome was busy when I passed by it on Sunday night after work around 10ish.

[bulavinaka]

Went to Sweethome for lunch today - we just beat the rush around 12:30PM. Cold peanut dish, cold cucumbers; skewers of lamb, beef strapback, chicken hearts, squid; lamb noodle soup, cold noodles w/ sesame. A beer and wine license would seal the deal here.

[J.L.]

+1. Get the Big Plate of Chicken. The noodles at Omar's are great.

[Mr Taster]

It's worth mentioning that while Omar's is delicious (especially the big plate chicken with those spectacular noodles), their prices are more in line with a western restaurant than the bargains we're used to enjoying across the SGV. The big plate chicken costs around $18. That's the pork pump price range, but somehow I feel that pork pump is a better bang for the buck.

I especially love the weird sort of Khazak-grandma motif, with the lacy curtains and central Asian tschotchkes on the wall. When I walk through that door I feel like I've stepped through xiao din dan's magic door.

Mr Taster