Known for its large Asian population, the San Gabriel Valley has many local restaurants. Most of the local restaurants in this city are Asian cuisine based. The question is what are the locals favorite restaurants? One non-Asian restaurant many locals love is The Hat. The Hat is a classic fast-food restaurant and is the most reliable place for after-school snacks and late-night munchies. They sell sandwiches, hot dogs, and burgers, but they are mainly known for their pastrami burgers. One can be located on 1 Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801.
Another favorite local restaurant is the Newport Seafood Restaurant. Newport Seafood Restaurant remains one of the region’s top overall restaurants. Its menu has Cantonese with Cambodian influenced dishes like Green Chicken. This dish is boiled/steam chicken and usually involves chili paste too. The restaurant sells crab, clams, soups like Thai seafood hot and sour soup, and other dishes like fried tofu and kung pao. Many suggest to order fresh lobster made with green onion and garlic, bo luc lac, and garlicky pea shoots to complement the seafood. It can be located at 518 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA 91776.
A third popular local restaurant is actually a bakery, called Diamond Bakery. Diamond Bakery is known as a Cantonese bakery. The bakery might be near-best out of all other Cantonese bakeries in the San Gabriel Valley. They sell wrapped pastries, from egg custard tarts to full cream-filled sheet cakes. It is located at 744 Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754.
A fourth popular local restaurant/bakery is Hue Thai Bakery and Deli. It’s known as one of the best banh mi spots in Rosemead. It serves the platonic ratio of ingredients stuffed into a bread baked on the premises, with the customers choice of French roll or light baguette. The staff recommends the latter for a lighter crispness. With meaty paté, head cheese, ham, steamed pork sausage, and crisp pickled vegetables with the intense spice of fresh jalapeño and bright cilantro, this sandwich has it all. Which is located on Garvey/river, 8968 Garvey Ave, Rosemead, CA 91770.
These are just a few of the many delicious places that are offered here in the San Gabriel Valley. As there is a taste for every person that can be explored. From Asian cuisine to Hispanic cuisine, everybody is welcome to have their fair share of delicacy.
