Kevin Cheng

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• Posted Cajun Seafood - Boiling crab to LAist
  It was right after Chinese New Year that we came to Boiling Crab -- we were definitely in the mood for some steamin' cajun seafood. The slightly weird part of this, of course, is that we're in Alhambra, where Chinese food dominates. Yet despite -- or perhaps because -- Boiling Crab stands out from the glut of Chinese restaurants, it has garnered over 300 overwhelmingly positive reviews on yelp. The people here are similarly savvy...
• Posted Foreign Flicks: The Los Angeles Taiwanese Film Festival to LAist
  The first annual Los Angeles Taiwanese Film Festival takes place this weekend at the James Bridges Theater at UCLA, featuring documentaries and blockbusters from Taiwan. Among others, the festival features pop singer Jay Chou's directorial debut and one of this year's Oscar contenders for the Best Foreign Language Film award, Cape No. 7. Cape No. 7 has already won both the Jury's Award and the Audience's Choice award at the Taipei International Film Festival, and...
• Posted South Bay Korean: Gu Jip to LAist
  Gu Jip is a hidden gem of sorts. It's not tucked away in a dark alley somewhere, but I sure had enough trouble finding it -- there's no English signage at all except a blue lit sign that says "Tofu House." Not. Helpful. Good thing the suite number is also on top of the door and that matched up with the Gardena address we had in hand. We timidly shuffle in, hoping that the staff...
• Posted Dim Sum at Sea Harbor to LAist
  Sea Harbor sits a block south of Valley Blvd on Rosemead and is one of the highest rated Dim Sum places in Los Angeles. I've long heard of this place but have always been turned away by the crowd waiting outside, certainly a good indicator of the general consensus. Finally, this weekend I managed to drag the girlfriend out of her apartment by 10am, and we arrived at 10:50, plenty early to avoid a wait,...
• Posted Mongolian Hot Pot - Mon Land Hot Pot City to LAist
  Not too long ago I had a chance to meet Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer award winning food writer for the LA Weekly. I know what you're thinking, did I ask him for a recommendation? Of course I did! This is one of two places he recommended to me personally, and I'm so excited to finally come visit this place. Mon Land is a Mongolian hotpot place with some Northern Chinese cuisine tossed in for good...