Beautiful dumplings balancing sweet and savory…hot turnip cakes fresh off the griddle…lobster-filled potstickers…this is only a small sampling of the delectable dishes served at 888 Seafood Restaurant in Rosemead. Make it past the unremarkable exterior in a strip mall that is easy to miss and you’ll be rewarded with a seat at one of the best dim sum offerings in LA. more ›

A few months ago when we started keeping tabs on the ever-increasing number of nouveau food trucks hitting the streets of Los Angeles we began to wonder what kind of cuisine could possibly take to the road next. Every niche seemed to be the perfect parking spot, from Grilled Cheese sandwiches to french fries and beyond. So the game seems to be to yearn for a truck to serve something that isn't currently out there in truck form--but play fast, because chances are by the time you realize it's not there, someone's already working on it. more ›

Dim Sum Funeral revolves around the lives of four estranged Chinese American adult siblings who are summoned home to Seattle to mourn the death of their mother. The film opens this Friday June 12th at the Laemmle Sunset 5 and Laemmle Pasadena. more ›

When you think weekend brunch you probably imagine vanilla French toast, cheddar cheese and bacon scramble and a stack of blueberry pancakes. We do, too, so we were intrigued when we heard about the "Dim Sum and Then Some" Brunch at Equator in Pasadena. You get to choose from a menu of dim sum created by Chef Zhang, who learned a thing or two about the cuisine from his mother. She has worked at acclaimed Monterey Park and Chinatown restaurants for years. more ›

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, or so I thought. more ›

A sexy new NYC restaurant import is hitting Beverly Hills: Bond St, the brainchild of New York entrepreneur Jonathan Morr. BondSt is offering up modern Euro-Japanese cuisine in a sexy brown-leather setting (EaterLA has a few pics up here). more ›

Some of these restaurants made their debut this year, and some are perennial faves. Some are wallet-breakers, and some are low-budget. So we didn't make it there this year...maybe this can be our restaurant resolution list for 2-0-0-7. (I can, however, say I have eaten at any given listed location if anyone wants to volunteer to take me there for my 30th birthday, which so conveniently happens to take place just before 2006 comes... more ›

A few more years and we can go from Dim Sum to Sushi fun. Today marks the day where the Mayor and other MTA officials will have a Total Recall moment, sans the Governor: a 2 million pound tunnel boring machine will breakthrough the earth marking the end of an 1.7 mile eastbound tunnel for the Gold Line extension tunnel burrowing, which goes from First and Boyle to First and Lorena. If you are... more ›

This weekend, the Chinatown Business Improvement District is putting on a two-day Chinese Food Festival, aimed at getting folks out and about and eating in LA's historic Chinatown. Food and fun are on the menu, with attendees having the opportunity to sample tasty dishes from local restaurants, see Taiwan’s spectacular Hsiao Hsi Yuan Puppet Theatre, catch continuous showings of two of our favorite Chinese films, Eat Drink Man Woman and The Wedding Banquet, meet faculty and interns from the Yo San University School of Traditional Chinese Medicine who will offer free acupuncture demonstrations, tongue reading, and pulse analysis, and see some teapot-juggling, tai chi, martial arts, plate-spinning, bowl-kicking, and contortionists. There are tons of games and activities, including a kids' "Chinese Fear Factor." And...tons of food to eat. You can even taste some of Fosselman's Chinese-inspired flavors (and, hey--they're our #2 pick in the Ice Cream Summer series!) more ›

Michael T. Jarvis writes "The Central Library in downtown Los Angeles is home to 2.2 million volumes, including books, maps, CDs, DVDs and prints... We checked out some book lovers for a quick read on the library. more ›