Originally Posted by
chrisl137
That was the mistake - I didn't think there was chinese food west of DTLA...
There's lots of good regional chinese restaurants in San Gabriel/Monterey Park/Arcadia/Alhambra where it won't be anything like "standard chinese food".
It didn't take very long for us to find them.
There are also some good restaurants in Irvine, where there is a large Chinese community.