The 22 Essential San Gabriel Valley Restaurants
"Sporting two locations within a mile of each other in Arcadia — one on Baldwin and another on Live Oak — a city already quite blessed with Chinese food let alone terrific noodle spots, Lao Xi noodles command one’s attention for its superbly executed bowls of Shanxi-style noodles from husband-and-wife owners Joe Tao and Ellen Li. Fittingly, the Wife’s Special noodles with pork, tinted with a tomato-and-egg sauce with stir-fried pork belly, offers a picture of the creative but regionally based flavors here. Daoxiao-style fried pork noodles (the house special) come studded with guoyou pork, wood ear mushrooms, and scallions in a black vinegar sauce." - Eater Staff, Matthew Kang
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