"Chef Peter Lai, formerly of Embassy Kitchen in San Gabriel, is bringing LA’s Chinese food connoisseurs to an unexpected strip mall in East Pasadena. The chef’s menu at Colette includes classic Cantonese dishes along with new-school takes that draw from pan-Asian flavors and traditions. On a visit for a friend’s birthday, the array of dishes included sauteed chayote with minced pork and pickled olives, beef chow fun, crispy chicken with shrimp paste, and lobster with sticky rice. While the stir-fried noodles dazzled with the deep essence of wok hei and the crispy chicken was as good as ever, it was the perfectly cooked lobster combined with sausage-studded sticky rice that proved most enticing. Bringing together two quintessential Cantonese dishes on one feast-worthy platter is the kind of unexpected move that keeps diners coming back to Colette. — Cathy Chaplin, senior editor" - Eater Staff
