"This San Gabriel noodle shop specializes in exactly what the name suggests, so start with the #30, or Chongqing handmade noodles. It’s a bowl of thick, handmade strands in a spicy, tangy broth that will leave your lips tingling. There’s bok choy, ground pork, and a fried egg, plus a puckery flavor from the pickled veggies that settle at the bottom of the bowl. If you’re not looking for a numbing mouth rinse, go for the hand-pulled tomato and egg noodles or the soybean paste noodles. Whatever you end up with, get the Sichuan dumplings—they’re thin, flat pork-filled patties." - cathy park, sylvio martins, brant cox, andrew ryce