"Despite all the fantastic restaurants within Alhambra’s city limits, the city’s downtown area skews fairly generic—complete with an Applebee’s and plenty of fro-yo. Yang’s is a respite from all of that. The bright, casual Taiwanese-Chinese spot feels like a cafe you’d find on the top floor of a high-end bookstore. Everyone is sipping coffee and eating breakfast plates or “set meals” with soup, rice, and pickled vegetables. We prefer the a la carte section though, where you’ll find standout dishes like fluffy mochi pancakes, cold sesame noodles, and an inch-thick salmon hash topped with crème fraiche and salmon roe. They’ve also recently begun dinner service with a new menu and the lively energy of a Sawtelle izakaya." - brant cox, sylvio martins
