Alice's Kitchen
Hong Kong style fast food restaurant · Monterey Park ·
Cantonese comfort food, pineapple buns, congee, milk tea
Cantonese comfort food, pineapple buns, congee, milk tea
"Just when we think we’ve experienced all the treasures of the San Gabriel Valley, a restaurant appears that makes us giddier than a toddler with a bubble machine. That’s how we felt the first time we visited Alice’s Kitchen, a larger-than-life Hong Kong cafe in Monterey Park that opened in 2019. This bright and busy diner is a full-on Hong Kong theme park, complete with an imported taxi cab outside, action movie posters on the walls, and a big family-filled patio designed to look like a street market. The food is fantastic—get the potent milk tea, pork chop pineapple bun sandwich, and the condensed milk-oozing Ovaltine french toast—but mostly we love what Alice’s represents: a lovingly oddball tribute to another part of the world that makes perfect sense here." - brant cox, garrett snyder, jess basser sanders, nikko duren, sylvio martins, cathy park
"The original owners of Delicious Food Corner opened Alice’s Kitchen with a very similar Hong Kong-style breakfast and dinner menu. With over 15 kinds of congee, Alice’s is the place to go for standbys like pork and preserved egg or the house special with fish paste and lettuce. The mismatched chairs and neon-lit wall art make the quirky interior reminiscent of the cafes you might find in Hong Kong." - Eater Staff
"Whenever we visit Alice’s Kitchen, a larger-than-life Hong Kong cafe in Monterey Park, we feel giddier than a toddler with a bubble machine. This bright and busy diner is a full-on Hong Kong theme park, complete with an imported taxi cab parked outside, action movie posters on the walls, and a big family-filled patio. The food is just as fun, from the deliciously strong HK-style milk tea to the fried pork chop and egg sandwiches on pineapple buns to the Ovaltine-dusted french toast oozing sweetened condensed milk. On weekends, expect to wait a while for a table if you get there after 10am." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder
"Just when we think we’ve experienced all the treasures of the San Gabriel Valley, a restaurant appears that makes us giddier than a toddler with a bubble machine. That’s how we felt the first time we visited Alice’s Kitchen, a larger-than-life Hong Kong cafe in Monterey Park that opened in 2019. This bright and busy diner is a full-on Hong Kong theme park, complete with an imported taxi cab outside, action movie posters on the walls, and a big family-filled patio designed to look like a street market. The food is fantastic—get the potent milk tea, pork chop pineapple bun sandwich, and the condensed milk-oozing Ovaltine french toast—but mostly we love what Alice’s represents: a lovingly oddball tribute to another part of the world that makes perfect sense here. " - brant cox, garrett snyder, jess basser sanders, nikko duren, sylvio martins
"Our Favorite Dishes: Pineapple Buns, Congee, Beef Chow Fun If you’re looking for a big group spot in Monterey Park where everybody will walk away happy, head to Alice’s Kitchen. This crowded Hong Kong-style cafe has a big front patio, long communal tables inside, and a menu with well over 100 different dishes on it. You could eat here every day for two months and not try everything, so for first-timers, we recommend sticking to the congee, hot pot, and fried noodle sections - and always get a few plates of pineapple buns for the table." - jess basser sanders, amy clark, brant cox, brett keating
