Ultimate CHINATOWN LA FOOD TOUR! 20 Best Chinese Foods to Try!

Ultimate Chinatown LA Food Tour! 20 Best Chinese Foods To Try!
If you are looking for some of the best restaurants in Chinatown Los Angeles, then this is your LA food tour! Rockstar Eater visits Chinatown LA and explores the world of Chinese cuisine in this historic part of Downtown Los Angeles. Chinatown LA is known for having many kinds of foods, but in this episode, Steve concentrates on Chinese food and tours East Garden Restaurant, Golden Tree restaurant, and Broadway Cuisine, along with a brief stop at Chinatown Central Plaza.
This is the ultimate Chinese food tour in Chinatown Los Angeles. This is the video you must watch if you want to see over 20 different Chinese dishes displayed at 3 of the top Chinatown restaurants. See amazing Chinese dishes like orange chicken, Mongolian beef, hot and sour soup, dim sum, fried rice, xiao long bao, and more! And the great thing is: All of these Chinese restaurants are walking distance.
🔸 East Garden Restaurant
750 N Hill St F
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.east-garden-restaurant.com/
🔸 Golden Tree Restaurant
640 North Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
goldentreerestaurantla.com/
🔸 Broadway Cuisine
913 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
broadway-cuisine.com/
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Rockstar Eater specializes in Los Angeles food. Steve covers the best restaurants in Los Angeles 2023. So if you are looking for the best restaurants in LA or the best places to eat in Los Angeles 2023, then follow Rockstar Eater on KZread. This Los Angeles food vlog covers the best food in Los Angeles by showing you where to eat in Los Angeles.
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  • @RockstarEater
    @RockstarEater9 ай бұрын

    Which of these 3 Chinese restaurants looked the best? Thanks for watching! Please also click THANKS to support this channel!

  • @victorlui5955

    @victorlui5955

    9 ай бұрын

    The plate of just prawns with onions 😆😍😁😊🍻🍺

  • @victorlui5955

    @victorlui5955

    9 ай бұрын

    They all looked delicious.

  • @katrinavillanueva8091
    @katrinavillanueva80919 ай бұрын

    These three restaurants look really delicious. I always love your Chinese food vlogs the most. Then, the seafood. For 2nd place. Then the Filipino food vlogs, because I am Filipino American as a young woman who grew up on SoCal food. Thank you for sharing. All the shrimp stuff looks so good!!

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo53379 ай бұрын

    Central plaza used to be awesome! Especially at night with all the colours and lights. I loved that place as a kid. Am saddened to see its decline. 😢

  • @rexonmontefalcon
    @rexonmontefalcon9 ай бұрын

    I always enjoy visiting LA's Chinatown when we drive up from San Diego!

  • @abc123fhdi

    @abc123fhdi

    9 ай бұрын

    You should check out the Chinese restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley next time you're here.

  • @toeknee1505
    @toeknee15059 ай бұрын

    You listed some dishes that I haven't tried in a long while. Thanks Steve for this awesome video!

  • @DonJ1973
    @DonJ19739 ай бұрын

    That Mongolian beef looked awesome. Just give me a bowl of white rice and that plate and I would be in heaven. 😜. And I’m a huge fan of having an Asian themed breakfast.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Hope you like it

  • @JasminW007
    @JasminW0079 ай бұрын

    I love Chinese food so much. Especially for brunch I love to get those Baozis with red bean paste inside. Totally in love with that but also soy milk soup spicy with bread sticks ❤ Great video and recommendations! Thank you so much

  • @karenglaicar5486
    @karenglaicar54869 ай бұрын

    Everything looked delicious. I liked the last place best I think lol but I also really liked your breakfast. Great info. Nice video. Thanks and take care.

  • @timothylee8552
    @timothylee85529 ай бұрын

    Chinese food taste a lot better than presentation, thanks for the update, on my bucket list now

  • @gailannesquires3979
    @gailannesquires39799 ай бұрын

    Delicious. I love Chinese food. ❤❤

  • @Razgris4
    @Razgris43 ай бұрын

    Came down to Broadway Cuisine based on your review and it was great! Thanks for the video!

  • @cherriemay528
    @cherriemay5289 ай бұрын

    I'm so down for the gyozas and soup dumplings 😂

  • @KenformerlyKen
    @KenformerlyKen9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing..now i am hungry for some Chinese take out😮😅

  • @hawki9
    @hawki99 ай бұрын

    Plumtree Inn was one of my favorite Chinese restaurants, sad to see it's gone. I have many great memories of L.A. Chinatown as a kid in the 70s. It will always have a special place in my heart.

  • @angelaweeks5607
    @angelaweeks56079 ай бұрын

    First time watching , I really enjoyed it! I love eating Chinese food, it all looked very yummy! I live in Virginia but have relatives that live in LA when I do visit will have to go visit Chinatown and the 3 Restaurants! Thank you!❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Rebecca-dm5ul
    @Rebecca-dm5ul9 ай бұрын

    I love garlic baby bok choy as my veggie dish.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Yum

  • @andydurazo5337

    @andydurazo5337

    9 ай бұрын

    Sounds great!

  • @Estenberg
    @Estenberg9 ай бұрын

    So many GREAT PLACES are closed forever in Old Los Angeles Chinatown - both new and old. No more $8 lunches with Crab Rangoon, Rumaki, and a Mai Tai. No more giant banquet places. No more "Sam Woo" style BBQ Houses. No more Live Seafood in tanks. Now you have to go to Monterey Park, San Gabriel Alhambra and Rosemead for that. Chinatown is now mostly Hong Kong Diners, Steam Table lunch take-outs, and Vietnamese stalls.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Good old days

  • @pablocastaneda7848
    @pablocastaneda78489 ай бұрын

    The food looks so delicious. I'm going g to make sure to go.😊

  • @hansbraga_
    @hansbraga_9 ай бұрын

    Another one!!! You are on fire this week 🔥🔥 bro my to-eat list is getting so long cuz of u !! Lol

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated

  • @Janet....
    @Janet....9 ай бұрын

    Hi rockstar eater! Your videos are great we've tried a few of your recommendations but my husband and i always have to forward when you eat. Pleeeease use a napkin so we can see the taste tests😊thank you!

  • @cafezo87934
    @cafezo879349 ай бұрын

    I love steamed shrimp rice roll. It's the texture and fusion of flavors for me

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Good choice

  • @cafezo87934

    @cafezo87934

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@RockstarEaterdim sum/cantonese food is the best. Greasy but good ☺️

  • @leigh459
    @leigh4599 ай бұрын

    The food at those places look so delicious.

  • @hellomelaniex
    @hellomelaniex9 ай бұрын

    Broadway Cuisine is my favorite! I drive all the way from Orange County just to get the beef with black pepper sauce 🤤

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome to hear.

  • @abc123fhdi

    @abc123fhdi

    9 ай бұрын

    If you're driving up from the OC, you should check out the SGV area, lots of great Chinese restaurants there.

  • @hellomelaniex

    @hellomelaniex

    9 ай бұрын

    Oh yes, SGV is such a great area for food! Do you have any favorite restaurants you like to recommend?@@abc123fhdi

  • @pixpusher
    @pixpusher6 ай бұрын

    Hopefully you brought friends because that's a lot of food. Hopefully not wasted. Looks great!

  • @user-xp1sb8sf8x
    @user-xp1sb8sf8x7 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the update info i went to china town before the pandemic and i ate at abc restront yangs restaurant and the Phoenix restaurant delicious

  • @makisushi3720
    @makisushi37209 ай бұрын

    Please go to Jade Wok for the house special tofu. You are missing out! Yummy 😋😋😋

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    So good!

  • @nomadjedimaster7690
    @nomadjedimaster76909 ай бұрын

    You 🎸 rock & roll

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

  • @SuicideStarboyy
    @SuicideStarboyy5 ай бұрын

    Michelle gonna give a happy ending as dessert? BETTT 🤣🤣

  • @janethirakawa6936
    @janethirakawa69369 ай бұрын

    I like to recommend Szechuwan Gardens in Glendora & Montclair. The Glendora location, they also have a Sushi bar, Steven is one of the cool-owner.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Sounds great

  • @WilliamKShank
    @WilliamKShank9 ай бұрын

    YUM! 😋😋😋😋😋 Safe Journey! CHOLULA!!!

  • @norilendelacruz693
    @norilendelacruz6939 ай бұрын

    We eat the you tiao (the chinese donuts) with soup. I personally like it with salted soymilk hot soup

  • @ree3197
    @ree31979 ай бұрын

    This looks 🤤

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Truly

  • @changclan1
    @changclan19 ай бұрын

    the chinese donuts for breakfast is usually eaten with congee. everything looks yummy

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Awesome

  • @donneone

    @donneone

    9 ай бұрын

    Also enjoyed with hot sweet soy milk.

  • @NancysNibblesofLife
    @NancysNibblesofLife9 ай бұрын

    Yum!!

  • @Martin-Young
    @Martin-Young9 ай бұрын

    I don't know about him, but after a meal like that, I am ready for a long nap! :)

  • @cshaul
    @cshaul9 ай бұрын

    My Cantonese wife appreciated this video, as so many Chinatown restaurants were eliminated due to the pandemic. We have now decided that Broadway Cuisine is our new go to place for authentic Chinese food. She also likes East Garden based on your video recommendations. Thank you for the discount too!. Keep sharing great restaurants!

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Much appreciated

  • @paulcwyuen
    @paulcwyuen4 ай бұрын

    Been to LA a few times, the traffic sucks but oh man the foods are the best!

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    4 ай бұрын

    Sounds about right

  • @abc123fhdi
    @abc123fhdi9 ай бұрын

    China Town isn't the only place you can get Chinese food. There are more places that open late and early in the SGV, you should do a video on that. And more variety, China Town has been on the decline but it seems there are a few good places there as well.

  • @sijuanabroad6413
    @sijuanabroad64139 ай бұрын

    the best orange chicken is in JJ noodles in Chino hills. The chicken is crispy!

  • @jamesjames7889
    @jamesjames78899 ай бұрын

    Have you ever been to Sam Woo BQQ ?

  • @e.fooyoung7695
    @e.fooyoung76957 ай бұрын

    Just make sure to go to the Chinese restaurant marked *A* by LA County Health Dept.

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo53379 ай бұрын

    Mapo Tofu! Yum 😊 I usually have to ask for mild though.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Sounds great

  • @KenformerlyKen

    @KenformerlyKen

    9 ай бұрын

    I prefer extra spicy version

  • @dealopes3029
    @dealopes30299 ай бұрын

    Eu quero

  • @douglasmijangos3327
    @douglasmijangos33279 ай бұрын

    Bruh I’m always looking for a great Fast Food Chinese Food place and they’re always ok or really bad 🤦🏻‍♂️ but I can’t wait till I find the Chinese Food place that’ll be my “Go to” there used to be one in Sylmar that I loved but they closed down years ago 😢😂

  • @jameschan9634
    @jameschan96349 ай бұрын

    Personally, as long as the food is freshly cooked, I love all Chinese food. For me, the longevity of a restaurant is synonymous with good food. Won Kok, on Alpine St, which has been there for over 50 years, is my Chinatown go to. The dining area is not great, but the food is delicious and reasonable. The Baked Char Siu Bao is to die for, big, lots of meat, and again, reasonably priced. You won't find Shu Mai anywhere as big or, again, as reasonably priced. Again, they've been in business for decades, and have outlived most of the restaurants in Chinatown.

  • @kinlee823
    @kinlee8239 ай бұрын

    The tofu dish looks good except maybe little too much corn starch?

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo53379 ай бұрын

    Next time try the shrimp in lobster sauce at Hop Woo.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Yummy

  • @andydurazo5337
    @andydurazo53379 ай бұрын

    Love Shrimp Rice Roll but prefer the fried version. Unfortunately it seems that it’s no longer available. 😢

  • @ranielm2024
    @ranielm20249 ай бұрын

    Won Kok has the best Pork Chop with Spicy Salt and the best garlic chili sauce. That being said, their portion is small and only half of the amount compared to Mayflower.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    That restaurants sounds great.

  • @naokiokamoto5716
    @naokiokamoto57169 ай бұрын

    mr Cha chinatown is my favorite place in LA.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Wow

  • @HiddenAgendas
    @HiddenAgendas9 ай бұрын

    man its empty there what a sad sight. hope things get back to normal there

  • @dienandds
    @dienandds9 ай бұрын

    Steve can you do cambodian food in Long Beach.. thanks

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Hopefully someday

  • @walkbylight
    @walkbylight7 ай бұрын

    you ordered so many dishes haha

  • @ronaldo86
    @ronaldo869 ай бұрын

    🎉

  • @victorlui5955
    @victorlui59559 ай бұрын

    Hi. 😊

  • @leslieescobedo2325
    @leslieescobedo23255 ай бұрын

    Hungry now, there goes me trying to be healthier in 2024 lol 😂

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    5 ай бұрын

    Please continue to follow my KZread channel to see other great food videos!

  • @e.fooyoung7451
    @e.fooyoung74518 ай бұрын

    This man is a *Chinese* version of *Markus Wiens.*

  • @45876
    @458767 ай бұрын

    Skip Chinatown and head straight to San Gabriel. It's the mecca of authentic Chinese food in the entire United States.

  • @gangstrzookeeper
    @gangstrzookeeper9 ай бұрын

    If you're in LA, go to San Gabriel Valley for Chinese food.

  • @leslieescobedo2325

    @leslieescobedo2325

    5 ай бұрын

    Hi, can you name a few places where you’ve eaten that you recommend. Thank you.

  • @gangstrzookeeper

    @gangstrzookeeper

    5 ай бұрын

    @@leslieescobedo2325 I would recommend Bistro 1968 in San Gabriel, Wonde Harbor Dim Sum Restaurant in Hacienda Heights, or Top Island Seafood Restaurant in Alhambra. These are all good places in the area to get dimsum or regular Chinese dishes.

  • @gangstrzookeeper

    @gangstrzookeeper

    5 ай бұрын

    @@leslieescobedo2325 other recommendations would be Ji Rong Peking Duck in Rosemead, EAT Bistro in Rosemead as well, or Tai Ping Sa Choi Kee in Hacienda Heights. All really good. Keep in mind, most of what I’m recommending is Cantonese cuisine and Chinese food is very diverse.

  • @dtna
    @dtna9 ай бұрын

    Man Jen Lo, Man Fook Lo and The Lime House are all gone now. I knew the families. If you want good cantonese chinese food in L.A., you have to go to Paul's Kitchen.

  • @RockstarEater

    @RockstarEater

    9 ай бұрын

    Great recommendation

  • @dkcchock4451
    @dkcchock44518 ай бұрын

    whats the best chinese bbq there

  • @atensupe9996
    @atensupe99969 ай бұрын

    Even the Mexican food is Amazing in chinatown...Los Compadres De Oaxaca at 640 n. Broadway is the best Mexican food in the world....Please come eat there I'm sure they would love to have you.....tell them Sam sent you and get 15 percent off....

  • @bleh3328

    @bleh3328

    9 ай бұрын

    That place used to be bomb when they were by plaza Olvera and the previous owner (el compadre) was still there.

  • @MrAntjuane
    @MrAntjuane2 ай бұрын

    Any vegan options?

  • @jimberry2297
    @jimberry22979 ай бұрын

    Why can't the NW get decent Dim Sum?

  • @snipergene
    @snipergene9 ай бұрын

    What was the name of your dad's Chinese restaurant?

  • @Janjust1617
    @Janjust16177 ай бұрын

    I bet you don’t finish what you ordered- what do you do?

  • @cryptomarkla2051
    @cryptomarkla20519 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the video, By the way, Michelle is smoking hot, a dating kind!

  • @salinator5966
    @salinator59669 ай бұрын

    A free egg roll is an insult.

  • @dyho11
    @dyho11Ай бұрын

    Chinese breadsticks not Chinese donuts.

  • @Petlover10000
    @Petlover100009 ай бұрын

    Chinese food is wonderful but it has so much sodium and msg.

  • @zzzkwann668
    @zzzkwann6689 ай бұрын

    I think is not HK’s style! Is China’s style 😒

  • @cetujavu3466
    @cetujavu34669 ай бұрын

    I been to few places...since I live in the area... 7/10 places... He recommends......just so so... Just not worth following KZread food influencers....

  • @abc123fhdi

    @abc123fhdi

    9 ай бұрын

    Yup there are more great Chinese restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley

  • @jeffreypalmer8125
    @jeffreypalmer81259 ай бұрын

    All these people say the same shit

  • @ClassyJohn
    @ClassyJohn9 ай бұрын

    I say this with a lot of love and but as a local who has grown up and lived in Los Angeles for the past 30 years (I am 30), Chinatown is nothing but a shadow of its former self. Those restaurants you toured while I'm sure they're great food spots, they are not representative of the former Chinatown. How could they be? They've only been around a few years. All throughout my childhood through my teens up until my early 20s, I'd often visit Chinatown with my family because we were very poor and the vendors there sold clothes and other goods for very cheap. It used to be bustling with tons of vendors and Vietnamese/Chinese food establishments. Cheap and decent was the name of the game. But over the years, this area has gone downhill and worsened. Crime greatly increased. BLM riots, gentrification, and Covid hit which completely destroyed Chinatown. So many businesses closed up and moved because it was no longer safe or sustainable. There is no one else to blame but the people who trashed this area with their changes and very selfish attitude. I'm all for modernization but the idiotic selfish, and entitled Californians who wanted to change things up to make it more "PC" ruined this area like they have with everything else. Its sad. You showed only the decent looking parts. But I'm sure you've seen the broken windows and abandoned and] boarded up buildings...

  • @sigiloXXX

    @sigiloXXX

    9 ай бұрын

    I'd still go and support the restaurants that Steve went to. Food looks absolutely divine. Sadly, Chinese food where I live in southern Spain is crap. And you could never get fat on it because of small portions. I just come here to weep as I used to live in Santa Cruz, 30 long years. As a former German legal alien I just loved the diversity on offer. German food is capital boring.

  • @ClassyJohn

    @ClassyJohn

    9 ай бұрын

    @@sigiloXXX I’m saying this as an asian who has lived in LA his entire life: there are better places than Chinatown to get GOOD and AFFORDABLE asian food. These places are only 15-25 minute drive from downtown LA.