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But next month I will find myself in the San Gabriel Valley for an obligation and, of course, will want to make the obligation go down easier by finding an amazing restaurant. I’ll also be with a native Mandarin speaker if that helps things. I’m pretty uninformed about Chinese cuisine. I also don’t eat meat, although I do eat fish and occasionally chicken. I’m also trying to shed a few pounds at the moment by limiting carbs, so noodles and dumplings are out. I know all of the foregoing greatly limits my options. Last year, we went to Hunan Mao, which left me deeply unimpressed although I love spicy food. What are my amazing options? 880 [en.views_lowercase count=880] 11 [en.likes_lowercase count=11] 1 [en.links_lowercase count=1] 6 [en.users_lowercase count=6] secretasianman en.dates.tiny.date_year since you like spicy, you might consider sichuan pan roasted fish. it’s a relatively new craze, @JThur01 did a recent article about it in eater. most places do a whole fish and it’s not cheap.however, the chain sichuan kungfu fish (branch at the santa anita mall) serves portions of fish which allows for a more affordable entry point. Omotesando 1 en.dates.tiny.date_year secretasianman: sichuan pan roasted fish. I found the Eater article. Spicy Pan-Roasted Fish Is San Gabriel Valley’s New Must-Order Dish - Eater LA This sounds like it might be up my alley. Another thought are there any good fish soup places in the SGV? secretasianman 1 en.dates.tiny.date_year can’t think of a fish soup dish per se, but most hunan places do a spicy fish head soup/casserole. you might try dong ting chun in focus plaza (del mar & valley). kinda salty though. japanese (sushi) places will have fish soup, but not on the menu; usually as part of the staff meal. i sometimes got some as a freebie at the chef’s discretion. EDIT: i take that back; there’s a place in the ESGV that does a tomato salmon soup. @chandavkl should remember; it’s a favorite of his. that reminds me; the vietnamese make a number of fish based soups and there are fair number of vietnamese/chinese places in the el monte area. secretasianman en.dates.tiny.date_year one last thought: ritter’s steam kettle. seafood, soul food and you can try the bouillabaisse. or go french for the bouillabaisse. won’t be asian, but for fish, i can’t think of too many chinese options. 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But next month I will find myself in the San Gabriel Valley for an obligation and, of course, will want to make the obligation go down easier by finding an amazing restaurant. I’ll also be with a native Mandarin speaker if that helps things. I’m pretty uninformed about Chinese cuisine. I also don’t eat meat, although I do eat fish and occasionally chicken. I’m also trying to shed a few pounds at the moment by limiting carbs, so noodles and dumplings are out. I know all of the foregoing greatly limits my options. Last year, we went to Hunan Mao, which left me deeply unimpressed although I love spicy food. What are my amazing options? 880 [en.views_lowercase count=880] 11 [en.likes_lowercase count=11] 1 [en.links_lowercase count=1] 6 [en.users_lowercase count=6] secretasianman en.dates.tiny.date_year since you like spicy, you might consider sichuan pan roasted fish. it’s a relatively new craze, @JThur01 did a recent article about it in eater. most places do a whole fish and it’s not cheap.however, the chain sichuan kungfu fish (branch at the santa anita mall) serves portions of fish which allows for a more affordable entry point. Omotesando 1 en.dates.tiny.date_year secretasianman: sichuan pan roasted fish. I found the Eater article. Spicy Pan-Roasted Fish Is San Gabriel Valley’s New Must-Order Dish - Eater LA This sounds like it might be up my alley. 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