Pushcart-style dim sum.
The good thing with Full House is that most of the dim sum items averaged $2.
From center top: har gow (Chinese shrimp dumplings), fried shrimp balls, Steamed Gai Lan (Chinese Broccoli) with Oyster Sauce, spare ribs with black bean sauce, and pan-fried turnip cakes.
Egg rolls, roast pork, and braised tripe and blood cubes. Obviously, the roast pork was more than $2. I just can't remember any of the individual prices.
Shu mai (Chinese meatballs).
Hom sui gok (Chinese sticky rice dumplings).
Shrimp cheong fun (Chinese shrimp rice noodle rolls).
Calamari.
I think the total came to about $12 per person? Cheap and pretty good dim sum. I put it on the same level as the old dim sum restaurants. OK to good dim sum, nothing spectacular. Old pushcart-style of service.
Who else ate at Full House Seafood Restaurant?
Eat Travel Eat says the low prices and good service make this his dim sum restaurant of choice.
Other dim sum restaurant posts:
Bon Marche Bistro/B Village Cuisine (Dim Sum) - Monterey Park
Capital Dim Sum & BBQ - Monterey Park
CBS Seafood Restaurant (Dim Sum) - Los Angeles (Chinatown)
Dim Sum Express - Monterey Park
Elite Restaurant (Dim Sum) - Monterey Park
Lunasia Chinese Cuisine (Dim Sum) - Alhambra
Ocean Star Seafood Restaurant (Dim Sum) - Monterey Park
Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant (Dim Sum) - Rosemead
Seaworld Seafood Restaurant BBQ & Dim Sum To Go - Rosemead
Yum Cha Cafe - San Gabriel
Seaworld Seafood Restaurant BBQ & Dim Sum To Go - Rosemead
Yum Cha Cafe - San Gabriel
Full House Seafood Restaurant
1220 S. Golden West Ave.
Arcadia, CA 91007
626-446-8222
*****
1 year ago today, Banh Mi Thit Heo Nuong (Vietnamese Grilled Pork Sandwich).
2 years ago today, Brussels sprouts stalks and pupusas at the Farmers' Market - Alhambra.
WC,
ReplyDeleteYay, a post on an Arcadia restaurant :). I was thinking you would do so after stumbling onto your photostream yesterday, but I was wrong back then on Bamboodles or some other place. Prices are now 1.58 or 1.98 during weekends/holidays. Used to be 1.98 and 2 something which was low also compared to other places. Me likey the roast pork. Just had it this weekend in a unfortunately poorly executed dinner at Full House. :( They fail serving good food during holidays! Any other day, they are fine though.
I'm tickled again to find out I am a she and not a he according to two bloggers now :).
Full House sadly doesn't do much calamari or fried tofu these days. People like to eat healthy...but there's plenty of cubes of fat hidden in dishes like siu mai, meatballs, et cetera.
I can't really recognize the server in the photo but I think it just might be one of the two servers that recognizes me and likes to chat during dim sum hours.
ETE,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I meant to blog about Bamboodles back in April? Haven't gotten around to it then either. And there's still old and new Din Tai Fungs to post.
Umm, so which is it? She? He? I thought she, but I'm wrong? :P Some people think I'm a he, and I thought it was fairly obvious that I'm a she. :)
WC,
ReplyDeleteI am a he :). I've always thought you were a she from the first time I visited your blog though!
ETE,
ReplyDeleteBwhaha! All this time, I thought you were a she! I'll correct that right away. :P
I've never heard of this place! I like push carts. I'm old-school.
ReplyDeleteWeeMo,
ReplyDeleteIt's next to the 99 Ranch.
I'm a she with a he - and if Wandering Chopsticks say's this is okay, I will check it out! : )
ReplyDeleteOddlyme,
ReplyDeleteHave you been to Lunasia? That's my favorite.
WC -
ReplyDeleteI have not been to Lunasia. But if you say it is good, I will check it out!
I have friends who've lived in LA for 30 years and still have not had dim sum. Had to find a halfway point and ended up at King Hua. Seeing their faces as they had their first shu mai (sp?) and har gow - such fun! They are now complete dim sum fans.
Oddlyme,
ReplyDeleteI went to King Hua almost a year ago? The whole time I was eating, I kept thinking the food was just a bit better at Lunasia. And it's just a few minutes away too.
But if you want traditional push cart-style dim sum, I like Capital Seafood in Monterey Park. Bonus, you can shop at Wing Hop Fung afterward for random dishwares, tea, and wine.
There's also an nearly blind old Chinese man who sells herbs and veggies from his backyard usually standing to the right of Wing Hop Fung's entrance. I always buy something just to help him out. He doesn't speak much English, except for numbers. I just bring what I want to his hands, he feels it, and then tells me how much. Usually $1, unless it's something big. I bought a giant long winter melon recently because the thought of him lugging three of them to sell about broke my heart. Then I had to tell him which bills were $5 and $1 so he could keep track of them in separate pockets. I hope no one tries to cheat it because that would be just too cruel.
WC -
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, you just about broke my heart with your story of the almost blind herb seller. Life can be so spotty in it's gifts versus challenges for folks, it does make you think a bit more about reincarnation. At least that would explain Some of the stuff! I wish him deeply well and I am so glad you honor him with respect, appreciation and honesty. (Like you would do anything less!)
We've had a nutty winter here with family stuff, so our schedule is a bit off. Normally we'd make the 30minute-ish drive to Rowland Heights on Christmas Day for dim sum, but after challenges of our own, we were just too busy catching up with friends. We figured we'd do it the day AFTER Xmas. But gosh the drive seemed long. And maybe not as much fun as it normally is.
Then I got an idea and looked at my husband. "Why don't we take tomorrow and go to Lunasia? Wandering Chopstick's favorite place? It's closer and, it will be fun as it will be a different but still well thought of place."
He's in!
So unless we wake up to a surprise or new challenge of our own, fingers crossed, tomorrow we will be off to a new happy adventure. Thank you for helping to make it happen.
Merry Christmas, WC. And good health and joy to all.
Oddlyme,
ReplyDeleteSo how did you like Lunasia? You must be meeting someone halfway in Rowland Heights because it's quite a drive for dim sum! Happy New Year to you!
Wandering Chopsticks,
ReplyDeleteWe very much enjoyed Lunasia, the quality was excellent!
But oh my goodness, is there such a thing as portions being too big? The pieces of dim sum were so large, we could not try as many items as we normally would. However, if that's our only complaint, that's a good one to have.
As for Rowland Heights - it is indeed a drive, we are not meeting anyone there. But the dim sum is so nice there, and the place we go to is by a "good" 99 cents only store, so the drive is part of the entertainment/commitment. Still, the distance is what keeps it to once or twice a year!
And Happy New Year back at you : )
Oddlyme,
ReplyDeleteWhich restaurant has you driving all the way to Rowland Heights? Hmm. Which items did you order at Lunasia? I can't remember anything being too particularly large?