Message: | I thank the writer for referring us to a Yunnan-style restaurant: I have not had any good "over-the-bridge" noodles since I was in Kunming: even the few Yunnan places in Shanghai were second rate. As for good Sichuan places, there is excellent cold noodle,a great braised spicy fish, and pig intestine in a fiery chile sauce in a place that is on Valley in San Gabriel, just east of Del Mar. It's the first major shopping center on the right after Del Mar. I think the shopping center may even be called "Valley-something." The place is in the southwest corner of the shopping center. There's a decent Shanghai place next door (not great, but reasonably well executed Shanghai dishes: scallion pancake, a nice dish with fresh soybeans and dou-fu (tofu) in the shapes of bow ties stir fried with a fermented vegetable, etc., etc. Go to the Sichuan place, though, first. The cold noodle is really first rate: thin, chewy texture, with a light sesame oil (none of that thick, peanut-buttery glop you get in lao wai places), and a nice staff. |