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Yang Chow

819 N Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 625-0811

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"We've explored all the options, checked with critics, pounded the pavement and offer only the very best. Listed entries come complete with contact information and a brief description highlighting the important features of the restaurant...."
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(for location at 3777 E Colorado Blvd)
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"Although the downtown edition of this popular Chinese palace is a favorite of celebrities, the Pasadena locale enjoys the patronage of local business-types, who laud the excellent Szechwan menu and superbly spicy wontons. Subdued lighting cast by contempo..."
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"This popular Chinese cuisine palace is a favorite of locals and celebrities and is known for its excellent Szechwan menu. The delectable slippery shrimp are the most popular menu option, but you'll do well with most anything...."
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"Absolutely, and we’ve made a list of Chinatown’s best to steer you away from the stomach-turning dives...."
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"It would not be easy to recommend a better Chinese restaurant, since it depends on which type of Chinese food you prefer (and I think Yang Chow is Shanghainese cuisine? Assuming Cantonese, which is probably the most common, is okay...."
calendarlive.com review
(for location at 6443 Topanga Canyon Blvd)
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"Opened in 1989, this San Fernando Valley outpost of the much-loved Chinatown original serves the same great slippery shrimp and Szechuan won tons...."
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"The slightly sweet, slightly spicy dish known as "slippery shrimp" was introduced at the original Yang Chow, which opened in Chinatown in downtown Los Angeles in 1977...."
coloradochow.com review
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"When you go new places exploring for chow, sometimes your IN, but most of the time your OUT. That's why I usually go to places for lunch - to check out the food and vibe and its cheaper...."
dinesite.com review
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"This kitsch Chinese serves Szechwan to a local crowd for lunch and dinner daily at it's North Broadway location in Chinatown. Regulars love the food -- even if it is served in a primary colored silk palace...."
frommers.com review
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"Open for more than 30 years, family-operated Yang Chow is one of Downtown's most popular Chinese restaurants. It's not the dining room's bland and functional decor that accrues accolades; what makes Yang Chow so popular is an interesting menu of seafood s..."
gayot.com review
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"Opening its doors in 1977, Yang Chow---the place is named after the town outside of Shanghai from where the five founding Yun family brothers come---has become a Chinatown institution. Prices are reasonable and favorite dishes like the slippery shrimp (li..."

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"That name is so unappealing to me, bu the dish is fantastic, a mound of crunchy, spicy lightly battered shrimp in a pungent sweet and hot sauce. this is the original location in Chinatown and the menu has many delicious specialties including spicy eggplan..."

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"A large group headed to Yang Chow after a LAPD Academy graduation last year. It is frequented by many locals, both Asian and non-Asian, and regularly by policemen on lunch break...."

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"There's nothing too fancy about Yang Chow, just straight-ahead traditional Chinese food with reasonable prices; it's the best choice for authentic Chinese food in LA's authentic Chinese district. Favorite Chinese dishes are simply done better here: There'..."
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"o many things in life never quite live up to the first time, and I’m not talking about some losing-your-virginity bullshit, either. I’m talking about that first big hit of any sensorially altering thing...."
local.yahoo.com review
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"The best wonton soup I have ever tried, it's the best "get well soup" you can find, I'd rather have their wonton soup rather than chicken soup any day. the restaurant itself is the kind of place you can take the family to, the service is great, and I abso..."

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"If you want a real taste of Asia, particularly Hong Kong and Taiwan head to the San Gabriel Valley. Chinese restaurants are a dime a dozen in cities like Monterey Park(newer chinese immigrants) and Rowland Heights(former Monterey Park residents/descendant..."

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losangeles.metromix.com review
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"This Chinatown fave does classic [American-style] Chinese food right, dishing out Egg Flower Soup and Szechuan Chicken to hip locals, Chinese residents, and guidebook-toting tourists. Yang Chow's famous Slippery Shrimp never disappoints, and neither do th..."
losangeles.metromix.com review
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"The Valley fave does classic—ead, American-style—Chinese food right, dishing out Egg Flower Soup and Szechuan Chicken to hip locals, Chinese residents and guidebook-toting tourists. Yang Chow's famous Slippery Shrimp never disappoints, and nei..."
realeats.com review
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"Food: EXCELLENT, you must order Slippery Shrimp - crispy morsels or fried shrimps in a light thin layer of batter that is sweet at first bite, ending in a mild spicey flavor, Fried Green Bean- fresh green beans fried with spices and ground pork, Szechwan..."
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"Customers flood the place specifically to gobble up the signature dish of lightly breaded shrimps with an orange, sweet and slightly spicy taste. Dry, sauteed green beans with minced pork are another house specialty, and Yang Chow is also highly regarded..."

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"Customers flood the place specifically to gobble up the signature dish of lightly breaded shrimps with an orange, sweet and slightly spicy taste. Dry, sauteed green beans with minced pork are another house specialty and they are also highly-regarded for p..."
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"I have eaten at Yang Chow's during the day for lunch and liked it; since we were going downtown for a museum visit, I decided to treat my family to dinner there, and called early in the afternoon for reservations...."
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"This is an extremely popular Chinese restaurant located in Chinatown. There are often crowds waiting to taste the unbeatable Szechuan menu items that include pan fried dumplings, Kung Pao Chicken, spicy Szechuan Beef and Slippery Shrimp...."
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