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Elite Restaurant

Elite. What a peculiar name. What is Elite? Elite is the name of a SAT prep school. It is also the name of a popular restaurant. Elite Restaurant is not like Full House or Hop Li . Instead, it follows the paths of places like Mission 261 and Sea Harbour- which are "high end" dim sum places. No dim sum carts are apparent, just like how most restaurants are in Hong Kong are. Instead, you order via a sheet. Why am I even talking about dim sum when the post will not be about dim sum? Well, at these types of places, the dim sum and how they are priced pretty much speaks for the quality and the pricing for other meal times- like dinner. We visited for dinner after deciding not to eat at Embassy Kitchen again (we did the next day though), as we wanted to change it up and plus, our dining companion had a pretty good dinner there with friends. After driving for around 30 minutes, we were hoping for some good food. The parking lot was not filled, but it was filled with a pattern of si

Gourmet Vegetarian- San Gabriel

After a brisk walk around at the Arboretum with the Nikon, which was on its first adventure outside of home, we decided to eat lunch at Gourmet Vegetarian due to Weezermonkey's review as well as prior knowledge that there was a new restaurant. Finding a parking spot was not easy as usual in this large shopping plaza, but we were lucky as a car right ahead was just leaving as we arrived the carpark. Inside, we were greeted and were ushered to a small alcove which had two tables. The other table was filled quickly, but then, without ordering anything, they left after about five minutes. I guess it may have been the camera (putting it on the table only attracts attention, as I just found out at an expensive dim sum lunch at Sea Harbour), or it could have been that the servers never took care of them. Right when we sat down to browse the menu, a hot glass pot of tea arrived. It was light on the palate with a pleasant fragrance. Gulp. Unfortunately, the glass reflected like at Pelican H

Bean Sprouts Vegetarian Restaurant

One of the lacking departments in Arcadia are Chinese Vegetarian restaurants. One of the few is Bean Sprouts, located on the busy Huntington Drive which also houses delicious restaurants like Sesame Grill , and the only car dealership in town, Mercedes Benz Rusnak-Arcadia , which is a fantastic place to go to if you are looking for a Mercedes Benz (or a pre-owned car). No dark, old showroom like Downtown LA Motors and Penske West Covina, as the dealership was built from scratch eight years ago. And pricing, if you can haggle or find a friend that has brought from there more than once, is a great deal. (plug added without pay from them) Bean Sprouts is more of a upscale type of place, with a modern but comfortable, sunny atmosphere as well as higher prices. Gone are the cheap special deals or special sets that you find at other larger, family style Chinese Vegetarian restaurants in the SGV. However, lunch for the matter, is a different case. For the first time visitor, might as

The Resort at Pelican Hill: Three Bedroom Villa #805 Kitchen

If you did not read my Three Bedroom Villa #805 post yet, you probably do not know that I left out the kitchen in that part of the review. It now has a separate post: this post! I thought it would be a good way to start out the year with a beautiful but functional kitchen. So, here you go. Behind the dining table is the kitchen, which is quite well equipped. Not only are there high quality and expensive appliances from brands like Miele, Sub-Zero, and Wolf, there are also plenty of goodies hidden in the cabinets, like All Clad pots and pans, a number of Cuisinart, Hamilton Beach, and other electronic appliances, and plates. Most hotel kitchens are for show. Nothing is really placed into the cabinets or outside. You just have coffee, ice, and tea, as well as cups, plates, and silverware. At Pelican Hill, you will find more. Come take a look! The Sub Zero Fridge, which although isn't the largest model (who cares anyway), is still quite new. It had the same smell as our fridge did whe