Kim Tar Restaurant — Restaurant in Artesia

3.5 stars.

"Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody chow fun tonight!" - Slightly altered lyrics of "Everybody have fun tonight", Wang Chung.

Having fun w/ my flat noodle! Oh, and enjoying the flat noodles in my house combination chow fun plate, too! ;P

Kim Tar has been open for business in Artesia since we all crawled out of the primordial ooze w/ our leg-like appendages, searching this new novelty known as "dry land". The restaurant specializes in BBQ pork & Peking duck, which is always a win/win, in my book. Authenticity is seeing roast duck hanging in the window, w/ warming trays of various offal like chicken feet, pig's ears, intestines and other yummy sights greeting you as you walk in. Besides the aforementioned delights, Kim Tar also has the standard Chinese foods on their menu.

On this occasion, I opted for the house combination chow fun to go. Chow fun is the flat noodles seen commonly in pad thai. I enjoy eating these as they are more hearty, in my humble opinion. The combination consisted of chicken, beef, pork, squid & shrimp. Man, did I love this! Wasn't too salty at all, being pleasantly complemented w/ carrots, gailan and other ingredients. Big portions, as well, at the cutrate price of $7+, which I dropped down to $6.06 w/ my 20% off coupon. Score! :)

Not exactly a hole in the wall, it's also not a big place. There is a sufficient amount of seating available, but I haven't been here during peak hours when the rush has arrived. Don't expect spotlessness & a club atmosphere. Kim Tar is an old maid who, on the surface, doesn't look very sexy, but she will do more than give you a rock hard boner w/ her cooking. She will make culinary love to you all night, w/ you not being able to feel your legs in the morning. Truth!

Ample parking in front, next to Sona Chaandi & in the closed Diho Market parking lot.

Highly...

Down from Fresno visiting son for his birthday and we decided to give this place a try and so glad we did. Service friendly and quick soon as we walked in with an amazing smile. This place is not large but had ample seating inside and was very clean. We came to have lunch and we were a family of four and actually came to try the Roast Duck and it was tasty, not over seasoned, juicy with a nice crisp crunch to the skin and not fatty tasting to the palate. Their steamed rice was soft and not dried out and went well with the other dishes we ordered like the Beef Chow Fun and will give a high mark for the fried Chicken Wings that were simply delicious. I won’t mention all the dishes or the soup but all the dishes taste very fresh, seasoned perfectly and we didn’t wait long to start being served. This is a place we will visit every time we’re down because small places such as this offer great price, excellent service, perfectly cook food and check on you often and appreciate...

This place is so lowkey but do not pass this restaurant up! Super affordable and huge portions of food. The flavors are SPOT ON! If you're looking for authentic flavor made fresh and fast then this is where you want to be!

We got the fried flounder, chashu, tongue and combo noodle soup. Piping hot and they will give you more soup if you ask for it. The fried flounder is so fresh and crispy. Very easy to eat around the bones. My fave was their chashu pork. It was sweet and a bit fatty but the flavor was so good with white rice.

Pickled veggies paired well with the meats and cut the fats. You will probably bring food home because the portions are honestly big like no kidding.

I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone in the...