李家面食 (Seasons cafe) — Restaurant in Diamond Bar

What a discovery!!! The “Beef roll cake” (Niurou Juan bing)! was amazing, the dough was super thin and yet flaky crunchy. The beef tasty and plentiful with fresh coriander. I’ve eaten this in Taiwan, China and (too) many Chinese restaurants around the world and commend the chefs for an exceptional experience. We also had Xiao Lom Bao, the very fine soup dumplings which were equally tasty and had a very fine skin dough. This was definitely the hidden gem I had been looking for with my wife who is part of the Chinese diaspora. It’s a simple eatery without much fanfare but for those who have a discerning taste for this type of food, a must visit. The Diamond Bar (east of Los Angeles where I-57 and CA-60 cross) neighborhood as is Chino Hills etc. is home to many families, originally from Taiwan and later people from the People’s republic of China. This eatery is owned and operated by a chef from Heihe, Heilongjiang province, located on the Chinese northern border with Russia across Blagoveshchensk. They also do take-out and one can buy various dumplings to make at home. A word of thanks to my niece who...

Update: the wontons are still the best. We also tried the steammed buns (小笼包) and grilled buns (生煎包），both were quite good. Not as fancy as Ding Tai Fung, but sure tastes better.

This place has one of the best wontons in SoCal. The soup flavor was just right with a right amount of seaweeds and cilantros. Note: the soup does contain tiny dried shrimps, so if you have shrimp allergy, you should ask the chef not to add the tiny white shrimps. The xiaolongbao (小笼包）were decent as well, but the wonton was superb. They also serve Chinese breakfast on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, though selection was limited. They have fried bread stick (油条）, but no buns (烧饼） to go with it as they normally go together. Also, I really wanted to try the pork buns, but they ran out for the day. (Edit: we’ve returned to try its pork buns, and they were decent, but not great.) Guess I have to go back. This place is in a plaza that’s a little hard to find as it’s not on a busy street and many vacancies within the plaza, but the upside is that there were plenty of...

Decent traditional Chinese fare. My family of nine adults and two children came in for the first time tonight for dinner and we were the largest party, taking up half of this small restaurant. I had called ahead and asked if we could reserve a table, and the woman on the phone said yes.

We arrived at 6pm and it really wasn't busy tonight, surprisingly. Service was good, pretty standard Chinese service. Not a whole lot of talk, just there to take your orders and serve you food.

We ordered twelve dishes including tea, cold seaweed, a cold noodle dish, chive boxes, bamboo and pork, scrambled egg with shrimp, water boiled fish and beef, pork dumplings, hot and sour soup, and enough rice for everyone. The food was hot, served quickly, presented well, and it really wasn't very expensive at all. Our total bill with tip came out $122, so about $11 per person if you include the babies. Overall, decent traditional...