This place is not your stereotypical generic chinese/cantonese restaurant. They have a good variety of strange and spicy stuffs in their menu, and they're definitely oilytasty!
They're best eat in with a group of 4 or more people. Their dishes are family portions with really strong in flavor. They meant to be shared, not 1 dish for 1 person, that would be too much. Variety of a few different communal dishes eaten with rice are the best way to enjoy it.
House Specialty
Szechwan Style Fish Fillet $12.99
our favorite dish in this place, it has 3 chillis sign on the menu, indicating very hot.
Fish fillet, beansprouts and cabbages smothered in chilis, szechwan peppers and chili oil
We always eat only a little bit of it, mixed with rice.
There's usually plenty of leftover from this one unless you come in with a bigger group of people, and the longer it stays as leftover, the more flavorful and spicier it gets.
Peking Duck $29.99
Have to let them know one hour in advance, since they don't have these things hanging on their window. it's made to order and peking duck takes a while to prepare for the flavor to get it right.
the condiments
pick 1 meat, 1 skin, a scoop of bbq sauce, slivers of shaved cucumber & green onion, then wrap it in the wrapper and eat it like a taco.
whatever left of the ducks they made into a ridiculously mighty flavorful soup.
the picture might not look like much, but its like a really really good chicken soup on crack.
Better consumed while still hot, cos it's really oily, cold duck soup is definitely not oilytasty!
At the time,they have a promotion special if you order beyond $40, you can get seafood special for $1.99.
So we got this Sea Cucumber with white sauce and veggies.
very very tasty
Cold appetizers from the counter
combo choice of 2 meats and 1 veggies in a plate for about $5ish
that one is veggies, pig's ear, and super thinly sliced beef (I was guessing it was tongue, but not sure). The meats are very spicy and flavorful, and the veggies should cool things off. Recently they don't have that same veggies in the picture anymore, they substitute it with cucumbers.
or spicy sliced gizzard for the meat choice (the middle one)
Tasty spicy deep fried lamb chops $9.99, we only had it once, and it was pretty freakin-licious.
there's very little meat in the lamb though, so you need to eat around the bone to get that tiny meat of tastyness.
They have variety of stir fry beef dishes and they're always very soft, flavorful and tasty!
Mongolian Beef $7.99, not spicy, but really good
Black Pepper Beef, served in sizzling plate (we don't have the picture of it while it was on its sizzling plate). We always ate a bit of it with rice.
fantastic while they are served hot in their sizzling plate, not so great as leftover as they becomes too peppery.
Beef with Chef Incredible Sauce
spicy and good, not sure if they have this one on the menu anymore. We had this a while ago when they just opened.
Squid with Yellow Vegetables
good in small portions, eaten with rice and other meals on the table.
This one strike me as memorable:
Triple delight on Sizzling Rice $8.99
3 kinds of seafood and the vegetables in tasty goopy sauce is poured over crispy rice.
They have soup too, it was good, but we don't usually go there for the soup dish.
roasted salted peanut served free on the table
Drinking chinese hot tea is highly recommended during consumptions of these oilytasty food. Cold drinks and soda will solidify the oil, not good.
interior of the restaurant
Their website have all their menus and more pictures of dishes we haven't ordered yet.
Hong Yei Restaurant
288 S San Gabriel Blvd #103-104
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 614-8188
Mon- Sat: 11 am - 10 pm
Sun: 11 am - 9 pm
They're located on the intersection of Broadway and San Gabriel Blvd on the complex of 288 Plaza. Parking is pretty abundant inside the plaza.
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