Note: The prices below are in US dollars!
Din Tai Fung Dumpling House
Location:1108 South Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, CA 91006
Specialities:Dumplings!!!!
Price range:Reasonable. Around $12-13 per head for dinner
Comments: Din Tai Fung is a famous restaurant in Taiwan. It's named one of the 10 Best restaurants in the world by New York Times. Now they have a branch in LA!!!! Simply love those dumplings.
For more info, this is the website for the original Din Tai Fung in Taiwan: www.dintaifung.com.tw
Savoy Pizza & Pasta
Location: 138 E Valley Blvd, Alhambra, CA 91801
Specialities:Hainan Chicken Rice, Curry, Pasta
Price Range:reasonable
Comments: The food is great. I like the Hainan Chicken Rice and Curry Beef in particular.Please bear in mind that there's no parking lot for Savoy and u can't pay with credit card.
Phoenix Inn Chinese Cuisine
Location: 208 E.Valley Boulevard, Alhambra, CA 91801
Price Range:reasonable
Comments: Overall the food there is above average. The cool thing about it is that you can order Tapioca Tea in the restaurant.There's a little shop next to it with Chinese desserts.There's all sorts of pudding, e.g. mango, taro pudding. I love it.
Polo Lounge in Beverly Hills Hotel
Location:9641 Sunset Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Specialities:Steak
Price range:Expensive,dinner can range from $23 to $35 per head
Comments:Formal Dining Place.Great Service
Corner Place(Korean BBQ)
Location:2819 W. James M. Wood Bl. LA, CA 90006
Specialities:BBQ Beef Tenderloin
Price Range:reasonable
Comments: The place is popular among Koreans. Usually you have to wait for a long time. Try having a coke with the BBQ food. I dunno why. It just tastes better that way.
BCD Tofu House
Location:3575 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90010
Specialities:All kinds of Tofu pot
Price Range:reasonable
Comments: consider this:u were shivering from the cold weather with an empty stomach.What's more satisfying then a boiling hot tofu pot in front of u.=p The BCD tofu house is also open 24 hrs.
Jap. style Curry & Spaghetti Restaurant: Curry House
Location:123, S. Onizuka. St., #204 Los Angeles, CA 90012
Specialities:Different kinds of curry. My favorite is Chicken Katsu Curry
Price range:reasonable
Comments:Best place for curry. The whole restaurant is filled with fragrant smell of curry whenever u get in there.What's more,there's 2-hrs free parking and ice-tea refills
Shabu Shabu house
Location:127, Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Price Range: Average
Comments:Nice Place for Shabu shabu.Each customer has an individual hotpot in front of them. But mind u....it's very popular. You usually need to wait for 20 mins or so.
Sushi Fujiyoshi
Location:Japanese Village Plaza, 333 E.2nd St., Los Angeles, CA90012
Specialities:sushi,sashimi
Price Range:Each sushi for $1!!!
Comment:This place is relatively inexpensive for sushi and sashimi.And the gd thing is their sashimis are really thick. And the old sushi master is really nice. Sometimes he'll give u some free fish or ice-cream.
A Thousand Cranes (Sushi bar and restaurant)
Location:The New Otani Hotel,120 South Los. Angeles. St., Los Angeles, CA90012
Specialities:sushi,sashimi
Price range:Expensive
Comments:Wonderful environment,friendly waitresses,and most importantly it's at the beach!!
Italian Restaurant: LAGO
Location:Third Street Promenade, 231 Arizona Avenue, Santa Monica, CA90401
Price Range: around $15 per head for dinner
Specialities:Pasta. Fettuccine Mare e Monti is goooood!
Comments: Friendly waiters with Italian accent.Nice food.On the 3rd St. What else do u want? ;p