Review: Sun City Seafood ★★ 1/2

Roasted Duck 

Egg Tart

Shrimp Rice Roll

These places have been open for some time, yet it only got less than 70 reviews.    There are so many dim sum places in the area, and is not funny anymore.  This place dim sum can be dirt cheat if you manage to follow the requirement, but reality is confusing especially for first timer.  

Their strength is appearing in the dessert like egg tart was very good.   The BBQ mini dish was disappoint, the service was actually pretty for this type of atmosphere, and the cart lady was friendly.  I do wish the quality was better.  I would give this another chance in the near future.

Review: Rutsu 18 ★★★

SHOYU 

Chewy Noodle

Decor

Rutsu 18 is the newest Japanese restaurant in Alhambra, it replaced Tamaya.  Parking is easy; it got its lot and pretty of parking spot in the street.  The Décor have been remodel but is still unfinished.  All the tables and chairs are wood. 

Customer service is friendly, just what you expect from a typical Japanese restaurant.  However they don't greed you like some other Ramen shop.   There was some mistake from the order but was quickly been fixed.

I order the Shoyu Ramen which is reasonable priced at $7.75.  The portion was a bit small; noodle was the chewy one which is usual for Shoyu.  The broth was good and not too salty or oily.  They got sushi and chicken entrée, but no curry that Tamaya one.  Over all is pretty average, but there's definite room for improvement.

Review: Hooters Baja Burger ★★★

Baja Burger with Curly French Fries

1. Jews do not recognize Jesus as the Messiah.

2. Protestants do not recognize the Pope as the leader of the Christian faith.

3. Baptists do not recognize each other in the liquor store or at Hooters

This was first time I dine in the Hooters.  It wasn't my first choice but I wanted to get something to eat before the Red Bull Flugtag.  The décor remind me a lot like typical sport bars but with more attractive waitress of course.   Don't bother to ask them straight for the number since they likely get that request like every hour.

The menu price is actually on par with typical sport bar and wasn't as pricey as I though.  We ended up order the Baja Burger with curly fries.    The burger was pretty good, the buns was toasted and the patties was cooked it just about right, only wish they did differently.  I would prefer slice of avocado over the guacamole.  The guacamoles tasted like those pre-made package.  The fries were cold and not fresh, we ask for replacement and they did that in a heart beep.

Overall it kinda meet my expectation, just don't expect high hope this place

Review: Omar's Pizzeria ★★★ 2/3

Puttanesca 18" Pizza

Mild Buffalo Wings

"Ideas are like pizza dough, made to be tossed around." ~ Anna Quindlen

I personally don't eat a lot of pizza, however I have heard a lot of good things about this New York Style Pizza place located in Arcadia.  happened to be in the area and decided to give them a try.

Parking is limited in the plaza, but there's several 30 minute ones, which I can attest is more than enough for this place.  Since this is not a full service restaurant, most orders here are likely coming for takeout. The owner was very friendly and even helped me open the door.

This place is famous for their pizza, so I ordered one called The Puttanesca which has artichokes, mushrooms, and olives.  The artichoke was overcooked and there was a lack of cheese, but the pizza dough was excellent. It was done just right. I also tried their Buffalo Wings, They were pretty good. The price was pretty affordable for what you get. 

There isn't a lot of Pizza Places in the area, so if you're in the mood for it, then this place is definitely worth a try. 

Review: Hunan Chilli King ★★★ 2/3

Dried Sautedd String Bean $7.99 - Avoid

Fried Snail Slice $9.99 - Must Get

Sauteed Lamb - Mild Spicy ($12.99) - Great Deal

Spicy Chicken with Hot Chili  $10.99 - Very Spicy

If you are someone who loves Chili and Chinese food, this is the place for you.  Just about every dish from the appetizer to the main entrée all have chili on it. If you don't like spicy food, don't come here period.  This isn't you average spicy food. This is type of food you need to get used of eating it.  At top of that you would need several cups of water or tea to cool off the heat!

Parking can be a nightmare here, suggest you just park near the supermarket nearby during the peek hour. The first thing that I notice when I walk to this place is the enormous amount of chili smell.  You will notice just about every dishes people order contain S&*T Load of Chili. At top of that they hang the chili in the wall. Just show you this place is very serious about Chili.

Food here is good, every dish do have chili.  They got some exotic meat like frog legs, snail etc... Those are actually great fit with chili. Just do not order the basic dishes like string bean and chicken, those was disappointed.   I heard their fish head is also very popular, but I have not tried yet.

This is not the place I would come weekly, but would be good during cold weather.  This place definite deserves to call them Chili King.  From the décor to the food it got more chili than you could count it.

Review: Pho Filet 2 ★★★ 1/3

#1 Combination Phone with everything but the kitchen sink =)

Side Veggies

Added with side veggies

I was so hungry in that day when I was fasting for over 12 hours due to blood test.  Technically I can just eat anything, but I wanted something to make up the loss blood and also can feed my hunger.  Pho was the first thing in my mind.

Located near by the square shopping center, parking is no problem.   If I remember right, the former business in here serve exotic food.  The interior is pretty big for a Pho place.   The menu have is easy to read and the price was reasonable.  I order the #1 Pho with everything (Beef Meatballs, Sliced Frank, Tendon, Tripe, and Sliced Beef Brisket).  I told the waitress to separate the meat from the soup, but it didn't happen.  The Pho was pretty good, the broth was on point.  The meat was mediocre, overcooked.  The broth does have MSG, which I was pretty thirsty afterward.

They need to paid attention what they customer request.  There are so many Pho places to choose from, I finding hard to recommend this one unless you happened to be in the area.

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library

I am a political and history junkie myself, this museum always at top of my bucket list to visit when I am in that area.  He has a deep resume and one of the best public speaker ever alive.  I got visited Nixon Museum couple time and have positive reaction.  The museum located in the Simi Valley in the middle of nowhere.

The museum is huge; you could easily spend good three or four hours there.  Since this one of the newer museum, it uses more technology like projector and many video displays.  Also feature some quiz game for the kids.  The museum covers from his radio career all way to presidency.  They even got the gun and clothing that were used by the gunman in the attempted assignation against Reagan.  I did read the news that as many as 80,000 items in this museum is missing from the audit.  It is a shame that someone would this.  

The best part of the museum as you probably would agree with me is the Air force One.  So cool you get to walk in a plane that were using by Several U.S. Presidents.  No photography as is allowed.  The staff in the museum is very friendly and helpful.   Make sure you bring a camera!