Happy Morning(早点）

Hidden gem of a chinese restaurant that serves great chinese breakfast/lunch items. This place had two very specific items that you do not often find in many chinese restaurants. One which my gf really enjoyed was called needle noodles which are noodles that are short about 2 inches in length and are pointy on both ends. It was nostalgic for her eating those noodles from her childhood which her grandparents made.

As for me my nostalgic dish was snails, yes you heard it right. It brings me back to childhood too. Not french escargo, but fresh water snails that has a hard plate in front of the shell that protects them from predators. Of course you would eat it picking out the meat with a toothpick. There very limited amount of meat since part of the body contains sand and baby snail shells so only the small bit between the hard plate and the before the twisty bit is edible. Don't eat the sandy part or the consequent snail baby shells which won't taste food. It was funny hearing the neighboring tables inquire the staff about the snails which I guess makes sense since not a common dish.

It's an acquired taste here in the states, but in chinese supermarkets they sell snail noodles that will have the flavor of the snails, but no meat since it's laborious to pick out the meat ergo pricey. Give it a try if you are brave enough! There was quite a bit of left over snails so I brought it home and made prepacked snail noodles with actual snail meat which was great!

I have to admit that this is hard to review because I have not really had authentic Chinese food before. It was okay... but our main complaint is that everything felt very oily. The dish we had with meat seemed to have just as much fat on it as actual meat, and we actually made the effort to peal the fat off so that we weren't eating it.
You order on your phone, so there's no much interaction with a server. This was a challenge for us because we needed suggestions of what to order.

Great little spot for some good homey Taiwanese food. QR code for easy ordering and the amount of food is filling.

Parking is relatively easy but finding it is a little bit of a challenge. Walk to the small plaza off to the left of Vons and the far corner with the banner will bring you.

The rice noodle rolls are so good and fresh! Adding eggs to the perfect!

Dare I say this place is better than DFC?! The pan fried beef vermicelli was so interesting and delish — I’ve never had anything before. The secret oxtail noodles with their chili sauce is SOOO good. Milk tea was on point too!