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    Jonathan Gold dines at Chengdu Impression

    There’s no shortage of Sichuan restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, where a new host of trendy hotspots offers more options to adventurous eaters than just the tongue-numbing, ma la sensation found at places like Chengdu Taste or Szechuan Impression .

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    By Evan Kleiman • Jun 2, 2017 • 1 min read

    There’s no shortage of Sichuan restaurants in the San Gabriel Valley, where a new host of trendy hotspots offers more options to adventurous eaters than just the tongue-numbing, ma la sensation found at places like Chengdu Taste or Szechuan Impression. This week, LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold sits down to a 9-course tasting tour at Chengdu Impression, the newest outpost of a Chinese restaurant group based in Sichuan’s capital city. Read his full LA Times review here.

    Chengdu Impression: 21 East Huntington Drive, Arcadia, CA 91006 | (626) 462-9999

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    The full episode

    5 of 7
    Shaking up the USDA, 'The Beef Cookbook' and 'Tartine All Day'
    1. 0:00How Sonny Perdue is shaking up the USDA
    2. 15:06Cecchini Panini
    3. 27:16'PRIME: The Beef Cookbook'
    4. 34:26What's the deal with liquid smoke?
    5. 37:53Jonathan Gold dines at Chengdu ImpressionYou’re reading this
    6. 41:35'Tartine All Day'
    7. 48:28The Market Report: Nopales
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