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    Shanghai Noodles

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly .  This week he reviews Shanghai Bamboo House in Monrovia.  Shanghai cuisine isn't usually very spicy and there is more long-cooked, simmered dishes instead of stir fry.  There is frequently fresh fish and eel on Shanghai-style menus.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. This week he reviews Shanghai Bamboo House in Monrovia. Shanghai cuisine isn't usually very spicy and there is more long-cooked, simmered dishes instead of stir fry. There is frequently fresh fish and eel on Shanghai-style menus.

At Shanghai Bamboo House, Jonathan likes the wild greens, yam and ham, the spareribs, the fresh crab meat with tofu and the steamed pig knuckle.

    Shanghai Bamboo House

    933 W Duarte Rd
Monrovia, CA 91016


    (626) 574-5960

    All of Jonathan Gold's restaurant suggestions are on the Good Food Restaurant Map.

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    The full episode

    6 of 7
    Chinese Wine; The Foreclosure Gardener; Mexican Hot Chocolate; Compost
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:45Biodynamic Compost
    3. 15:20LA's Own Acorn-Fed Heritage Pigs
    4. 26:05Authentic Mexican Chocolate Drinks
    5. 35:37Chinese Wine
    6. 42:14Shanghai NoodlesYou’re reading this
    7. 50:45Foreclosure Gardener
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