The first thing you will notice at Chengdu Lao Zao, the new Sichuan hot pot restaurant in San Gabriel, is the smell: a unique odor that develops when gallons of oily broth are simmered with Sichuan ...

Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan province in Southern China and is famous for its spicy fare. Although not quite the scorched tongue policy of Sichuan cuisine in Chongqing, the food still holds ...

A few months back, fresh from my return from Beijing to the States, I explored Denver for Chinese food like the kind I’d eaten across the Pacific, coming up with a short list of places that offer ...

Kristie Hang is a born-and-raised Angeleno who has been covering the Los Angeles food scene for nearly 15 years. She was once known for double-fisting two large boba drinks daily in grad school — ...