小陸子清粥店
534 E Valley Blvd
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 280-5883
Lu's Garden is a restaurant specialize in Taiwanese style "Porridage & Small Dishes". When I was living in Taipei, I love having "Porridage & Small Dishes" for a late night snack. Since the servings are small, you can order a variety of dishes to go with your porridage (or white rice if you prefer).
Dr. P and I had a "Saw" marathon at http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com. We watched Saw 1~3 for 6 hours straight! After we finished the movies, it was already 10pm. I immediately thought of Lu's Garden. My family used to come here a lot. But for some reason, we haven't been back for a long time. Well, after this visit, I don't think I'll be back for a even longer time.
紅燒肉 Stewed Pork Belly ($6.95)
The Stewed Pork Belly was my favorite dish at Lu's Garden. It tasted just as good as I remembered it. But my god, this tiny plate cost $6.75! I couldn't believe the price when I saw the bill. Seriously, the plate was tiny. It was the size of a sauce dish. There were about 6 pieces of pork. And that was $6.95? I could order a big pot of stewed pork belly at some other Chinese restaurant for that price.
三杯雞 Three Cup Chicken ($5.95)
I didn't like the Three Cup Chicken. It just didn't have the true "three cup" flavor. Again, 4 pices of chicken in a sauce dish cost way too much money.
瓜仔肉 Minced Pork with Pickle ($4.95)
The minced pork with pickle was pretty good. I like to mix it with rice. But I can make this at http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com for much cheaper price.
芥菜 Mustard Green ($4.95)
We wanted some green to balance the meal. Simple sauteed mustard green with ginger. Pretty good.
I do like the food here, but I think the price is ridiculously expensive. Even the porridage was expesive, $1.25 per person. Small bowl of white rice was $0.95. So our simple bite size late dinner cost $30+. Definately a lot more than what I expected. "Porridage & Small Dishes" are not supposed to be this pricy. So even though food's good, for the price, I don't think I'll be back here any time soon.
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Haven't been there for a long time. I used to like their eggplant a lot. But yeah those prices are too high..
ReplyDelete好久沒來，怎麼都變成英文了?羅蘭崗也有一間，我最喜歡的就是他們的苦瓜，一點也不苦喔~
ReplyDeleteOooh that pork belly looks so YUMMY! **drool drool** It's so fatty and tempting! ^_^
ReplyDeleteDinner本來就是over price
ReplyDelete不過午餐的話就很合理
雖然最近也漲價了
但是幾個人來吃可以點不同的菜分著吃也還算不錯
我也跟你一樣覺得這家滿貴的說. 一個像是吃點心消夜的地方價錢卻像在吃餐廳. 所以我也好久沒來這裡了.
ReplyDelete瓜仔肉也是我都會拿的, 很下飯^^
好久好久以前去過一次, 不過忘了當時的價錢了...一直都這麼貴嗎??
ReplyDelete每次開車經過都看到好多人喔 都想什麼時候再去吃一下
現在看這麼貴, 還是算了吧...
Did they raise their price? I haven't been there for awhile too. I don't recall their prices were this high.
ReplyDeleteI haven't been there for a long time, too. I think the prices were definitely raised. And you are right about how ridiculous it is to charge THAT much for a TINY portion!! I don't think I'd go back there anytime soon after being shocked by the high prices.
ReplyDelete我是覺得那間還OK
ReplyDelete除了有點貴以外
還有點太油 ^^"
不過他們好巷是故意弄比較油
因為稀飯很清淡
所以菜油一點剛好互補吧 ^^
Hi Eileen,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the review. I remember passing by this place when visiting my friends in the area; I'll be sure to avoid it (sounds like it's not a good value).
(BTW, there's a new place for some interesting and creative desserts (another one :) that I just went to; thought you might be interested (The Bazaar) (^_~))
my bf watched saw 1-3 from Mon- WEd,hahaa
ReplyDelete小陸子清粥實在是咱羅省中餐一異數, 不知老闆友沒有換過, 但已經營至少十幾年了. 其實以前小美三菜便當2.99時, 他們全葷小菜就已經4.95（哇， 現在６．９５﹚. 可能最近經濟景氣低, 大家才覺得痛...
ReplyDelete對於LA餐廳生意好的三要素: 食物好吃有特色; 停車容易; 價錢合理, San Gabriel小陸子清粥好像只有第一項. 以前要吃燒餅油條, 只有早起床去永和豆漿排隊被油煙燻, 也隨著義美,丁胖子,小美的出現而永和豆漿也不再獨領風騷.
這十幾年來不知爲何, 奇蹟似竟然從沒有人在山谷大道也開一間類似小陸子清粥的餐廳, 看來台灣移民思鄉，滿足家鄉情是要繼續多付超過家鄉數倍價錢的． 不然還是在家自己開罐頭啃醬瓜熬稀飯， 或是去吃一大碗艇仔粥．．．．願打願挨囉！
I heard this restaurant form couple of my friends. They rip off people. One guy went there and ordered 5 quick fry dishs; he was charged for $75.
ReplyDeleteDinner time came and we weren't quite sure what we felt like so we were headed to that Korean Tofu place in the same parking lot. We walked around and decided to try Lu's. We actually quite enjoyed the casualness and simple meal but thought it was very pricey for what you get. We had very delicious stewed bamboo shoots, cold cucumber salad, tiny salted fish w/peanuts/veggies; the eggplants were oily as were the squids; pigs feet were cold. So some dishes were better than others. We had 8 dishes for 4 of us and spent $62 w tips. We wanted variety but you can't do any combos. Can't imagine their ingredients having cost more than 10-15% of the bill and their cost of operations is minimum...so being a first timer, I am shocked @ their prices given the competitive nature of this area!! Too bad as we would have returned for this type of 'comfort' food. Are there any other places which serve these type of Taiwanese porridge and small dishes in the area?
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's any other restaurants serving this kind of food around the area.
Maybe that's why they are able to charge such a ridiculously high price.