E&J Yummy Kitchen

Wife heard about this place from a local. So on our way from SB to SD we decided to stop for dinner. The first thing to notice was that the place is quite small but was relatively packed. The wave of customers seem to continue through the dinner time. Place is ok clean. The pork and beef rice noodle with egg was excellent. Rice noodle was chewy but not rubbery and that sauce. The sweet and soy taste remind me of carrots, celery cooked in soy.
Overall 4 out of 5. Would change the score to 5 If it was not a cash only place.

The wonton soup and rice noodle shrimp & beef are good. The beef chow fun is too salty. Decent place to grab something quick to munch on.

The food here soothes my soul.
E&J serves up traditional Hong Kong comfort food here, ranging from won ton noodle soup to chow fun w/​gravy. I ordered the BBQ pork + won ton noodle soup and I was pleased with the abundance of noodles, vegetables and meat that came with it. The broth was also not very oily, though it would use some more flavor. It’s inexpensive, so it’s hard to complain. I also got to try the shrimp rice rolls and it was pleasant. Apparently you can add egg to it too for an additional cost.
Weekends are busy here, so be prepared to wait for a table. If you are looking for a bathroom, there’s only one outside which is shared by the other businesses. When I went in there, there were no toilet paper or paper seat sheets whatsoever in the bathroom. So clearly building maintenance is an issue.
E&J, I shall see you again.

Note that it’s cash only, however, the dishes are very reasonably priced for the proportions served., except for the drinks. Thought their beef rice noodles (腸粉) was okay and wonton beef stew soup noodle was decent. I liked the dumpling beef stomach soup noodle better, very Hong Kong style, especially the yellow thin noodles – yum yum. Aha, I see where they got the yummy from. My sibling ordered dumplings beef stew lo mein (can order milk tea (small) for $ 1 with this combo) and that was pretty good also. Will definitely go back again and try their porridge.

Really good hong kong style lunch. Pops took me to this spot i guess im a sucker for comfort food! I wanna go back and try other things

Love 2 things here:
1) pork knuckle noodle soup
2) steamed rice cake + egg
They were doing their grand opening promo with $ 3.99 on the pork Knuckle noodle soup, but I don’t think they are doing it anymore. But it’s still very at a very good price right now. Love this place, come early on the weekend, they usually have a wait especially during lunch.

My mother in law told me us about this place. She raved about their $ 3.99 Wonton Noodle Soup and their rice noodle rolls. She warned us not to get the egg on top of the rice noodle rolls as it is not worth the extra $ 1 they charge. They are located in a strip shopping center in Monterey Park a few doors down from the Dollar Tree. I couldn’t go wrong with a bowl of noodles for $ 3.99 and maybe a walk through Dollar Tree looking for dessert.
Ummm…mother in law is wrong. The $ 3.99 wonton noodle soup was for their grand opening. Their normal price is about $ 5. The noodles come in a metal bowl. Still a very good deal. The noodles are cooked perfectly. The wontons are your basic $ 3.99 wonton with hardly any or no shrimp in it, very meaty. The soup is okay, but, since it is a Cantonese restaurant, we aren’t supposed to drink it.
I wanted to order a beef rice noodle roll with egg, but, my wife stopped me. The beef rice noodle roll is made differently than dimsum restaurants. It is like an open faced rice noodle roll with the beef outside. The daughter loved it and ate it all without sharing. I still think it would be better paying the extra $ 1 for the egg.
Their beef chowfun with gravy is a-​ok. It is full of beef and vegetables. It was full of gravy to to coat all the rice noodles. The beef chowfun is also daughter approved. Their seafood vermicelli is probably their «meh» dish that I tried. It is a substantial portion with shrimp, squid and some fish, but, it was lacking flavor. Sriracha sauce rescued the seafood vermicelli.
Other than being wrong with the prices, mother in law gave us a good recommendation. It’s a good place. I liked it. Service was good for a Chinese restaurant. I’ll be back when in the area. Mother in law isn’t always wrong.

Second visit. Servers are much nicer than last time when there are less customer.
The food are great.
Pig hand noodle is recommended.
The drinks are cheap but the size is small too.

Rice noodle with shrimp and eggs– this is good and not the typical rice noodle with tiny dried shrimp and instead of the Chinese donut wrapped in rice noodle. The shrimp was a good size. They have this exact dish in China I heard, so it was good to try out.
Pan fried dumpling– it was more like a gyoza. It tasted so good that you can taste the wrapper too along with the juicy meat. Price for this was about 4.95.
The beef chow fun noodle– it was good, order this if you like beef and slippery noodles. It was served with onions and green bell peppers. I ordered it with black bean gravy for an extra dollar which is worth it for wet noodle instead of dry. I like that everything served here is simple café food and can is reasonably priced.

Food is really good! Reasonable price, but cash only. Will definitely come back again !

Decent hole in the wall, authentic Hong Kong style restaurant located in a Monterey Park strip mall next to a Dollar Tree. It’s new so it still has a clean appearance unlike many other Hong Kong style places in the area.
The menu is small and simple. One sheet front and back.
I tried their wonton + dumpling + beef tripe + beef stew with fun noodle soup. Yes, I got 4 items because I was ravenous and wanted to try everything. The dumplings were a little salty, but there were generous amounts of meat inside. The beef tripe wasn’t flavorful enough and the beef stew was slightly salty. Overall, it wasn’t bad but it wasn’t that good either. I’d rate it 6.75÷10. I’m sure there’s some variance in how the food turns out from day to day (e.g. how long meats get marinated and stewed), so hopefully it was just an off-​day. I do like being able to get a 4 item combo noodle soup for only $ 10. Everything tasted fresh at least. Fresh gai lan and non-​soggy noodles.
The service was decent too — friendly, efficient ladies who speak Cantonese. I would recommend this place if you’re looking for something quick, cheap and authentic. You might get even better value here than at that Dollar Tree!

I came here mainly for their «shrimps in a blanket» («ha chern» in Cantonese). I have to say that I enjoyed it more than the ones I usually get at dim sum. I also got fried egg added to it because everything is better with eggs.
I also got an order of porridge and wonton noodle soup. It wasn’t anything spectacular. If you’re craving any of the two, then I think this place would hit the spot. I would probably come back and try something else.

(Rate focus only on food I had)
Steamed rice noodle roll with shrimp — B+
Is this the first restaurant in LA offering rice noodle roll steamed with drawer steamer? Quality is quite good. Although it doesn’t look as elegant as Canton style rice noodle roll, Taishan style of thin and silky texture you get from this restaurant is better most dim sum restaurants out there. Shrimp is just regular shrimp, but do the job, since price is cheap.
Sometimes they don’t put enough soy sauce, just remind them, they will gladly add more.
Steamed rice noodle roll with bbq pork (egg added) — B+
This is the first time I have egg inside steamed rice noodle roll, and it turns out pretty good. The egg cooked just right, still soft. It can be a great light breakfast choice.
Pork ribs and dried vegetable porridge — B–
Like I mention before, they aim at a lower price level. I can’t say the porridge is good, just average. Salted pork should be a better choice to go with dried vegetable, but it’s just regular pork here.
Braised pork feet noodles soup — B–
Another average noodles soup here, and pork feet still needs more time to braise through. Again, it’s cheap, I can’t ask for better.
Afterall, I think the main focus and highlight here is steamed rice noodle roll. They also offer various items like rice and noodles. Hopefully other items will improve in future. I don’t mind paying a little more for better quality.

Overall, the experience was good. It’s a small mom and pop shop. It really depends what time you go because the wait can be long. Luckily, my friend and I came in before the rush hours. We both got wonton noodle soup, seaweed salad and bbq pork roll with egg. The broth was okay because we both like bold and strong flavors. It wasn’t satisfying our tastebuds so we had to add some sauce to it. We did like the wontons tho! They are not stingy with their wonton because it was full of meat and so juicy.
It is cash only!

Stopped by for dinner on Friday night with my parents since this place was new and had fairly good Unilocal reviews. This place is pretty hole-​in-​the wall, maybe 6 – 8 tables at most.
We tried a few things: their current special — $ 3.99 wonton noodle soup, seafood noodles, some sort of beef soup dumpling noodles and dried shrimp rice noodle roll. Their rice noodle roll is not as solid as I prefer (it was stringy and fell apart pretty easily) but everything else was standard. The best thing this place has going for it is that it is cheap. Everything cost about ~$ 24.
— Cash only
— Parking: shared with the 99 cent store, Elite and other stores in the strip mall so pretty tight!

Swing by on the weekdays… It’s pretty chill! Quiet enough to eat and study here.
WEEKENDS line is out the door! You have been warned !
Food:
1. Red bean milk tea $ 1.50
I appreciate the fact that they use real red bean! It seems like now a days everyone is so focused on the syrups so this was a nice change. Drink was not overly sweet too which was perfect for my taste!
2. Salty Pork w/​preserved egg porridge
This is the norm, I don’t really think you can mess up on this dish.
Some things to keep in mind :
a. Their preserved egg has a really strong taste to it so I would opt for another type of porridge if you have not tried preserved egg.
b. Their pork is not SALTY as advertised, it’s just shredded pork strips.
c. All the workers are fluent in CANTONESE, I don’t know how fluent they are in english though. They spoke to all the customers in Cantonese when I was here.
Final verdict :
Thumbs up

With the influx of Mainland Chinese eateries opening in the San Gabriel Valley, it’s refreshing to actually see a traditional Cantonese place open up these days. E & J Yummy Kitchen is located right next to Elite in Monterey Park. Food is bare bones basic, delicious, and cheap. The $ 3.99 wonton noodle soup is the best bang for your buck. They also do a unique kind of rice rolls that look like they are twisted into little pieces and even give you the option to add egg to it. Milk tea with red bean drinks are of course a must. The milk tea is rather sweet so I’d recommend getting it less sweet. Order any of the regular price items and get a stamp card.
Closed Wednesdays!

My sister found this place on Unilocal and we decided to try it. Grand opening special is won ton noodle soup is $ 3.99 right now which is a good deal. It’s located w/​Elite Restaurant and Dollar Tree. The place is small and staff speak English and Cantonese. We ordered beef rice noodle roll and won ton noodle soup and both items were delicious. We didn’t have to wait long for both items to come. The wonton noodle soup had 5 balls, gai lan broccoli, noodles, and broth. I definitely go back again to try other items. Cash only.

E&J’s has finally replaced one of my favorite go-​to restaurants I used to go to before the fire. Despite the small restaurant space, E&J’s grand opening has brought many customers to its doors, eager to try their unique rice noodle rolls and other popular Hong Kong styled dishes. If they remain this popular, I’m hoping they will knock down the wall and take over the empty restaurant to its left.
E&J is located in the same plaza and Dollar Tree, Elite Dim Sum, and Liang’s Kitchen. There aren’t too many parking spaces available, especially if you’re going during prime dim sum time, so street parking will probably be the best bet if the lot is pretty full. The restaurant itself can only fit about ten tables — primarily smaller 2 – 3 people tables. If you come with a bigger party and there’s a wait, be prepared for a wait. I came after a busy lunch hour on Sunday and still had to wait about 20 minutes for a table. The workers did all they could to accommodate everybody, but it definitely seemed like news of E&J’s grand opening was highly anticipated.
Wonton Noodle Soup: Their advertised $ 3.99 grand opening special was a pretty great deal. It came with a total of 5 pretty big wontons, a good amount of green vegetables, as well as a good amount of yellow noodle. The broth of the wonton noodle wasn’t too salty and added a good flavor to the dish. I liked the wontons, but felt there could have been more shrimp taste. But for the price, this dish was a steal. I also really like the noodles they used. Very chewy yet cooked to be al dente.
Beef Rice Noodle Roll: This was a definite winner as well. After seeing pictures of this unique dish, I knew I wanted to try it out for myself. It was $ 3.25, which isn’t at all bad considering the amount of beef that’s inside of the roll. I’m a fan of the rice noodle that is typically served during dim sum. I really enjoy the smoothness of the skin of the rice noodle, so I found the crumpled up texture of E&J’s rice noodle to be a bit strange — just because it had a different consistency. But it wasn’t bad at all, just different! The beef had good flavor, and eaten together with the sweet soy sauce made it taste very similar to the dim sum dish.
Salted Pork and Preserved Egg Porridge: $ 4.95 and was served in a pretty big bowl. Originally we had wanted to try the Dried Vegetable Porridge, but because it was sold out already, we opted for this one. I liked the overall flavor. It had a good amount of pork inside, but I think they could have added more preserved egg. I didn’t have to add any soy sauce to enhance flavor of the porridge.
Black Bean Chow Fun: This dish is originally $ 7.25, but we ordered it gravy style, not knowing that it was an additional $ 1. If we had known, we probably wouldn’t have ordered this dish. I’m not a big fan of black bean noodles in general. When this dish came out, it looked pretty tasty — there was beef, green and red bell peppers, and lots of onions along with the «ho fun.» But the black bean sauce was too salty, making the entire dish way too salty to eat. I wouldn’t recommend this dish.
Herbal tea and iced coffee: Both drinks were pretty tasty. The herbal drink is the standard one you’d expect at any HK restaurant. The iced coffee is similar to the Vietnamese coffee taste, but with a little sweeter taste. At $ 1.50, I thought it was an okay price.
I also tried their potstickers, green onion pancake, and fried rice as take-​out. These dishes were not bad, but not memorable. We were also able to order green vegetables as a side dish on its own, but it was a hefty $ 7 when you can probably buy a whole stalk of vegetables from an Asian market and cook it for under $ 3 — but the vegetables were very green and tasty.
Overall, a decent place to get a good Hong Kong styled meal. Everything is served quite quickly so if there’s not too long a wait, you can be in and out within thirty minutes. Servers were nice and remained friendly even though there was a pretty overwhelming (and impatient) group of customers.
tl;dr — Cash only. Apparently they offer a stamp card, but we weren’t given one. Prices are pretty cheap compared to a standard HK styled café — the size of the dishes are pretty good. I would return in a few months to see if they’ve worked out the kinks and can still provide solid dishes. I would definitely recommend the Wonton Noodle Soup, the rice noodle rolls, and their porridges.

This place just recently opened and it’s been a big hit so far. Some of the dishes you want to order is the wonton soup and the different types of rice noodle. It is pretty similar to the ones you get at dim sum but a little bit different. I love the soy sauce they use and the service was good. This is a great place for a quick and cheap meal! FYI, don’t forget to get a stamp card also!