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    J L Kitchen

    3.6 (222 reviews)
    ModerateChinese, Soup, Seafood
    Closed 11:00 am - 9:00 pm
    Updated a few days ago

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    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Salt and Pepper Fish Filet with fried rice lunch special
    Colin R.

    I owe JL and updated review. It's been more than a decade ago and things have changed a lot including an updated menu and of course pricing. In spite of inflation, their prices are still very reasonable especially the lunch specials. Taste and quality have improved dramatically for a joint like this. Inside the dine in options are limited -- just a few small tables usually 1 or 2 people in a rush. Most of us take to go. Which is fine by me, cos it's good portions, the guy at the counter is super nice, and price and taste are good enough especially for lunch. Love it!

    2024/01/26 Seafood Chow Fun
    Dexter D.

    I finished one project, had a half-hour to kill before my next project and I was hungry. I thought a quick fix at JL Kitchen would cure my hunger pangs. There was space in the parking lot. I was the only customer inside. When I stepped in, the gentleman asked if I was Anthony. I told him no, though now I wonder what Anthony had ordered (wink, wink!). I ordered Seafood Chow Fun to go, paid and was told that it would be a five-minute wait. I sat and worked on my phone until my order came out. I drove to a nearby park to eat. My bag contained my food, two napkins, a fork, soy sauce and some chili oil. I ate 1/2 the container and found two shrimp, two pieces of fish and three pieces of calamari. I'll finish the other half tomorrow. Overall, the food was hot and reasonably flavorful. I usually request a packet of hot mustard but forgot to do so. JL is decent for a quick meal from a local neighborhood Chinese restaurant. I would come back for another meal, but I would not bring my parents here for a more formal meal.

    Shrimp fried rice w added chili oil

    The chef that cooks the food has some fine wok cooking skills. I just wished they used fresher rice because the fried rice I ordered today had many chunks of old stale rice. I will give em another chance since the flavors were good.

    31. Kung Pao Prawn Lunch Special 8/10 would get fried rice next time instead

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    Great service, yummy food and very friendly lady! You should try this place for sure!

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    Really good food very flavorful and they have amazing lunch deals! The service is fast and friendly

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    The egg flower soup was incredible! Usually I like to add something to soups from restaurants but J L Kitchen made it so flavorful.

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    2 years ago

    Food was delicious and was ready pretty fast! Even tasted good the day after. There's so many things to still try

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    I absolutely love this place. This is our to go to Chinese spot. The wonton soup is amazing, and the workers are really nice.

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    The food was delicious and the service was excellent thank you so very much I will try another menu soon.

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    4 years ago

    After more than 20 years of getting food here, it's still one of my fav dive spots in the area!

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    The last 3 times I went the WON ton soup has not been as good as it use to. The won ton were very mushy.

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    Fusion Delight - Suckling pig platter

    Fusion Delight

    2.9(1.1k reviews)
    2.9 mi
    $$

    Came here for dim sum and there was a long waiting list. The food was mediocre…read more There must be lots of MSG because I kept drinking water afterwards.

    I came here for a family birthday dinner. It's located in greenhouse so there's plenty of parking…read morearound, even if it means just a tiny bit further away. The restaurant is really big and we sat at a table for 14 pretty comfortably. We were also here on a Saturday night and the restaurant was full. The service is your typical Chinese restaurant vibe where you leave a little bit emotionally abused after paying for overly priced menu items. We did the à la cart and easily spent up to $1500. Better off with the family plan meal but nothing was of interest to us except one or two dishes. It took forever to come out and I mean FOREVER to a point where we almost cancelled a few dishes and called it a night, but they kept saying it's being made. With as many people and as massive as the restaurant was, and the price tags, I was expecting a more efficient service. A couple of times we saw our dish being brought to the wrong table and the people going "oh we didn't order this." With all of that out of the way, I am giving them an average score of 3 starts because the food did bring them back up. It was actually really good. My favorite of all things we ordered was their sea bass with string beans. The sea bass was fried crispy, garnished salty and still soft inside. It paired really well with the string beans. We ordered a bunch of other things that I couldn't tell you what the name was in English and they were above average taste wise. Their complimentary dessert however, was mass produced and tasted like they added too much water to it. This was the only one I was disappointed in. I still say this place is extremely overpriced but for a family meal experience and if you ever want to impress a date, why not.

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    Lobby and entry way

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    Beef rib

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    Baby Cafe - Popcorn chicken

    Baby Cafe

    4.0(236 reviews)
    1.6 mi
    $$

    Baby Cafe does not disappoint when it comes to its Hainan chicken. My wife and I dropped by for…read morelunch at 12:30 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon with some friends and we were able to immediately get seated at a table. Between the two of us, we ordered a whole Hainan chicken -- knowing that we'd have enough leftovers for dinner later that evening, as well as a baked fish fillet over rice. Like all baked entrees, you should expect to wait around 20 minutes or so for the dish to be prepared. If you anticipate being hungry during the extended wait, I'd recommend ordering some snacks as well, like popcorn chicken or some curry fish balls. The baked fish fillet here is absolutely delicious. If you enjoy Korean corn cheese, this dish feels like corn cheese over rice, with a perfectly crispy fish filet on top, smothered with a white cream sauce. This dish is incredibly rich and each bite feels like a warm hug. You'll definitely be in the mood for a nap after finishing this dish. The Hainan chicken here is probably some of the best in the Bay. The chicken skin has the gelatinous texture of well-prepared Hainan chicken, and the chicken itself is incredibly moist and tender. The chickens they serve up are absolutely massive and a whole chicken should comfortably feed a family of four. The ginger scallion sauce on the side could use a touch of salt, but that's just my personal preference for things to be a tad saltier. Overall, if you're craving Hong Kong diner food, Baby Cafe is a great option in this part of town. I would definitely stop by again for lunch.

    Came here for dinner earlier tonight, party of 4, around 6pm. We got the beef stew dry noodle, the…read morecha siu egg over rice, the ground pork green beans, and the hainan chicken with rice. Also got an iced HK style milk tea. Price for everything was around $80 after tax before tip. Pros: - Very easy parking, lots of spots available in the lot - pretty delicious food with pretty generous portions! Everything tasted pretty fresh and not over-rich and not over-MSG'ed. - Cute vibes inside - very Asian millennial and the trees inside are so cute haha. Very good placement since the tree close to the door blocks the door from shining blaring sun in your eyes if you're sitting facing the door - The milk tea was delicious??? - Pretty good service, food came out quickly, check came back quickly - Chinese-speaking and English-speaking friendly - Very easy to share dishes family style. I think we'll definitely be back!!

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    Interior

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    1/2 shredded chicken

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    Jin Gege - Sweet and sour fish

    Jin Gege

    3.4(152 reviews)
    2.9 mi
    $$

    Their menu inside and their receipts spell their name as one word...Jingege. Why different on this…read morelisting? There's usually a pretty good line right by the register, so this place is pretty well known by the Asian locals. Shrimp Wonton Noodle Soup ($16/2*) First outing here I sat for lunch and tried this. Surprisingly disappointing seeing how busy and popular this place is. The wontons were okay, decent flavor with a strong sesame oil presence. But they weren't that plump and luxurious, just seemed like homemade/amateur versions. Which is fine, except given the nicer restaurant feel, I just expected something more elevated. The noodles were fine, super thin egg noodles that had a nice QQ. BUT their broth was so bland and unremarkable that it kinda ruined the whole experience. I couldn't even taste/detect the protein that made up the stock, just tasted like murky liquid to me. And zero condiments on the table, so I just ate the wontons and the plain tasting noodles cuz the broth couldn't offer anything to the noodles. Womp womp. And their bowl of choice is very weird to eat from. Super tall bowl that if you leave a spoon in there it will sink and be submerged for you to fish out...in piping hot liquid. If I would have reviewed this place just on this one visit, then it surely would have been a sub 3* rating. But I knew I couldn't leave my impression with that one lone visit. Roast Duck - Half ($20/4*) Came back for some take-out deli items and I was handsomely rewarded. Total 180 experience from the soup outing. Their ducks here are slightly more expensive than most others for the area. But it is still worth it imo. They cut it with good skill and even for a take-out box they present it nicely, with the shape of duck still somewhat intact. The skin is not crisp at all but it is very well rendered. Some pieces were not that salty at all but some other pieces are well seasoned, which I thought was strange. But overall a very solid roast duck is to be found here. There's also a big scoop of these tiny beans that are slightly sweet almost like baked beans just not as gloopy. But the bean texture is very al dente, almost crunchy, which I found very strange. Macao Roast Pork w/ Rice ($19/4.5*) This is crazy good...I'll even say special. Super seasoned pork belly is roasted til the skin gets crisp...like chicharon status, except it is just a very thin layer of crispness. So the balance between the sturdy crunch and juicy flavorful meat was practically perfect. It is definitely on the salty side, almost the same intenseness as eating Spam with white rice, but white rice offsets those salty components beautifully. And they garnish this massive plate with perfectly blanched gai lan (Chinese Broccoli) and some other pickled greens that add a nice sweet and tangy component. So between the decadent pork, white rice and diverse greens offerings just made this a complete one stop shop that could make a regular out of me. There's also a Share Tea next door so I've got a harmonious tandem going on here. Lucky Ducky Me yassss!

    I ordered take out of their soy sauce chicken ($30) and BBQ pork ($21). The chicken was moist and…read moreflavorful- just the right balance of sweetness and saltiness. On the other hand, the bbq pork was wayyyy too fat. There was hardly any meat, I basically tossed the whole thing away. A good BBQ pork should have the right mix of meat to fat ratio.

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    Jin Gege - Newly opened HK styled chicken restaurant, nice decor inside.

    Newly opened HK styled chicken restaurant, nice decor inside.

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    Beef chow fun

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    Pearl Bay Tea House - Overall: 4.5 stars (Durian Pancake and Chicken Feet - 2.5 stars)

    Pearl Bay Tea House

    3.0(416 reviews)
    1.7 mi
    $$

    My friend and I had a very good experience today. Hearing how crowded the restaurant gets, we…read morearrived on a Monday at 11:30 am. It was pretty bustling and noisy and about 3/4 full. We were seated right away. After we placed our order, the food came out in a fair amount of time and was very good. I was especially impressed with the beef chow fun. It was delicious and a huge portion. I read reviews in which people who do not speak Chinese are treated poorly. We are both non-Chinese speaking and did not have that issue at all. A server who wasn't able to explain something in English asked another server to speak to us. They did a very good job with the remodel. It is very modern and tasteful but not over the top. I would recommend Pearl Bay for the food and the service. But if you're looking for a quiet, uncrowded restaurant, this is not the place for you.

    This evening when one of my mom's friend named Jason who is one of my friend's in Sacramento…read moreactually her name is Julie Tsoi I met her family when she was 7 or 8 (I don't know) we booked the table at the same time. My mom's friend Uncle Billy introduce to his friend back at his home last year I remember it was very friendly to meet him and his wife. Everything the atmosphere was brand new and very clean even though last time probably I rate 5 out of 10 (5 and why? Because last time it is really messy and there's a lot of things happening they didn't open their private secret entrance so I am glad they didn't.) Probably this is my aunt's favorite restaurant and I remember I came across here with my aunt and uncle with my grandpa last time I went there. (I just remember this when my grandpa before he lost his memory I don't remember the actual time) Meanwhile the food arrived and it was quick enough to have some good meals one of the best is the wild rice with some Lap Cheong and Egg Roe (Japanese) as well as the shrimp perfect. The lamb was too salty however the soup was perfect balance. Rate: 10/10

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    Pearl Bay Tea House - The new interior!

    The new interior!

    Pearl Bay Tea House - King crab 3 way - steamed crabs over vermicelli in garlic

    King crab 3 way - steamed crabs over vermicelli in garlic

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    Leisure Cafe - Stone claypot rice with ribs and Chinese sausage

    Leisure Cafe

    2.9(570 reviews)
    0.7 mi
    $$

    Called in an order on Memorial Day afternoon, was told about 15 minutes , when I got there the…read moreorder was ready. Beef Visceral Ho Fun (Flat Rice Noodles) Soup was good, the Beef Visceral was tender and flavorful. It also came with 2 pieces of choy sum. The broth is good, needs maybe needs a little more flavor. Overall good, I would get this again. Wonton Soup was good, the wontons were average size with shrimp and pork. Same broth they used for the noodles. Also came with 2 pieces of choy sum. Overall good, I would get this again. The portions were pretty big so I was able to turn it into 2 meals!!! I came back again already and ordered the same thing a week later!!!

    Not very friendly place. Food is ok Just average. Ordered some food to dine in and one Hainan…read moreChicken to take out. They gave me a little container of ginger sauce for the takeout dish. I asked for one extra They ignored me then i asked two more times before they brought it over. So now I have two small sauce containers. These are tiny Then when the bill came I noticed they charged me $2 extra for the Hainan Chicken. It did not say $2,for the sauce but the price of the dish went up $2. I asked the waitress to explain. She was quite embarrassed to get caught. She begged me to forgive her and let it go. She said management made her add $2 to the price for the extra tiny sauce. What a cheap place. When you get your bill make sure you look. Never went back

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    Leisure Cafe - Beef brisket ho fun

    Beef brisket ho fun

    Leisure Cafe

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    J L Kitchen - chinese - Updated August 2026

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