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Yung Ho Cafe

Restaurant Breakfast restaurant Chinese restaurant Asian restaurant Brunch restaurant Lunch restaurant Taiwanese restaurant

One of the Most Reviewed Taiwanese restaurants in San Gabriel


Address

1045 E Valley Blvd a105, San Gabriel, CA 91776, United States

Website

www.yunghocafe.com

Contact

+1 626-280-9317

Price rating

$ $$$

Rating on Google Maps

3.80 (334 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Wednesday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Thursday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Friday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Saturday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Sunday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Monday: 7 am to 3:30 pm
  • Tuesday: 7 am to 3:30 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: Chinese (13) breakfast (12) good (9) milk (8) Taiwanese (8) rice (7) tofu (7) beef (6) soup (6)
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  • 5/5 Los A. 5 years ago on Google
    The best of the valley! Salty soy milk with the curllers (rice rolls) was delicious! The donuts were huge and not sugary at all. The scallion pancakes were excellent. The spice beef noodle soup really hit the spot for me. It had a nice kick and the beef pieces were not fatty and had some nice chewy tendons attached. This soup will wake you up and get you going! Kids loved the chicken porrage, fighting for more. So I had to order an extra bowl of the porrage, which you can dip the donuts. The Beijing yogurt was refreshing with the spicy meal. The dumplings were pretty good, too. The hugh bun that had everything in it was very satisfying. I can't wait to go back for more... Update: Yes, I returned. #9 was great! #9 was rice roll wrapped in a saran wrap. Sesame noodles had a nice kick and flavor. Leek cake was very leeky. Great place for breakfast anytime!
    12 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Karen W. 1 year ago on Google
    You will not regret 🥰. The very traditional Taiwanese breakfast with some twists. Chinese donut, 油條,油条, is much bigger than regular size in Taiwan or mainland China. Soy pudding, 豆花,豆腐脑, is northern Chinese style with mushroom, black fungi (wood ears) and eggs. Very very tasty, you can dip Chinese donuts in here. Tofu threads, 乾絲,干豆腐丝, is well made with carrots and celery. Great to balance the whole meal. They have so many other Chinese style breakfast items, I will come back to try more🥰
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Emerald C. 2 years ago on Google
    Love this place! Their service is quick and the food is delicious! The food taste so fresh and not greasy. The server told us the chefs wake up at 4am and start cooking so everything you eat is made fresh daily. We got their sweet tofu soup (made with ginger and peanuts, not sweet), the salty tofu soup (wasn't salty), the Chinese donut, egg onion pancake, the leak turnover(looks like an empanada has egg leak and green onion inside), and the beef roll. We also got their house made pastry to go. Servers are friendly and accommodating. Although this is a Mandarin speaking restaurant/community, they do speak English. So don't be shy and stop by.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Hsin Yi W. 4 years ago on Google
    Before we visited LA, our friends recommended us to try one of the most authentic restaurant for Taiwanese breakfast in their minds: Yung Ho Cafe. The decor was wide-spaced, bright and simple without any decoration. There was a great variety of options which were really attractive for us on the menu. We had a difficult time making our decision and ended up ordering fried dough, rice ball and sweet & hot soy milk. However, we were kind of disappointed since their food wasn’t as tasty as our expectation. The fried dough was too greasy and you can tell it was done for a while. The rice ball wasn’t bad but not special at all. Overall, we believe there would be a better choice of authentic Taiwanese food in LA and there’s no need to give it a try.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kian L. 1 year ago on Google
    Came a few times. The food was always good!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Cheng Y. 1 year ago on Google
    This place offers pretty authentic Taiwanese breakfast. Also, their dish was not either too greasy or salty. Recommend
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Bamboo P. 2 years ago on Google
    This a great place for some Taiwanese/Chinese breakfast. They serve buns, congee, Chinese donuts, Chinese pancakes, stinky tofu, noodle soup and more for breakfast. Everything is made in house and fresh in the morning. Cash only and you probably would need to speak some Mandarin.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Xiaoye L J. 9 months ago on Google
    Great Chinese breakfast! So glad they open early in the morning!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Pearl Mak L. 1 year ago on Google
    They serve the very silky tofu with soup here. Very delicious 😋 Love their baked turnip cake (#12). It’s very flaky and full of flavor.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Melody L. 8 months ago on Google
    I’m Taiwanese & this place is meh. I do like their sesame soy milk and silky tofu & would order these again. -Sesame Soy milk- Too diluted/watered down. Very slightly sweetened which I like. Even though it’s too diluted I still like it. -Glutinous rice roll- too little filling & the fried dough inside is no longer crispy. Won’t order again -Silky tofu- not a traditional Taiwanese dish. Still taste good though -Oyster pancake- Normally there’s a lot more tapioca starch being mixed in. Won’t order again

  • 5/5 Xia H. 9 months ago on Google
    Favorite breakfast restaurant in LA, found all choices of traditional Chinese breakfast. Tasty and economic too.

  • 5/5 Greg H. 9 months ago on Google
    Not sure why this places gets so little love as the food is very above average and the service is quick and efficient. Definitely come for the youtiao. The soy milk is a little disappointing as the soy bean flavor isn’t very present but still a pleasant drink. Portions are fairly generous but a little bit pricier than some of their competition. If you’re missing Taiwanese breakfast, this is definitely a good choice.

  • 5/5 SunLovesLife 1 year ago on Google
    Great tasting food , good service , a must visit for authentic Chinese food , everything was exceptional.

  • 4/5 Nick W. 1 year ago on Google
    Very affordable price. The egg pancake and the turnip cake with egg are delicious.

  • 5/5 Jessica Y. 10 months ago on Google
    Traditional Chinese Breakfast! Yum! Everything is tasty except the beef rolls. Go to Noodle Street in Pasadena for beef rolls. The beef rolls here are not crispy and taste bleh (and spice is added without consent). There is a good amount of parking and gets oddly crowded even in the early morning. Pricing is very affordable!

  • 3/5 Cindy C. 4 years ago on Google
    Not bad. Service was quick and a bonus if you can speak mandarin. I really liked their onion pancake and spicy wontons. Everything only came out to $24.

  • 5/5 Sandra S. 5 years ago on Google
    Food was good, I got a bowl of soymilk, it was deliciously warm. The crispy pork chops was delicious, not overly salty, just right. The leek pancakes was really good too. Overall, a good experience, will definitely come back.

  • 1/5 Melissa L. 1 year ago on Google
    I got cheated two times by this particular Young Ho Cafe. First time I bought 4 boxes of salted tofu pudding, I only got half full in each container. It was in the afternoon so I think they didn't have enough for 4 containers, but they are dishonest, instead of telling me not enough for 4, they gave me half in each container. Today because the other cafe closed at one pm, so I bought the tofu pudding and chinese bread (油條)from this Young Ho Cafe again.The Chinese bread (油條) is not fresh, it is very dry and greesy, look like it has been fried again and again. Totally doesn't have bread texture left, but just very hard . If you are not their regular customer, beware they cheat you!

  • 1/5 Barrel M. 1 year ago on Google
    Order a salted soy bean milk and salt rice roll. The rice roll is ok, nothing special. Ok portion. The salted soy bean was HORRIBLE. There is absolutely no flavor. It's just soy milk with something that is also flavorness. You can taste the soy milk but nothing else. I had never thought that someone could screw up or make a salted soy milk tasteless, and especially they are supposed to be a taiwanese breakfast place. Never coming back.


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Amenities


  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
    • ✓️ NFC mobile payments
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Quick bite
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Breakfast
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible toilet
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Lunch
    • ✓️ Brunch
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Breakfast
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Takeaway

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