Bistro Na's
According to LA Weekly food critic David Chan, Los Angeles County has predominated the "Chinese cuisine in the United States".[1] Beijing-based restaurant group Na Jia Xiao Guan (那家小馆) has fifteen branches in China and has used recipes from the Imperial China-era.[4] One of the chefs is Tian Yong, who has had over twenty-year years of experience as of July 2021 and previously worked at the Grand Mansion Restaurant and at the 2008 Summer Olympics, both in Beijing.[1][5] The menu also offered a $35.50 two-person set, which "include[d] a tofu skin salad, crispy shrimp, baby mustard heart vegetables, Emperor's Jar Soup [...], milkfish, and fresh pear juice."[5] Besides crispy shrimp, the menu further includes smoke pork ribs, Na's Braised Pork Belly, Na's Steamed Chicken, Chili Tofu Skin Salad, steamed egg with tofu sticks, Na's Secret Tofu (deep-fried tofu on bok choy leaves served with dipping sauce), Cucumber and Radish Salad, Fried Mixed Mushrooms with Rice Cracker Bites, okra in seasoned dressing, Stir-fried Pea Sprouts with Mushrooms, dried shrimp with napa cabbage, steamed king crab dishes (including one Dungeness crab with pumpkin and the other crab with ginger and scallion), sea cucumber with beef tendon, braised abalone with sea cucumber, kung pao lobster, old Beijing pancakes, and noodle dishes like Beijing Zhajian Noodles.