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Seafood Village in Monterey Park is a two star Chinese restaurant. This restaurant is inexpensive.
4.0 of 5 stars.
The food here is quite good! Unlike many other Chinese Restaurants, this one is quite clean and the service is quite good!
yelp.com - user review - 09/14/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Very quick service. Filled with Chinese people. Terrific taste, and I feel like the waiters keep good watch over their guests. Try the Salty Tofu - I don't know the real name. I just call it salty...
yelp.com - user review - 09/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Crab lover's heaven. Good value.
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place doesn't even deserve 1 star. I'd give them negative stars if I could. First off, I've been to Seafood Village one other time before and i had an alright experience, the food was decent....
yelp.com - user review - 09/01/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
After a mediocre massage at Clean Foot Spa where my lady masseuse beat me up and didn't go the full hour, we headed to Seafood Village to get our Chinese food grub on.My friend recommended this place...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
GARLIC CRAB. AMAZING. I was treated here by some old co-workers awhile back and am glad that I found this little asian gem less than 5 miles from my house! Now I know of a spot to impress people with...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
When me and my family trek down to the City of Angels, we always make sure to stop by Seafood Village. Hell, they've gone here for 3 straight meals.The best thing about this place is how cheap the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
If you love garlic and crab, this is the place.Their crab getting smaller and smaller over the years , but still a good place.
yelp.com - user review - 08/10/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My husband loves the crab here. We both agree that the food quality in New Port Seafood is better but this place has been a very good alternative. Plus, the price is just sooooo lovely (just the...
yelp.com - user review - 08/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has the best garlic crab ever. The Bei-fung tong style crab is good, meaty and fresh. No frozen crab here. And being asian I can tell when its fresh or if its been frozen. If you get...
yelp.com - user review - 08/03/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Freakin' amazing. I know that San Francisco is supposed to be the place with the best food, but this has got to be in my top 3 favorite Chinese restaurants ever (keeping in mind I don't like Chinse...
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
On par with the Seafood Village in Temple City. Casual chiu chow style Chinese food, great house special Crab. Great for families or large groups but gets pricey for singles or couples who like a...
yelp.com - user review - 06/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yes! Yes! This place is really, quite good. My family always eats here after a long drive from Northern California to Southern California since they are open pretty late and the food is , "wu mei...
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This is my go-to place for family dinners. We come here for EVERYTHING. Grandparents' birthdays, casual dinners with aunts and uncles, etc. Our meet-up spot is at my grandparent's and they live right...
yelp.com - user review - 05/21/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i eat here at night time when they sometimes have the crab for 4.99 a pound..but last night it was 8.99..no biggy..when you bite into this..it taste like butter..i think they just melt a bucket of...
yelp.com - user review - 05/17/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
First rule of Monterey Park Chinese restaurants: Don't go expecting good service. Anyone who writes a review complaining about the service either doesn't speak Mandarin/Cantonese, or has never been...
yelp.com - user review - 05/03/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
3.75*this place was way over-hyped i think. it was disappointing.Not as good as everyone claims it to be.it's good but not OMG good.I must say Newport seafood is better. The house crab is a pain to...
yelp.com - user review - 04/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Alrighty, I have to admit that I wasn't impressed with the "House Special Crab". It just didn't have that much flavor to me, and I wasn't a fan of the batter. If it had a nice sauce drizzled on top, I...
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Terrible crab with terrible service!I went to this restaurant last night to have a birthday dinner with a bunch of girl friends. We had been to this place before but were not so impressed by the...
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2009
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Today I went to have the famous "House Special Garlic Crab" with my boyfriend. We ordered the crab, the deep fried shrimp, and fish with vegetable. I would rate the food okay...What I want to say here...
yelp.com - user review - 04/19/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
House Special Garlic Crab.House Special Garlic Crab.House Special Garlic Crab.House Special Garlic Crab.House Special Garlic Crab.This is a must when you enter the door and sit down. The food is good...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yes, the house special crab is the bombdiggity so is the fact they've got lunch specials till 5pm!Sometimes if I get off work in time, I rush to make it in time for lunch specials and end up paying 12...
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ah...I came here based on the reviews left by Yelpers. Never been here....no one has told me about it. My friend and I wanted seafood in Monterey Park and this was the first restaurant that came up....
yelp.com - user review - 03/29/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Want to eat like a king? Well, then you better come to Seafood Village. My parents are big fans of trying new and different restaurants and by far, Seafood Village is definitely one of our favorites....
yelp.com - user review - 03/16/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
What do you expect from this restaurant ? Frrrresh seafood and you are not disappointed by it. I love the freshness from their seafood range from crabs, squids to fishes. You can probably smell the...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
other than the fact that my wife had meltdown and decided during dinner that she was "full vegetarian" i really liked the meal. most of the other reviews have nailed this on the head already....very...
yelp.com - user review - 03/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yupe, the House Special Crab is the shiznit. Fresh crab fried up with garlic and hot chilis chiu chow style, this puts the beach front seafood restaurants to shame.
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Before I begin, let me just say that the reason why I am giving this place 3 stars is because we probably didn't order the right thing! We looked around at what other people were ordering... then we...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Gotta love their crab, house special deep fried crab. Haha super fresh and super cheap. They have the cheapest crab around, although I heard a rumor they were going to raise prices. So far they...
yelp.com - user review - 02/23/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My bf and I decided that instead of doing the romantic dinner thing on V-day, we'd rather have a food adventure. We'd never been to SGV, so we gave it a shot.I do not get the crab thing. I've never...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A lot of the food here is in the "Chiu Chow" style. A little bit of digging yielded this information:Chaozhou (pinyin: ChA�ozhu; literally "Tide Prefecture"; usually spelled Chiu Chow in the US and...
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Fresh, firm and meaty crab--check.Fried in light batter with crispy garlic bits--double check. This is THE place for premiere Chiu Chow cuisine. Other notable dishes in my book are the XO oysters...
yelp.com - user review - 02/09/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Dear Mr. Crab,I'm sorry it had to end like this. I didn't want to eat you whole but I just couldn't help it. Your crispy shell covered in delicious bits of garlic was too hard to resist. I'm sorry...
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place is okay. I dunno why, I don't see what's so special about it. Maybe I've been spoiled with husband's family's home cooked meal. The garlic crab is so so. Service is decent. But compared to...
yelp.com - user review - 01/28/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The best crab in Los Angeles.My favorite Chinese restaurant in Los Angeles.Look for the celebrity waiters, Chinese Sean Penn, Chinese John Belushi and Mr. Weng from Ocean's Thirteen.Click to see why...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nice place, good food. More like a 3.5. Service was quick and attentive (they changed out our plates frequently). A bit pricey, considering that their meat dishes run at about $12 on average,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/26/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my Freaking God!!!! $2.99 for the House Garlic Crab??? That is really hall of the deal!!! The best Crab that i never had..... No where can beat it!!! Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
hey crab people, welcome to crab land! I'm always in crab heaven when i visit this Restaurant, very very fair prices (cheap as hell) my crab came out to 12$ which is kind of ridiculous, any hooo enjoy...
yelp.com - user review - 01/14/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
The garlic crab is like nothing you've had before. For San Francisco natives who think that R&G is the best, R&G Lounge crab doesn't even compare. We were scrapping the garlic into the order of fried...
yelp.com - user review - 01/10/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
$4.99/lb ($2.99/lb after 9.30pm) for garlic stir-fry crab is soooooo good. Meaty crab, about 3 lbs each, very tasty garlic stuff. Totally worth every penny, and maybe a little bit more. The other...
yelp.com - user review - 01/05/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Why are all of the good Chinese food restaurants so far away from the Westside?? I think us Westsiders could really use a couple of places like Seafood Village closer to our 'hood.I found out about...
yelp.com - user review - 01/01/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Yum. Whenever my mom asks us what we prefer for lunch on a weekend when I'm back home from Orange County, I usually hope that we're going here. Their lunch specials offer a wide variety of dishes at...
yelp.com - user review - 12/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
For years and years, my family are loyal patrons of the same Chinese restaurants. Perhaps it is due to the special privileges we receive -- comped drinks and free food. However, I decided that it was...
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Went there again this past Friday:Still.The.Best.Garlic.Crab.Ever!Also found a Seafood Village in Temple City on Las Tunas, will check that place out for consistency!
yelp.com - user review - 11/09/2008
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Great lunch time prices-all the way up to 5:00pm except Mondays. We love the steamed tilipia, seafood tofu dish and the crab is to die for. This is the place for a great Chinese meal at an affordable price.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/17/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
for chinese seafood, nothing compares! their fried garlic crab dish is the most popular. chinese that meets your expectation!
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
You must order the house special crab. You won't see a table without it.Other must haves include:French cube steak - sweet and pepperyFried TofuPork Neck with vegetablesI've never had anything bad...
yelp.com - user review - 09/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Definitely a good if not very good Chinese seafood restaurant. Their crab was 6.99 per pound and it comes out to only $20 per crab, which feeds about 3 people!. Their seafood dishes are all mostly...
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is a very good restaurant. I love their chiu chow scallops, which is a steal at $13, but everything I've tried has been excellent. The fresh, quality ingredients go a long way toward ensuring a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/07/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
For 4 years while I was in Berkeley - everytime I came home to OC, I would have to have Seafood Village! Yes, I make the drive from OC to LA just for the restaurant! This is how good I think the food...
yelp.com - user review - 08/18/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LOVE this place! their house special crab is soooo good.... other good dishes are french beef, seafood chow mein, and ong choi (vegetable). The service is the same as any other chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 08/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Anyone venturing to this restaurant must get their house special crab. The harmony of fried garlic, pepper, salt and fresh crab do wonder to your taste bud. At $6.99/lb, the price just can't be beat....
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2008
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2.0 of 5 stars.
We came here specifically for the house special garlic crab. Fried crab with garlic and peppers sounds tasty, but for something that is supposedly famous, I was definitely not impressed! I wanted to...
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Best Chinese restaurants are in Monterey park in LA. and in the US. This is not an exaggeration. Seafood Village is only one of them. There are so many places to eat there. They say the best Chinese...
yelp.com - user review - 04/30/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Pretty good restaurant setting and pretty authentic Cantonese/some Chiu Zhou dishes. Unfortunately for me, that usually means everything has some sort of fish or meat in it. So I tried to limit my...
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
ok, our friends took us here. and, i have to be honest with you... i'm not a big chinese food fan, but this was very good, very clean, and very well priced.granted, it's typical of every other...
yelp.com - user review - 04/05/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place was actually really good and was cheap too. The chinese food at monterey park is probably better in san jose and san jose's chinese food is quite excellent. Theres a whole bunch of these...
yelp.com - user review - 03/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I have nothing knew to add to any of the other reviews that have been written about this place, but I think I'm still full from having dinner here in celebration of Chinese New Year's a few weeks ago....
yelp.com - user review - 02/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Not that I know the LA area too well, but it was really nice to find this chiu chow style restaurant. I've driven by this place many times but the exterior never draws my interest - the outside just...
yelp.com - user review - 01/06/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
My overall experience here was not that great. I will have to say that the crab was extremely flavorful. What my main problem with this restaurant was the fact that it was PACKED to the brim. Tables...
yelp.com - user review - 12/29/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Let me see....15 reviews before me and no one mentioned that this restaurant prides its cuisine as mostly Chiu Chow. No you won't find Roast Duck here or anything Kung Pao or Porky Roast Pork. On the...
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
fried crab- yes! have some patience, the food is authentic. it is worth it.
yelp.com - user review - 10/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Their fried crab is really good. It is tossed with a generous amount of fried minced garlic that is out of this world. It goes very well on top of hot steamed white rice. The price is right also....
yelp.com - user review - 10/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is by far my husband's favorite place. OF COURSE THE FAMOUS CRAB is his favorite. I love their soups, and tieu chow dishes. They definitely have the authentic stuff. It is pricy and very very...
yelp.com - user review - 09/26/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
if you like getting your hands dirty, nasty, slimy, and smelly, come here and order the crab.I'm a food slut, but a lazy food slut. I hate performing orthopedic surgery on crabs just to get a tiny...
yelp.com - user review - 09/16/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Seeing that there are only 9 reviews for this place as I write this, I'm almost afraid to add another. But that would be a major disservice to the yelp community, for I must spread the gospel about...
yelp.com - user review - 09/06/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
went there yesterday with my family. we had to wait for a little bit so i suggest you go during offpeak hours...it was the first time we'd gone, so we felt impelled to order the garlic crab because...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place has one of the best crab dishes out there! Also this place serves up this delicious pickled vegetable fish dish, it is awesome! The flavor and tenderness of the fish was just perfect....
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've got two words for this place: WOO HOO. Of course, like most other people have said--you can't leave this place without having the house garlic crab. The dungeness crabs are cooked to...
yelp.com - user review - 06/20/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place was pretty bomb. You must try the house special garlic crab that's pretty much the main attraction at this restaurant and almost every table will have. It's a fried crab with garlic...
yelp.com - user review - 06/01/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OMG.. the house special garlic crab here is the best! if you love garlic, you've gotta try this. i'm always craving this. i think i could eat a whole one by myself. the prices are pretty reasonable...
yelp.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
24 feb 07went there for the first time with friends who raved about it. overall, nothing really stood out for me. we tried to order a soup dish & their famous crab (& both were sold out). then they...
yelp.com - user review - 02/25/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Our boss took us here after a night of company partying. Man this food cures a hangover like no other. we got crab, fried rice, veggies, beef, chicken, duck, fish, soup, dessert and everything was...
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2006
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3.0 of 5 stars.
CRAB! the good kind!
yelp.com - user review - 11/05/2006
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Their fried crab is really good. It is tossed with a generous amount of fried minced garlic that is out of this world. It goes very well on top of hot steamed white rice. The price is right also. Their chicken...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/25/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know how people decide where to eat in Alhambra and Monterey Park with the endless amount of choices. You can't always trust the locals b/c come on asians have bad taste in food too.Seafood...
yelp.com - user review - 06/10/2006
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For a while now, every restaurant in this location has always gone bankrupt. However, since opening, Seafood Village has shattered that curse. In fact, this place is so busy, customers are willing t...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/16/2005
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This is one of the innovative Chinese resteraunts in S. Cal. Their style of cooking (chiu chou - from a province in China), is unique and very tasty. Their dishes are so popular that other resteraunts tries to...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/13/2005
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Did I mention that seafood is my favorite kind of food. This place is absolutely superly wonderful. The food made here are designed in certain ways to make you want to eat it right when you see it. Al...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/04/2005
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Traditional chinese restaurant that you would want to bring a group of people to hae dinner. Typical Lazy Susan and bowls of rice. I recommend the X.O. scallops and the spicy salt crab. Also good is ...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/02/2005
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It used to be that the purpose of the Seafood Village Restaurnat was to sell you some food and a nice atmosphere, and keep things pleasant enough to get you to want to come back another time and give ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/05/2005
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screaming is the lingua franca in this compact, crowded place. chaozhou seafood cuisine is served here in the ancestral style from china before many of the people immigrated to southeast asia. chaozhou...
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