Chinese food in Arcadia is done right at 2 Westfield Santa Anita restaurants

Popular throughout Asia, the Hai Di Lao Hot Pot location at Westfield Santa Anita is the place where locals can feed their hot pot passions – especially if they enjoy versions that are “spicy” and “not as spicy.” (Photo by Merrill Shindler) If you’ve eaten your way through Asia in general, and China in particular, you know there’s a well-defined synergy between the cuisine and the setting. Noodles are enjoyed at all hours on folding Formica-topped card tables, seated on rickety chairs, down alleyways — with the food being cooked on open flames just a step or two away. Peking duck and its kin is, by contrast, often consumed in softly lit rooms, over white tablecloths, on gold-tinged dishware, using ivory chopsticks. It’s simply how i..

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