Yi Mei San Gabriel

Trina Shih 2 months ago

Pretty disappointed. We made a special trip all the way from the Bay Area just to try this place. The purple rice ball and the regular rice ball were both generously sized, and the fried egg inside was pretty good. The sausage, however, had a strange flavor that I didn’t really enjoy. Not so bad.. just a little… not fresh? The service felt awkward. The staff seemed unfriendly before I even had a chance to ask any questions. We also asked whether the rice dumplings were Northern- or Southern-style, but the person at the counter couldn’t tell. We ordered several other dishes as well. Aside from the bowl cake, which was fairly ordinary, the rest of the food was actually decent if you’re judging only the taste and setting aside the price and the service.

AC9 3 months ago

So let’s see if they’re pretty good eh or ew. I also got their beef roll which was rolled in a chewy scallion pancake and was PACKED with meaty, savory, a bit woody shredded beef with fragrant green onions and cilantro. It was a bit on the salty end and Would’ve been better if it also had hoisin sauce and pickled veggies for some extra sweetness and crunch tho. I got the viral fan Tuan with pretty purple chewy sticky rice, sweet savory pork floss, crunchy pickled veggies, soft radish, flavorful green onion eggs, fatty sweet Taiwanese sausage, and Chinese donut that kinda got soggy but still had those yummy oily flaves. Overall this place was pretty good. Beef roll $14 Fan Tuan $11.75

johndhchoi 7 months ago

Awesome Taiwanese style breakfast. If u have never tried chinese donut, doesnt get much better than this place. If u get sugar on your donut it can be a delicious dessert. Purple rice roll is amazing. Would be a great thing to pack for a hike. Would keep nicely and packs very well. Salty soy milk with donuts is very comforting. I really liked it with some chili oil. Great spot!

Cole Tretheway 7 months ago

Popular Taiwanese restaurant with brunch menu. My date prefers food that reminds him of his hometown and recommended it for breakfast. I went with the fuzzy notion there would be soy milk and something donut-adjacent. It was pretty much what I expected, plus a couple nice surprises. We ordered exclusively from the brunch menu. Rice rolls were yummy. So were the donuts. I expected them to be sweet. My date expected them to be salty. They were a little salty, not really. Was surprised by how much sugar my date dumped in the soy milk, but he was right, it was good that way. Kinda bland without, not bad though. The beef rolls were good. A little dry, much yummier with chili sauce. Pleasantly surprised by how affordable everything was. Much better deal than typical egg sandwich places I frequent. Also, so much meat! Normally, I’m charged $2 just to glimpse the sausage. Not here. Protein for days. Even milk was high protein, my date reminded me. We sat down, looked at menus, my date ordered at the counter. We ate and left, no waiting for the bill—it was prepaid. Breakfast food was so different from my usual fare, it felt like lunch. Was yummy and affordable. Would go back, if my part

Tony Fu 11 months ago

Really excited to try out this highly recommended and popular store. We focused on traditional Chinese breakfast as it's one of the few choices in town, and I think it's pretty decent. The service in the front was friendly and prompt but the service at the table and overall process can be improved. I really liked the salty rice roll, the baked breads were pretty good. The salty Oyster omelet was ok but not spectacular. Tip1. Double check the delivered items. We made a few additions, the counter lady happily added them but delivered items do not always matches our options. Tip 2: try to find a place to sit first, get the number on the table and use it to order with QR code or at the counter. The process is either you get a table, and order at the table, or you order at the counter, they give you an order number, you sit down and they deliver based on the order number. This process works well in general. The process breaks down when things are busy during weekends, since you find your own table, one time, it was frustrating to find/fight to get a table some times. Another time, we were able get a table but could get anyone to clean it up for us.