The Opening Ceremony cofounder turned restaurateur is opening his second restaurant, Monarch, which will focus exclusively on dishes from his family's Cantonese and Taiwanese heritage.
, a restaurant in the San Gabriel Valley, known for being a hub for excellent Asian American restaurants in Los Angeles. It’s a homecoming of sorts; his family owned a dim sum restaurant in the area where he worked as a waiter during his high school years. “We love coming here to eat,” he revealed during a phone call. “I always tell people [visiting] to come to this part of town.
But whereas Chifa combines Peruvian and Chinese cuisine, Monarch will focus exclusively on dishes from their Cantonese and Taiwanese heritage. “My sisters were both born in Hong Kong, so the place holds a dear place in our heart, but John’s Taiwanese so he always brings his Taiwanese flair,” Leon explained. The menu includes comfort classics like a pork bolognese on Chinese egg noodles, silken steamed egg with monkfish liver, and sweet-and-sour pork .
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