Jiayuan Dumpling House

Blocks from the ocean in Redondo Beach, Jiayuan Dumpling House comes by way of Alberta, Canada, where the Sang/Shi family opened their first location. The strip mall restaurant offers regional Chinese cuisine from owner and chef Emily Sang’s native Heilongjiang Province as well items familiar to most Angelenos like kung pao chicken, Mongolian beef and scallion pancakes. First-timers should order the Northern-style sweet and sour pork topped with ginger and cilantro, as well as Jiayuan’s handmade pan-fried dumplings, which run doughier than others you’ll find around town.