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    Ahgoo's Kitchen

    3.9 (281 reviews)
    Closed • 11:00 am - 2:30 pm, 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

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    Good for groups
    Good for kids

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    Peggy C.

    Came for lunch recently, and tried 3 dishes: Green onion sesame pie: good portion, but the inside felt undercooked and it was a bit lacking in flavor. House Special Bean Curd: Normally love this dish, and while the flavor was good, the tofu is actually cut too thin so it lacked any chew (or QQ). Fried Red Yeast Pork Belly: Wanted to try something interesting and new, and this was a fun choice. Very interesting and also heats back up well in an oven. Service was friendly. I can't help but feel like they could optimize their table layout a lot better, and perhaps bring in an additional server - there ends up being a very long wait for 2-4 person groups. I watched as some groups ended up changing their order to go because they had waited so long. Street parking outside.

    House Special Bean Curd. Delicious
    JK L.

    Good place to try Taiwanese Food. Service was good, but server's English was a bit difficult to understand. Ambiance is on the plain side. The food I had was very good. Portions were large and served hot.

    Green Onion Sesame Pie
    Edward S.

    Aghoo's Kitchen offers excellent Taiwanese cuisine, which is itself a fascinating blend of regional Chinese cuisines. Grab a basket of the fried sesame scallion bread and get something saucy to dunk it in. Green Onion Sesame Pie: This prized basket of northern-style flatbread is probably what most people here are waiting for. The fried bread is cut into wedges with a crispy crackling exterior topped with fragrant sesame seeds. Inside, the bread layers are soft, pillowy, and bursting with green onions. Of course, it was the first thing that arrived, so we each voraciously ate a wedge on its own. Fish Filet with Bean Sauce: If you have enough self control, wait until they bring out the fish. The sauce is thick and savory. There's so much flavor from the minced garlic, fermented black beans, and scallions. The silky sauce seem to find a way into all the nooks and crannies of the stellar bread. Fried Red Yeast Pork Belly: The cooking technique of this dish is pretty cool. This is like a crispy char siu. The rich pork belly is marinated in red yeast rice wine for its aromatic flavor. It is coated in tapioca flour and then fried. The edges are crispy and kind of chewy while the meat is juicy and tender. Tofu Skin, Soy Beans, and Mustard Greens: The super thin tofu sheets and soy beans are a Shanghainese classic. With finely chopped mustard greens, the dish is a delightful study of textures: crunchy greens, chewy soy beans, and snappy from the tofu skin. The flavor is neutral and nourishing. Parking: It looks like there are only street parking spots, which there are plenty of. But, they have a lot in the back accessible through the alley by Alessandro Avenue.

    Fish Fillet with Bean Sauce ($17.95) and Signature Green Onion Sesame Pie ($17.95) take-out. They go so well together! 2/14/2026
    Sandra L.

    It has been a long time since I've had Aghoo's Kitchen. This is an updated review for my most recent takeout experience. I used to order a variety of dishes from here, but this time, I just wanted my two favorite items: Fish Fillet with Bean Sauce ($17.95) and the Signature Green Onion Sesame Pie ($17.95). Both of these needs to be ordered together because dipping the Green Onion Sesame Pie into the Bean Sauce is the perfect flavor combo! Both of these dishes tastes just as good as I remembered. I always use an air fryer to reheat the Green Onion Sesame Pie at home for that crispy texture. The ambiance of this restaurant is a bit sad. Over the years, they have not made any improvements to the decor or any other updates for that matter. It's a very bare bones looking restaurant and honestly, it feels like I'm in someone's garage. However, the lady who is always working here is nice and friendly.

    牛肉捲餅 Taiwanese beef burrito wrap around Sesame pancake
    Erik W.

    I think this is the best Taiwanese military village food that you can find in Los Angeles Everything is so authentic

    Green onion bread
    Zinnia V.

    Ahgoo's kitchen offers Chinese cuisine that feels homemade with love. The green onion bread was fluffy and crispy at the same time. I really enjoyed the green beans. The fillet fish in the sauce was very flavorful but not my cup of tea. The service was great, there was only one lady working and she was very sweet and friendly. The food took a while to come out but we assumed it was a mom n pop so there wasn't many workers. Super old school inside kinda like an Asian home vibe.

    I call this sesame bliss
    Wayne Z.

    Once upon a time, in the 90s, the Taiwanese population was small, close knit, like the Jewish community. Your ex's Taiwanese uncle was the angel investor that jump started Jerry Yang's Yahoo.com. Your other friend's uncle was the VP to Terry Gou founder of Hon Hai Precision's (the company that makes all the iPhones), your friend's dad was locked up in Taiwan because he was the head of the United Bamboo Triads. Every Taiwanese person in LA and the West Coast probably had a 2 degree of separation with everyone else. And so like the Italians, you needed family restaurants to congregate at, and Aghoo precisely is that type of restaurant where Taiwanese Boomers and their children go sit down and have comfort food. This is a school of cooking that many chefs from Mainland China simply cannot replicate today. And there were only a few restaurants in Los Angeles 30 years ago capable of doing it: Happy Family Garden Pacific Plaza 新園餐館, Dumpling King 老夫子 Hacienda Heights Vons Plaza, Sin Bala 新芭樂 Arcadia, and Din Tai Fung 鼎泰豐 Arcadia Location One. That being said, I've always wanted to go back to Taiwan and apprentice under an old school chef and learn this school of stir-fry, you know, carry on the torch. In Taiwan, you used to be able to go to a street stall and order 100 different types of stir fry for dirt cheap, and so the chefs that had the grit to do it became masters at stir fry, authentic green onion beef not that fake Mongolian Beef created for the American Audience...although I equally like the American version. So yes, it was a sigh of relief when I discovered Aghoo. One of the remnants of a lost art form in the diverse world of cuisine. It was survival for the Boomer generation to stand next to a wok all day, to support the business and to support the family. Unlike Italian food, you can't premake Lasagna, Meatballs, marinara sauce and just assemble everything last minute with fresh cooked pasta. No, Taiwanese stir fry is bittersweet hard labor....very mechanical in nature, and the chef needs to understand all the inputs. So these days, Jurassic Restaurant has closed, Uncle Yu's 印第安啤酒屋 had shut down. Leaving.....Aghoos? And yes, Eat Joy in Rowland Heights. Come to think about it, if you take out Din Tai Fung from the picture, these are the last of the Mohicans..... I'll end here with my walk down memory lane. You want the Taiwanese version of that Italian style Family sit down restaurant, this is it. This is where you will find all the Taiwanese Aunties and Uncles that probably own 10,000 shares of TSMC, 30,000 shares of NVDA, and Jensen Huang eating quietly in the corner.

    Beef Wrap $16.95
    Ashley Y.

    It's a cozy mom and pop shop with the sweetest lady taking orders and serving food. Because it's just her, service does take awhile, but it looks like she has really loyal customers like they know her and she knows them. Lots of togo orders too and the phone was ringing the whole time like it seemed like a super popular place! However ... the food wasn't really to my taste (except for the beef wrap). I will say it looks like every table ordered a soup of some sort so maybe I didn't get the right things? But I ordered things that said "signature" or things that other people seem to have liked so eh maybe it's just not for me. Beef Wrap ($17)-- MY FAVORITEEE!! Super savory, well seasoned, lots of meat, not too sweet. It's actually a really big portion too. Kind of oily though Scallion Pie ($18)-- Do note that it's a pie!! And not the typical scallion pancake!!! It's supposed to be crispy outside and fluffy inside but unfortunately we got limp and soft. Flavor wise there was soooooooooo little salt/flavor whereas the ones I've had before still had a slight saltiness. This one is plain on purpose probably to eat with food? Not my style. Very popular item though! All the tables were ordering this maybe give it a try if you're curious. Seaweed fish ($18)-- VERYYYYYY OILY GREASY like the fish soaked up every drop of oil. Not the "clean fry" I was expecting (and other places do it better). It was too oily and we couldn't finish this. House Special Bean Curd ($18)-- There's pork in here but you wouldn't know unless you can read the Chinese. Just warning the vegetarians, this is not for you!!! However, there is a very tiny amount where the ratio is like 85% tofu 15% pork if I'm being generous. Flavor was ok, but overall very greasy and stingy with pork. We ate this with the scallion pie to give the bread some flavor. Overall I wasn't impressed with the food but I think it's just not my style. The beef wrap is the only reason why it's 3 stars and not 2. The lady was so nice though and kept refilling our tea pot (because we were trying to chase down that grease with hot tea!) and there's a parking lot in the back and easy street parking.

    Fried Pork belly (char siu)
    Jen S.

    Had to check this place out as I grew up eating Chinese Islamic food and heard their sesame bread was good. Let me tell you, it did not disappoint. I would eat the sesame bread every day. It was crispy on the outside and so soft and fluffy on the inside. Delicious especially when you dip it in the fish bean sauce. The fish in bean sauce was perfectly cooked and the sauce was savory and a perfect companion to the sesame bread. The mustard green, tofu skin and soy beans was good. I've had better as it was a little too salty. But this dish paired perfectly with everything else we ate. The highlight and unexpected stand out was the pork belly. I honestly didn't know what to expect when we ordered this dish. I thought it would be more like a braised dish. But man was I surprised. This is essentially char Siu that they batter like the Taiwanese pork chops. So you know this is a winning dish. This place isn't too big and they had a line out the door with people waiting for dinner. Definitely come here early. Staff was friendly and as quick as they could be. Definitely will come back.

    Signature Green Onion Sesame Pie
    Sarah S.

    Finally got a chance to dine in here a few days ago when I came here for lunch on a weekday with some coworkers. It was full inside surprisely but luckily, a table was leaving so we got our table without a wait. We ordered the Beef Rolls, Signature Green Onion Pie, Stir Fried Onions and Beef, and some vegetables. It is a small restaurant that is family style so only one server and the food wasn't served that quickly especially since it was full inside. The food was ready around 20 minutes after ordering. The portions are all decent and looked delicious. The beef rolls were very good, crispy skin and not stingy with the beef inside. The signature green onion sesame pie was also very good, texture is the perfect balance of hard and soft. The only thing was that the vegetables and the stir fried beef was oily. Both tasted good but very oily. Overall, still a great place to go with friends or family. I recommend the beef rolls. They tasted very authentic.

    Bamboo with Ground Pork
    Jonnie N.

    Went to Ahgoo's Kitchen and skipped their signature Green Onion Sesame Pie and Beef Roll this time, opting instead for the low-carb Seaweed Fish Fillet and Bamboo with Ground Pork--and it did not disappoint. The bamboo shoots had a deep, smoky wok-hei flavor that paired beautifully with the richness of the ground pork, making each bite savory and satisfying without feeling heavy. The fried fish fillet arrived piping hot, perfectly flaky, light, and well-seasoned, with the seaweed adding an extra layer of umami. Proof that even the "non-signature" dishes here shine just as brightly. Easy 5-star experience.

    Yvonne W.

    Angoo's kitchen is my mom's favorite restaurant, we are here pretty much every other week. The owners are very friendly and provide very good service no matter how busy they are. Our favorite dishes are shredded pork with dried bean curd, beef rolls, corn chowder, braised pork belly, and many more. Honestly, we have tried so many of their dishes and are never disappointed. Their foods are always fresh and delicious, highly recommending this restaurant!

    Beef roll
    Jason L.

    The decor felt like walking into a retro Chinese restaurant, felt like I was transported back in time. Service was super quick, called an order and it was ready when I got there. The beef roll is the best I've had!

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    Lady is so nice there. Great service. Food is so yummy. The thin pancake and hot n sour soup is our favorite. I recommend this place

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    Updating my review from many years ago. Initially I rated…read morethis place 3 stars, but over the years we have been regular patrons and have come to love Ji Rong inviting family and friends to celebrate special occasions. The Peking duck is still a stand out. Depending on the amount of people we love adding the signature crispy grouper with the sweet and chill or the short ribs. I love the Chengdu Style Green Bean Jelly. It's spicy numbing with a bit of tartness. They recently revamped their menu adding a lot of new things and their drinks list has grown substantially. Their grilled on the bone beef rib is excellent and new jellyfish appetizer has a wonderful crunch. We haven't tried every menu item because we always get at least one duck which takes up space but we are always aiming to try one new thing each time.

    The establishment is beautiful, well-kept, and the service was excellent. Everything that came out…read morelooked amazing, but unfortunately, I just wish the flavors lived up to the presentation. Given that this place is definitely on the higher end in terms of price, I was expecting the dishes to be a little more unique and exquisite. Peking Duck - 6/10 Pretty standard. The duck skin was crispy and fatty, which was good, but the actual meat was a little dry. The wrapper was okay, but nothing particularly memorable. Crispy Walnut Shrimp - 8/10 By far the best dish of the meal. The shrimp was lightly battered but incredibly crispy, and the walnuts were excellent and complemented the shrimp really well. The sweet melon was questionable, though. I couldn't quite understand the appeal of adding fruit to this dish. Kurobuta Pork Xiao Long Bao - 7/10 The filling was definitely up there in terms of flavor and quality, but the wrapper was far too thick for my liking. A thinner wrapper would have made a big difference. Seared Honey Glazed Cod - 5/10 Unfortunately, this was my least favorite. The fish was very fishy, the sear wasn't particularly impressive, and the sauce didn't pair well with the cod. There were also chestnuts and what I believe were shallots, neither of which I really cared for. Overall, it's a beautiful establishment with great service and very impressive presentation. Unfortunately, the flavors didn't quite match the appearance or the price point for me. The Crispy Walnut Shrimp was the standout, but the other dishes were more average than I expected.

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