I was excited to try Morning Summit after reading a few reviews that mentioned they had great Taiwanese breakfast for good value. I walked in and the store is clean, had an aesthetic style, and had staff that were very nice and greeted me quickly. Needless to say, I had ordered 2 purple rice rolls, fan tuan, and 2 doujiang, soymilk. Let's start with the fan tuan, Solid 3/5 stars. Not as expensive as others in the area; the rice was decent, loved the large cuts of pickles, but the donut was stodgy and may have been sitting for a bit--rolled too early, maybe? Okay, so here's where everything goes wrong: I get home and I bring them back for my partner and I to enjoy. Mind you, my partner is Taiwanese. So uhhh first thing they say is: the soymilk is stinky? And yes, it is STINKY SOY MILK. It smells putrid and tastes just the same. One sip and we pour both down the drain. What good is the service and aesthetic if the food and drink are not even edible? Whoever was working back-of-house staff this Saturday morning smelled this stanky pour and decided to serve it anyway to a to-go customer. I have never encountered anything like this before. Disappointed and sad; I won't be back again, beware! read more

Just felt like Taiwanese breakfast this morning. After seeing the menu I think it's Chinese. There's street parking in the front, if you come early or on a slow day you can park at the front door. There's also parking in the back (I saw another customer walk in from the back) My order: 38 juicy pan fried pork bun 27 taiwanese salty rice roll 30 green onion pan cake. The pork buns were pretty solid, I prefer less outside breading, the over all taste is very good. The Taiwanese rice roll has a real thick layer of rice around it (too much for me) I think it could have used a little more pickled veggies and more of the Chinese donut inside. The green onion pan cake was really good nice and crispy. I took a bite before my pictures (had to shuffle the bit one to the back for the photo) I think they are more of a brunch place then breakfast, I walked in around 945 and it wasn't til after I placed my order did the restaurant started to fill up. read more

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Even though they are somewhat understaffed, when you come in, you are instantly greeted and seated. Menus come right away too. Menus are very simple, old school, no pictures, no description, just what the items are called in English and also written in Chinese. This restaurant is Taiwanese style food. The menu is quite simple, as most things are repeats or variations. We ordered the number 16, which is the House Crepe with Crispybread for $6.69. It is a thin egg and green onions layer surrounding a well-fried thin very-crispy "bread." There is a sweet black sauce on it, not sure what it is, but it could use some more. It tasted pretty decent on its own, but seems like it could be more flavorful. I mixed some soy sauce, vinegar, and chili oil, all found on the table, to make a sauce to dip it in. It heighten the flavors quite a bit. Then, we also ordered number 38, Juicy Pan-Fried Pork Bun (8 pieces) for $15.69. The steam variant is number 43 for $13.49. All their buns only come as 8 piece orders and their dumplings as 10 piece orders. The waitress told us it would take approximately 16 minutes to make our Pan-fried buns, and we told her that it was ok. She went to the back behind a large viewing window, and proceeded to make these buns! FRESHLY-MADE buns! She was scooping some filling, wrapping it in bun, twisting them to shape, placing them in a steamer pot, and when all 8 were made, we took the steamer tray to the back to get them steamed and fried. They came out so beautiful! The buns were juicy and flavorful. The ratio was good between the wrap and the filler. The pan-frying was nice, not overdone. I would come here again. It's worth it. Try something new and delicious! read more

We stumbled upon this restaurant by parking right in front of it. There are pictures of some of their dishes on the window, and some items I've never tried before. That made me decide to come here after running errands nearby. Early afternoon, around 1:30 it wasn't busy, but had a steady flow of solo diners and small parties. Apparently they're busy during the mornings, as a big portion of the menu are breakfast items. I heard the lady tell another table several things were sold out. Food: Beijing zha jiang mein. Good chew on the noodles, with the savory bean paste some fresh veggies. Not bad, and better with their hot chili oil. 3.5/5 Layered pancake with beef, came out hot and crispy. The pancake was crisp and a bit oily. Not much depth of flavor from the beef but also not bad. 3/5 Biscuit with tenderloin, with cumin chicken. Very tender chicken with nice cumin flavor. The biscuit was soft and fluffy. I just wish it was a flaky shell instead, that would've given it better texture. 4/5 Crispy pancake. It's like an egg pancake with a sweet sauce and flaky fried layers of dough. I ate the fried crispy dough by itself and it wasn't good. Tasted like very old oil, so we ended up taking it all out and ate the rest. 2.5/5. The service by the lady with glasses was very pleasant and attentive. The ambiance was fine. Not modern nor dated. We went there after their morning rush so several things we wanted were sold out. The items we did try were fairly decent based on our palate. But they seem to have regular customers that know what they want when they walk in. It's a 3.5 for my experience, but can't really round up to 4. Side note: Their name in Chinese is pretty catchy, and it's a clever play on words read more

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Came in to order for breakfast to-go. They spoke Mandarin but I was able to communicate in broken Mandarin and pointing to the numbers on the English menu. Ordered #25 Taiwanese purple rice roll, #4 Youtiao (deep fried dough stick), #38 Juicy pan fried pork buns, and #7 Ice soy milk with sugar added. Everything was fresh and delicious and my order was enough to share between 2-3 people. They finished preparing my order in about 15 minutes. Restaurant was clean and had indoor seating good for small to larger parties of 6-8 people. Friendly staff. Free street parking right in front of the restaurant if you can find a spot. Highly recommend. read more

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This was one of those hole in the wall spots off of Garvey Ave. if you blink you'll drive right by it. I've been wanting to keep searching for better Taiwanese breakfast than Yi Mi and Peach Tree to compare. To my surprise some dishes knocked my socks off and some were meh. Golden rule, always order the soy milk. Whether cold or hot or salty or sweet, this place offer some of the freshest soy milk I've ever had. Honestly the hot salty soy milk was my favorite. It had pork floss, dried shimps, green onions and the tofu have a hint of sweetness to it. I loved the fresh balanced flavor and of course don't forget to add the fried donut. It's made fresh and very unique. My kids really loved the crispy texture of the donut. Typical dishes that was alright were the beef pancake, pan fried dumplings. I wouldn't order again was the beef noodle soup. There's a gamey flavor to it. The one dish that was super unique was the pork, cabbage pulled pancakes. Basically it's like the beef wrap they slice it up thin and stir fry with veggies and pork. That texture and flavor was . I deducted a star because if you want some quiet dining this is not the restaurant for you. The waiters would yell orders into the kitchen so it's loud. They also didn't offer us water so some of the food was a little salty so some cold water would of helped cut that salt flavors. read more

It was cool. stopped by here for morning breakfast takeout and let's just say the food doesn't travel well. Definitely best to eat it right when it hits your table. The rice roll was fine and tasty but not the jiangbing (hope i spelled that correctly) . The house jiangbing had a unique sauce on it too. it wasn't really doing it for me. Overall, it was a nice introduction to taiwanese style breakfast, Would need to visit again for a more accurate review. read more

Got in around 11 am on a Saturday and there was still plenty of seating. Felt like a mom and pop shop no music in the background. The server was friendly and got our order in shortly and food came out pretty quickly. Beef roll was solid nice and flaky on the outside not overly oily which was nice . The purple rice I really enjoyed I'm used to the dry white rice but the purple rice was soft and perfect with the dry pork sung and friend Chinese donut in the centers. If in the area I probably come back and try out some other dishes read more

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Visited the fam in Monchi Pak over the weekend and wanted Taiwanese Bfast before the drive home & Morning Summit was conveniently located on Garvey. No lines. A quick glance of the decent sized menu & ordered warm soy milk, wonton soup, XLB and 2 yau tieu - the food came out pretty quick & was good. I expected simple comfort food and was not disappointed. This place felt like a mom & pop eatery with simple decor and no frills. They accept credit card but prefer cash. read more

Food safety and hygiene is very questionable. Beware. I would never visit again, the pain is not worth it.

This is my first time checking out this place in Monterey Park to get breakfast to go. I ordered leek & egg pockets (4 pcs) for $9.49. Chinese leek & egg pockets (or called chives pockets) are pan-fried, semi-circle-shaped, flat dumplings filled with Chinese leek (chives) and scrambled eggs. The portions were reasonable and they had enough leek but the outer layer was not crispy and a bit hard to chew. The service was fast because I ordered by phone so my order was ready for pick up when I got there. The ambiance inside was modern and welcoming. I will give them a second chance and dine in there someday. read more

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Came here for breakfast around 830am on a Saturday. Takes credit card and street parking If you like breakfast food from north China or Taiwan, this is the place to try. Portions are big so really good deal My friend and I tried Soy milk unsalted. It's really good. Added a little sugar fir flavor. $3 Lamb and leek steamed buns. Really flavorful. Only $15 for 8 solid sized buns Crunchy rolled Pancake. Interesting mix but good flavors Sausage rolled Pancake is really hearty. For the prices' can't go wrong. read more

10/21/2024 Used to order from Door Dash but stopped due to shotty service from the delivery drivers. My family has ordered from Morning Summit 5 times this year alone. They like the hot soy milk, youtiao, steamed leek pork buns. I like the regular pork buns, I don't usually eat a Chinese breakfast as I'm too Americanized . Staff is friendly and quick with the orders. According to my family the food is high quality and tasty. read more

Cumin Lamb Chow Mein (little Spicy for Americans), but delicious. the pork coin pot stickers ( if no coins will have better taste). The deep fried dough sticker burned, not tasty. The leek egg pockets are taste good even though I donot like the noodles inside. Overall their food have good flavor read more

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I love a Taiwanese breakfast spot! This place has a simple but comfy interior to eat, I came sat morning and there were a few customers there already. We for the purple rice roll, salty rice roll, beef pancake with layers (?) , and egg house crepe. I loved the beef pancake here more than other places and will definitely order this again! read more

Came here for breakfast. Solid place with hot soy milk, scallion pancake with egg, and an oil stick. Everything was fresh and hot and tasty with decent price. Waitress was very friendly. read more

It is the best purple rice fang tuan and warm soy milk. The people are friendly and fun. I usually street park in front of the shop

Wanted a quick breakfast before our flight and everything in the area didn't open until 11 AM until we found this spot! We ordered a Beijing style soybean paste noodles, purple rice rolls, beef rolls, and pan fried dumplings. I had the noodles and a rice roll and I thought the noodles were delicious. The noodle texture was very Q, however, the paste to noodle ratio was a bit off so it was difficult to mix. The purple rice roll was a great snack, and it had my favorite you tiao (chinese doughnut) and suan cai (pickled mustard greens) inside. A delicious start to the day! read more

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Loved their shrimp chow mien. The noodles are handmade and their cold soy milk is freshly made and not that sweet. Egg pancake was decent, the best that I have tasted so far. Xiao long bao was ok, had better elsewhere. Only negative thing I have to say is the dining atmosphere. I'm not sure what system they have for placing customers orders but you can hear the workers at the front yelling to the kitchen in mandarin what orders are being placed and if it was dine in or to go order. It was a constant repeating pattern and you can also hear the workers in the kitchen yelling at each other too. Kitchen lacked structure and organization. Wasn't a pleasant dine in experience and there was no music. Just awkward silence and multiple customers looking towards the kitchen listening to the ruckus. I would still come back but I would get to go. Their parking lot is also very small. Only fits a few cars or you have to find street parking. read more

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Clean Taiwanese breakfast restaurant. Card payments are accepted. Food was good, but their soya milk tasted burnt. read more

Morning Summit - Soya milk - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Monterey Park, California

New Chinese breakfast & lunch shop that opened not too long ago. Their sign says soft opening but it is open for business. I stopped in about 11am and parked in the back. There was construction on Garvey Ave so parking was limited. There are menus on the tables but since I was ordering to take out I just placed my order at the cash register. The lady didn't seem to speak a lot of English so I just pointed to the menu items. I also had to ask to make sure there were not any peanuts in the dishes ordered since we have peanut allergies in my household. She understood my Mandarin, which I'm not fluent in at all. I took pictures of the menu and of the 3 things I ordered, all which were pretty good. The Taiwanese Egg pancake was a little on the salty side but the Pancake Beef roll was good. Thin slices of beef with a hint of hoisin sauce sprinkled with chopped green onion and cilantro. Both had a thin crispy pancake wrapped around the filling. The last thing we tried were the steamed beef and cabbage buns. We really liked the texture of the dough (not too thick or dry) and the filling was moist and plentiful. They also offer pork and lamb fillings and they have pan fried dumplings/bao. So many choices I will have to try different things next time... read more

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Visited awhile back for lunch and staff was friendly. We got dumpling noodles, beef roll, all delicious

Morning Summit? More like Morning Regret. Paid premium prices for discount quality. Scallion pancake without scallions? Check. Taiwanese braised minced pork... magically transformed into sliced pork? Check. The pickled veggies were the only thing that didn't disappoint--probably because they came from a jar. Save your money and your taste buds. Stay away! read more

Solid Chinese breakfast. They really don't make it until you order it. I ordered some lamb baos. I followed them over to the window and watched them roll out the dough for the skin and bao. I ordered tofu pudding, soybean milk, baos, and a Chinese donut wrapped in a crepe. read more

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This is one of the closer places I could find 肉夹馍 rou jia mo (Chinese hamburger), so I stopped by and have a try. We just came back from a trip to Xi 'A which is the birthplace of this food. The taste was ok. They added some chopped green pepper which I don't think the authentic version has it. The bun is also a bit more burnt compared to the authentic version. Overall not too bad but just don't expect it's the original version! read more

Morning Summit - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Monterey Park, California

Family ordered from here not long ago and i really liked their traditional soy pudding. So I decided to come here to order it again plus a few other items to try. I got the salted soy pudding to compare the differences and to see which is better for future orders. Definitely the traditional style is better..salty sweet sauce with sesame sauce to tone it down. The shan zian bao (steamed pork cabbage bun) was good but thought the white steam but would be a bit thinner at the top. When its overly thick and overly folded, it makes it too tough than it should be. Pork was still juicy but could be better. My child ate 2 in a sitting so I won't complain. The braised beef noodle soup unfortunately was a disappointment. Noodle was abundant but when i scooped the soup...there was literally 2 pc of bokchoy and 2 pc of beef with watered down and barely much flavor soup. There was no zuan cai (preserved vegetables) that usually compliments this included which was an extra bummer. Pictures online shows much more breakfast items. I love supporting mom/pop stores and will return to try more breakfast items perhaps to see if maybe their more popular with breakfast because afterall their name includes morning. Service: the lady employee was super nice and sweet. Said hi to my child and asked if he wanted a candy. They were very respectful and sweet when i was paying. Price: i will say with the increased prices everything, this place is a bit more reasonable. Parking is not great and mainly street parking. Although i never seem to have issues finding any along the street or down a block. read more

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Stumbled upon this place while walking on Garvey. Decided to go in for a quick bite. We got their Fan Tuan (Taiwanese Purple Rice Roll), House Crepe with Crispbread and their Soymilk. Their Fan Tuan was much better than Huge Tree in my opinion. It felt less dense and dry and had good flavor - although it was smaller. The House Crepe was solid, but I wish the egg later was thicker. Soymilk was great - would get again. Overall, solid spot for some Taiwanese breakfast. read more

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Order the spicy beef noodle soup Togo, and it came out very warm when it's delivered. The noodle are separated from the broth, and they put a lot of Szechuan pepper in the shop. Yum!!! read more

Morning Summit - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Monterey Park, California

Was around the area and noticed that this place opened not too long ago. Came by one morning. The wait wasn't too bad. The server was friendly. We ordered salted soy bean milk, pork potsticker, sweet rice roll, beef rolls, and Chinese fried donuts stick. Soy milk was a bit lacking flavors. I like the one from aunti qiu better. The beef roll was pretty good. The sweet roll has too much rice and not really to my liking. It has limited fillings. I had better sweet rolls before. Potstickers we're not too bad. The best dish is the fried donut stick. It was crispy and fried to perfection. Overall not too bad. Can definitely do for quick fix breakfast food! read more

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Nice spot for Taiwanese breakfast place, so many items on the menu I want to try. We ended up with hot soy milk, youteo, crispy pancake, vegan steam bun, and purple rice roll. They are all good, will come back to try the other items. read more

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Came here for breakfast and had a mediocre experience. As for the positives -- the interior is more modern than most Chinese breakfast places; service and prices are reasonable. However, I was disappointed by the food. The jianbing was pretty bland and the youtiao inside was soggy. The purple rice fantuan had lots of flavor, but the rice was extremely wet, creating a strange texture. The youtiao inside was also soggy. read more

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Food - 2 stars base on what I ordered Ordered Chinese pancake/crepe with crispy strips & Chinese donut. The Chinese pancake is a classic from Tianjin. It's really big & filling. Everything is good except their sauce isn't for me. Their Chinese donut is a bit burnt for me. Service was good. I called in to place the order. The lady who answered the phone spoke Mandarin with me. She was patient & willing to help me with my order. Picking up the order was easy too. Ambiance The restaurant is clean. I came at 7:30am so there was only one person eating in there, with another person waiting to pick up his food. read more

Morning Summit - Pancake - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Monterey Park, California

Came here for some taiwanese breakfast one morning and was quite surprised. It's your a small chinese spot, service was just decent but most of the taiwanese foods we ordered were just alright. Their jianbing or chinese crepe was quite disappointing. The crepe wasn't crispy and the fried donut inside wasn't that crispy either. The taiwanese omelette roll and that was alright but kind of bland. Their soymilk also, was really mediocre. It was nothing we were expecting from the soymilk we've drank from other restaurants (and was really bland, barely any soy bean taste) The only reason why i'm giving them a 3 is that their dumplings are REALLY good. Their dumplings were super juicy. Their taiwanese dishes were alright but their dumplings were great. Chances are we wouldn't come back, but we might just for their dumplings read more

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My favorite place to get 老豆腐, 包子 is freshly steamed, very tasty, remind me home ^^

Came back to this place with fam since we were in the area. Service: 1 Star Prices shown on menu were different then what we got charged!?! When asked, the response we got was "we didn't get a chance to update our menu" ...I couldn't believe what I was hearing!?! My family and I won't be coming back to this place! read more

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Loving the fantuan, a good breakfast item that is fulfilling but won't overwhelm you. And such a nice 'handheld' dish, perfect for on the go. Also tried the lamb and cumin noodles which is pretty good. It's quite strong on the cumins, and comes with a big portion that could easily feed two. read more

This restaurant has very soggy rice rolls. It's almost like rice cake. Would not recommend. Also the filling is not as good as Huge Tree pastry. read more

so good! this may be our new favorite taiwanese breakfast spot. way better than yi mei in fan tuan, salty soymilk, and various fried breads/sandwiches/wraps. huge tree has finally been given a run for the money! read more

Street parking only. Service here is very good. They are super attentive and the food comes out quick. They didn't offer us water or tea though. I think there's only one person here that speaks English, our waiter only spoke mandarin. We ordered a few items on the menu to try.. starting with Taiwanese purple rice roll. It had fried dough inside with those dried pork pieces. First bite was interesting and I ate it but I probably won't order it again. Next up was basically egg pancake hot dog with lettuce and ketchup. It was okay. Noodle soup tasted as expected. Last but not least, the pork and leek bun! Kind of soupy, super fresh and delicious!! The portion was big too! Way too full after. read more

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My lady is from Tianjin so we have been wanting to try this place. Usually our goto place for Tianjin breakfast is fortune #1 across the street. We ordered soymilk, house crepe (jianbing) with crisp bread, and Taiwanese egg pancake. We agreed that the food does not taste better than across the street. The lady was polite and the service was good. But I'm having pretty bad case of diarrhea hours after eating jianbing. Good thing my lady only took a small bite of it as she ate mostly the egg pancake because she didn't like the crepe. She didn't feel too well but didn't have diarrhea like me. I only ate a banana today prior, so I'm pretty sure it's the crepe. I can usually handle street foods pretty well in other Asian countries, but guess not this place. Lastly, someone on Chinese social media app XHS said this place is owned by the same owner of the Garage... and that place is well known for low quality food. read more