Los Angeles · Chinese
Good Alley
Rosemead Northern Chinese dumpling parlor for Kaifeng-style guan tang bao, scallion-oil noodles, and rou jia mo from the Ji Rong team.
- Price
- $$
- Opened
- 2024
- Neighborhood
- San Gabriel Valley8450 E Valley Blvd #108, Rosemead, CA 91770
About
David Shao and chef Peter Pang opened Good Alley on September 26, 2024, in a Valley Boulevard strip mall around the corner from their Ji Rong Duck House (since 2004). The Chinese name Guxiangli points to a valley alley; the English sign is Good Alley. The kitchen specializes in guan tang bao, Kaifeng-style soup dumplings with thicker wrappers and gravy-like broth rather than the thinner Shanghainese xiao long bao most Angelenos know. Pang trained in Liaoning cooking and, with Ji Rong cooks, studied dumpling work with a fifth-generation Kaifeng Soup Dumplings lineage in Shenyang before that shop closed in the pandemic. Pork-and-crab guan tang bao are the Infatuation and Eater house call; Bill Addison’s Los Angeles Times review sent diners for the same Kaifeng style. Order scallion-oil noodles, Kurobuta rou jia mo, and braised beef noodles if you want more than steamers. Tablet ordering, about sixty seats, and long weekend waits are part of the strip-mall rhythm. Michelin lists the room with a Plate.
Menu highlights
- Guan tang bao (Kaifeng-style soup dumplings; pork and crab)
- Scallion-oil noodles
- Rou jia mo (Kurobuta pork or other proteins)
- Braised beef noodles; weekend oversized dumplings with straws when available
Diners say
Public reviews praise the juicy soup dumplings, thick wrappers, scallion noodles, and the Ji Rong connection. Recurring friction includes weekend waits that can run an hour, a busy strip-mall lot, tablet ordering that some find impersonal, and dumpling prices that sit near Din Tai Fung territory rather than bargain steamers. Diners who like it usually come for guan tang bao first and treat the rest of the Northern Chinese menu as support.
Review synthesis as of 2026-07-31. Synthesis of recurring themes in public Yelp and Google Maps reviews sampled July 2026; not a rating or ranking. Cross-checked against good-alley.com, Eater LA, Los Angeles Times (Bill Addison), The Infatuation, and Michelin Guide (live Plate distinction). Soft “first LA guan tang bao specialist” framing from Eater opening coverage.