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06/13/2026

You've seen those snow-capped mountains behind the LA skyline.

Almost nobody knows the story behind them.

Carlos Aguilar is a writer, producer, and SGV native from Bassett, and when we asked him about his three favorite things in the San Gabriel Valley, he didn't say the food or the freeways.

He told us a creation myth.

The San Gabriel Mountains are one of the few ranges in the region that run east to west. And according to the people who called this valley home long before any of us, this is where the universe began.

The story goes like this. Two twin brothers, a land god and a sea god, created everything together. The animals. The ocean. The fish. The rabbits. But when it came time to create man, they couldn't agree on what form he should take.

So while sea god was away, land god made the decision alone.

When sea god returned and saw what his brother had done, he was furious. He plunged his fist into the ocean and sent a massive wave crashing over the land. To protect man from the flood, land god raised the earth, and placed man at the highest point he could find.

The peak we now call Mount Baldy.

One of only three peaks in Southern California above 10,000 feet. Visible from the freeway. Visible from our backyards. And according to the people who were here first, the place where everything started.

We drive past these mountains every single day. Most of us never stop to ask whose land this was.

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06/12/2026

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06/12/2026

First time at In-N-Out, he did what everyone does. Animal fries, animal style, the whole thing.

Then a friend pulled him aside and gave him the real order. Double-double. Peppers. Sq**rt the juice. That was it. No menu needed. He's never ordered any other way since. This trip, it was the first stop with his nephew tagging along, first In-N-Out visit on the books. Some places don't need a pitch. They just need one perfect order and someone who knows it.

That's the SGV way. You show up, you get shown, and then you're a local.

When did someone teach you the right way to order In-N-Out, and what's your go-to? 👇

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🕐 Hours may vary by location. Check their page for specific details!

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06/12/2026

There's a sushi spot in the SGV where the fish is excellent, but that's not why he keeps coming back.

He goes alone sometimes. Just walks in, takes a seat at the sushi bar, and lets the place do its thing. The guys behind the counter know him. They even joke with him about it, "why you buying fish from us when you got it right there?" That kind of familiarity doesn't happen by accident. It's built over time, one visit at a time.

Some spots earn your loyalty through the menu. The best ones earn it through the people.

Have you been to Kabuki? Is it the food or the crew that keeps you going back? 👇

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📍 Kabuki Japanese Restaurant
2675 E Colorado Blvd Pasadena
🕐 Open Mon-Thu 11AM–10PM | Fri-Sat 11AM–11PM | Sun 11AM–9:30PM

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06/11/2026

Da Bin Lo at Mama Fong's house. One tradition. One big round table. And rules.

Every holiday, Keegan Fong's house became the spot. His sister's college friends. His high school crew. All crowded around a big round table with a lazy Susan, doing hot pot the way Mama Fong taught them. Obsessing over the sauce, the ingredients, the noodles. And every single time, the night ended the same way: a sake bomb contest, everyone in, last one to finish eats the chicken foot. Mama Fong included.

The SGV knows this table. The one where everyone's welcome, the food never stops, and the mom at the center of it all becomes everybody's mom. That's where Woon came from.

Did you have a Da Bin Lo tradition growing up? Tell us how your family did it. 👇

🎙️ Listen to the full deep dive with Keegan Fong on the MySGV Podcast. Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

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📍 Woon
1392 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena
🕐 Open Tue-Fri: 12PM–9PM | Sat-Sun: 10AM–2PM & 4PM–9PM | Closed Mondays

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06/10/2026

He grew up between two worlds. Neither one felt like enough.

Keegan Fong grew up in San Marino straddling two very different friend groups. Growing up, people called it being whitewashed. He spent years feeling like he had to choose a side. Then he opened Woon.

Walk into Woon and you feel it immediately. Traditional Chinese elements alongside European design. His mom's recipes, recreated from memory, tailored to a childhood split between two cultures. It's not trying to be a traditional SGV Chinese restaurant. It's not trying to be anything other than what it is. And it took Keegan seven years of running Woon to fully understand why he built it the way he did.

Have you ever built something, a business, a recipe, a space, that ended up being more personal than you expected? 👇

🎙️ Listen to the full deep dive with Keegan Fong on the MySGV Podcast. Available on Spotify & Apple Podcasts.

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📍 Woon
1392 E Washington Blvd, Pasadena
🕐 Open Tue-Fri: 12PM–9PM | Sat-Sun: 10AM–2PM & 4PM–9PM | Closed Mondays

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06/09/2026

He grew up eating Hot Pockets. Then he and his brother made their own and sold in grocery stores across the country. But that's not where the story starts.

Eric Tjahyadi is the co-owner of in Old Town Pasadena. But before any of that, he was a 12-year-old refugee from Indonesia with almost nothing.

Twenty people. Three bedrooms. Two bathrooms. No car. His dad worked every job imaginable. His mom left at 6 a.m. and came home at 10 at night.

But Eric had a ritual. He'd take the bus to Pasadena. Just to look. To feel something different. To dream.

Years later, he and his brother Erwin started a food truck, opened a restaurant in Beverly Hills, then watched it get complicated by bad partnerships and creative burnout. So they walked away and started over, in the exact neighborhood where Eric used to ride the bus just to feel hopeful.

When COVID hit, everyone panicked. Eric felt strangely calm. He'd been through way worse.

Bone Kettle is now celebrating 7 years in Old Town Pasadena. His parents are retired. And his brother still cooks from their mom's handmade cookbook, filled with magazine clippings when they first arrived in America with just enough hope to start from scratch.

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06/06/2026

The day after grad night, he came home and put his key in the door. The locks were changed. His clothes were in the driveway. He was 16.

Jesse James Youngblood. Actor, bodybuilding champion, and fitness coach out of the San Gabriel Valley. Didn't grow up with much. But he learned to outwork everyone who did.

His mother struggled with mental illness. His stepfather was the one who stepped in, taking a young Jesse to work at the gas station at eight years old, just to keep him safe. That man taught him how to save money, how to show up, and what work ethic actually looked like. It would shape everything that came after.

At 21, Jesse weighed 112 pounds. A coworkerinvited him to the gym. He looked down at his arm and saw a vein for the first time. He was hooked.

He went from 112 to 216 pounds in one year. But it was his mentor Steve Bonstead, a Mr. USA and Mr. California champion, who turned raw size into something real. Steve trained him twice a day, fed him when there was no money for food, and became the family Jesse never had. Before Jesse's first contest, Steve wrote him a letter. Jesse still reads it on his worst days.

He walked into that first show as the smallest guy on stage. He won.

What followed was four careers. Bodybuilding champion, gym owner, strength coach for the Dallas Cowboys, and actor, including a role in Zack Snyder's 300. Every single one was a success. Not because it came easy. Because he refused to stop when it didn't.

Today Jesse is back in the SGV, revamping his acting career and training the next generation, still running on the same fuel that got him here.

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06/05/2026

"I would drink that over a meal." And she means it. 🍡

Karen Cheung Lee has been hunting the SGV for the perfect Vietnamese three color dessert for years. Her criteria is specific: chewy pandan, not crunchy. She asks every single place. Most of them get it wrong. Che Hien Khanh inside the Square Market on Garvey and Rosemead gets it right, and she thinks they hand-make the pandan themselves. Coconut milk, pomegranate, taro, grass jelly, all customizable.

The SGV has no shortage of dessert spots, but the ones that make everything in-house and let you build your own bowl? Those are the hidden gems worth driving for. Karen's been craving this place on repeat and now you know why.

Are you a chewy pandan or crunchy pandan person? Tell us below. We need to know. 👇

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📍 Che Hien Khanh Square Market,
941 W Duarte Rd Monrovia
🕐 Open daily: 11AM–2PM & 5PM–9PM

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06/05/2026

Four restaurants. One owner. Same loyal crowd every single time.

Karen Cheung Lee has been following owner Monica since the Be Be Fusion days, through Orange Bistro, up to the rooftop at the Lincoln Hotel, and now to Momo Bistro in Monrovia. When Monica moves, the customers move with her. And once you taste the Taiwanese oyster omelets, the pork blood hot pot, and that taro grass jelly icy dessert, you'll understand exactly why.

The SGV has spots like this. Places where the loyalty isn't to the address, it's to the person behind the kitchen. Momo Bistro is one of them. Karen says go with at least 10 people and order the whole menu. We're not going to argue with that.

Have you been following a chef/owner from restaurant to restaurant in the SGV? Drop their name below. 👇

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📍 Momo Bistro & Bakery
941 W Duarte Rd Monrovia
🕐 Open daily: 11AM–2PM & 5PM–9PM

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