[Los Angeles] [Chinese] 山東園 San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant

San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant
山東園
3603 W 6th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90020
(213) 382-0815

I passed by San Dong Won and saw the big banner “Special All Day xxxxx (Korean writing) $4.99″. Had no idea what the special was, but $4.99 for dinner sounds good to me. On Sunday night, I walked a few blocks from work to here to get the special for dinner.

Chan Chiang Mein @ San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant by you.
Chan Chiang Mein ($5.99)

San Dong Won is a Korean style Chinese restaurant. The place was small, but it was almost full on Sunday night. The all-day special turned out to be Chan Chiang Mein. It was supposed to be $4.99. But they told me there would be an extra $1 charge for to-go order containers. What? Extra for the container? Next time I’ll bring my own container then. Actually, the extra charge was such a turn off. I’m not sure I’ll ever come back again.

Kimchi @ San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant by you.
Kimchi

One small kimchi came with the noodle. This was mroe like a Chinese style kimchi. The cabbage was really crispy, and the spice just tasted different than your normal Korean kimchi.

Chan Chiang Mein @ San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant by you.

The noodle was a bit overcooked. It was too soft for my taste.

Chan Chiang Mein @ San Dong Won Chinese Restaurant by you.

But the sauce wasn’t too bad. It had pork and onion, lots and lots of onion. I would like it more if it had more veggies, but the brown sauce tasted good enough alone.

San Dong Won’s Chan Chiang Mein wasn’t too bad. If it’s just $4.99, I’d come back again. But with the extra $1 container fee, I just don’t think that’s right and this was probably the last time I’ll visit this place.

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Sarah:
March 26th, 2009 at 10:09 am

That is so messed up that they charged you an extra 1$. But, the food looks really good. Love reading your blog everyday !

Thank you, Sarah! ^^
Yeah, because of that $1 charge, I’ll never go back to that restaurant again.

entia:
March 26th, 2009 at 10:32 am

韓國口味的炸醬面和我們的炸醬面很不一樣.
他們的蠻有特色的.里面只有洋葱和肉末.
我在韓國的時候幾乎天天都叫外賣來吃.
不過,要求外賣多要$1, 這真的是有點過份了吧.
讓她少洗三個碗耶.光水和清潔劑就不只一元了吧.真是不懂.

這家的炸醬麵用的是大塊的豬肉，而不是肉末呢！
我之前吃過另一家還有加馬鈴薯塊也很好吃
外賣多加一元真的不是很合理
那如果我在店裡吃剩下的要打包是不是也要加錢啊？

Pink:
March 26th, 2009 at 11:30 am

I would be really annoyed at the $1 charge, too.

Well, they got $1 this time.
But they’re losing $$$$ for that $1 because I’ll never go back again.

choisauce:
March 26th, 2009 at 12:12 pm

the extra $1 charge happened to me too at another korean-chinese restaurant (and of course, they don’t advertise that). I was totally annoyed too. they said something about the charge of the styrofoam (wth). so lame. I apologize for my peeps and their shady hidden fees. haha

i love the cabbage kimchi at korean-chinese restaurants too! i love the crunchy and slightly sweet cabbage!

haha no need to apologize! You would never charge for the styrofoam if you have a restaurant, right? ^^
I wonder if I eat at the restaurant and want to pack the leftover, do they charge extra $ for the containers, too?

tanspace:
March 26th, 2009 at 5:40 pm

Usually the basic 炸醬面 has ground pork or actual small pork pieces plus onion. To get the more “expensive” version, try the 乾炸醬面 or 三鮮炸醬面. These are the more “deluxe” versions with more ingredients… Some places don’t have these on the menu, but can usually make it for you.