Happy Family Restaurant

Andy Leung

Great vegetarian choice of food here. However, each entrée is somehow pricy with the absence of the real meats here. It costs you about $20 per entrée, and it may not get you full if you are a glutton. Even before the pandemic, it costed a bit less for each dish, so I guess the inflation hits it real hard.

Carolina Rivas

The Hot and Sour Soup is delicious!!! Best one I’ve ever had, not greasy at all! The food is pricey but it’s hard to find good vegan Chinese food!

Esm *

The food does not taste good here. And it’s expensive. The WORST I will not ever return. Boddhie Veggie Cuisine in Rosemead closed permanently and this is why I came here. Boddhie veggie cuisine was delicious! & great prices. Happy family needs to change the recipes or hire new cooks for a better menu. Customer service is not too good. The restaurant looks outdated inside very low vibration energy inside. No thank you.

Felix Zhang

From the moment I stepped foot in Happy Family Restaurant (III, now Golden Sunrise Restaurant) I knew my life had changed. A bland and uninviting life had all of a sudden become one of vivid color and imagery: my eyes had been opened to the world of Happy Family. Despite a personal fiasco, the ladies at the front were overly courteous and brought out our “haute cuisine” meal in no time. But I won’t bore you about the politics of restaurant ordering. Let me get on to the food. Is a little bit of grease gonna kill you? No! But is not going to happy family gonna kill you? I think you know the answer to that question in your heart. We began our foodie journey with deep fried dumplings. The crispy edges danced with the delicate sweet and sour sauce. Small pockets of filling enhanced the flavor of the dough. Fried food had never appealed to me until I had experienced these wonton crisps. Next, we explored a “hair like seaweed” soup. Indeed, I was skeptical about eating something hair like? Would it taste good, like my hair? The answer to that question was a resounding yes! Deep layers of umami added flavoring to a variety of finely julienned vegetables. Tofu was the recipient of the labor of these vegetables bathing in a combination of all these flavors. What this means is that it was one of the finest liquids I had ever ingested in my lifetime. Further along the line, I had the Tofu, Pumpkin, and Eggplant black pepper pot. In a pool of flavorful oil sat chunks of well greased vegetable and fried tofu. I know what you’re thinking: this is so unhealthy! And while you might be right, the simple presence of being at happy family nullifies the concept of “fat” or “dieting”. I will admit, in an otherwise holy crusade of food heaven, this dish was my least favorite. But that means I would still rate it a 99/100. The fine dining and excellent service at Happy Family required a second visit. The fried dumplings required an immediate revival. A miso soup did well to stack up to the high standards set by hair like seaweed. Fried noodles kept the trend of delicious fatty food going. If I find myself in California, or frankly the whole West Coast, a pilgrimage to Happy Family is first on my list. All of this is to say, the food was, you know, average! 😜