Newport Seafood in San Gabriel

I was at Noel Korten and Sheila Schoonhoven's for dinner a while ago and was introduced to a fellow foodie. He was a retired violinist of the LA Philharmonic. Forgive me but I did not write his name down. He said one of his favorite seafood places was in San Gabriel. Newport Seafood is located at 518 W. Las Tunas Dr., San Gabriel CA 91726, 626-289-5998. My daughters basketball game at Alhambra HS, which they won with confidence, ended at 11:00 AM so by the time we left the school it was lunch time and I wanted to take advantage of our proximity to Newport Seafood so off we went and bypassed the snacks the team moms had waiting for the players. Sorry about that. We got there about 15 min before it opened at 11AM and their was already a line. (NICE!) We were seated immediately, once the doors opened and decided to share an order of the seafood and fried noodles as well as a

plate of the shrimp and vegetables. The lunch menu is very VERY affordable. The quantity is huge but most importantly, the seafood is deliciously fresh and tender. The sauces used are not dense and over-powering, which so many places have a tendency to do. Instead, Newport is generous with the sauces but they are subtle to support the actual taste of the seafood and vegetables. I really appreciated that. We got home in time for the second half of the Lakers vs Nuggets game. It was a great afternoon.