Four Season Cafe

It was Friday, supposedly I had the whole day planned out, but some unexpected events led me to nap at home instead. I was napping peacefully until my two friends Cecilia and Shawn wanted to come over, so I said, ‘sure.’ The three of us talk for a while then we decided to go grab a bite, though we had no idea what we wanted to eat. It took us a while to decide, we went from; ‘should we head to San Gabriel area or should we stay local.’ In the end, we decided to meet halfway; we’ll go to Cerritos. We weren’t sure where exactly we wanted to go but we all decided to play it by ears and see what looks good along the way. As we stroll along one of the newly opened plaza we noticed the Four Season Cafe, based on the pictures from the window, the food looks like it’ll suit our taste buds, so we decided to give it a shot. As we entered the restaurant, the setting was pretty appealing, the décor was modern, and aside from the red lantern that was hanging from the ceiling, I thought everything else went well together. I guess the red lantern was there to cue you in that it’s a Chinese restaurant, which I didn’t think was necessary. We took a while to look through the menu, but for some odd reason all the hot pot dishes keeps yelling my name. So I ordered the Preserved Duck Meat Stone Pot ($9.25), I guess I was not satisfied with the hot pot dish from a couple of days ago, Cecilia ordered the Grilled Chicken Steak ($7.50) and Shawn ordered the Chow Fun Singapore Style ($6.25). It was happy hours or something but they gave us all complimentary soup and drinks are all buy one get one free. The free soup was ok, nothing extraordinary about it, just little chunks of beef with tomatoes. The first entrée that came out was Cecilia’s Grilled Chicken Steak, the chicken was really moist and tasty, I really enjoyed it. It has a Westernized-Asian kick to it. The second entrée that arrived was Shawn’s Chow Fun Singapore Style, I kind of expected a little more to this dish, but it was a bit on the bland side for me. The Preserved Duck Meat Stone Pot came last, so we were all anxious to try it out. They did a good job on the rice, but the preserved duck meat was not up to par for me. It was too rubbery and salty, not much flavoring in the meat. There’s something about rice that’s prepared in a clay or stone pot that gives the rice a different special flavor. Over all, I’d give this restaurant an OK; it’s good but not excellent.

11688 South Street. #104
Artesia, CA 90701
562.865.6789