While the mall’s food court is a perfectly adequate place to nosh, hop over to the President Square Food Court nearby for a quieter lunch with more unique offerings. Fast-casual stall Omma Tofu House prepares homey Korean cooking that can compete with K-town’s finest. The combination meal with sizzling galbi and cold noodles is particularly solid.

This restaurant hails from South Korea and specializes in a variety of street foods including mung bean pancakes, gimbap, fish cake soup, and tteokbokki. The star is the crispy pancake — a hefty disc of garlic-laced mung beans, kimchi, and bean sprouts. Drizzle on the accompanying sauce and marvel at its texture and flavors.

It’s all about the beef roll at the Arcadia outlet of this San Gabriel Valley institution. The hefty beef roll is comprised of a fried wheat pancake smeared with a hoisin-like bean paste and stuffed with fresh cilantro and thin cuts of beef.

Grab a seat at Lao Xi Noodle House to taste hyper-regional dishes from China’s Shanxi province. From “Wife’s Special Noodle” with fried pork to the buckwheat noodle in lamb soup and the supple hun yuan cold jelly, come with a small group and order up a storm to share.

Tucked into a bustling strip mall, this unassuming spot serves excellent sushi from chef Hiro Yamada (Sushi Gen, Shiki). The $33 lunch special comes with nine pieces of nigiri, a cut roll, miso soup, and a few small bites. The price jumps up at dinner, where most opt for the more elaborate, edomae-style omakase.

Here at the second U.S. outlet of the Beijing-based Sichuan restaurant, diners indulge in crispy plates of fried chicken, steamy cauldrons of mapo tofu, and platters of Peking duck carved tableside. Consider this dining room the prettiest in the whole mall.

Whichever set menu one settles on here, be it seafood-focused or squarely land-based, make sure to order the hand-pulled noodles to go with it. Skilled noodle dancers flit to each table, whipping and pulling stretchy balls of dough and plopping the finished product into the hot broth to cook.

Din Tai Fung always has a line of eager dumpling-goers snaking out its doors, so plan ahead especially during peak dining hours and on the weekends. The soup dumplings are a must, as are the spicy wontons and expertly made fried rice.