Jonathan Gold reviews Nature Pagoda

Cured pork clay pot rice at Nature Pagoda in San Gabriel.

Chicken with lily flower clay pot rice at Nature Pagoda in San Gabriel.

Guiling gao at Nature Pagoda in San Gabriel.

Three soup dishes at Nature Pagoda: Chuan pei with crocodile meat, hog’s stomach with kingo nuts and reishi with chicken.

Hog’s stomach with kingo nuts soup at Nature Pagoda in San Gabriel.

Workers are busy in the kitchen at Nature Pagoda.

Vegetables are ready for use at Nature Pagoda in San Gabriel.

Diners enjoy their meals or wait for takeout at Nature Pagoda.

Nature Pagoda is located in San Gabriel.