English: Good Shine Kitchen · Chinese: 故鄉台灣料理 (“Good Shine” = transliteration of Hokkien gū-shang, motherland; motto “be of good cheer”)
Era: 1984/85 – present (LAT review 1985-06-06; CA SoS successor corp “Good Shine Kitchen, Inc” filed 2018-02-09)
Geography: 235 S. Garfield Ave, Monterey Park, CA
Core roles: Taiwanese-cuisine restaurant (+ founder’s bakery and food shop); named hub of the 1980s LA Taiwanese community
History
Founded by |許丕龍 (Ahhee Hsu) — in LAT print as “Leonard Hsu, poet, musician, conductor, entrepreneur and Taiwanese patriot” (LAT 1985-06-06); restaurant described as activist gathering spot (LAT 1985-07-21). Local evidence archive: knowledge/web-archives/latimes/leonard-hsu-monterey-park-trail.md.
Sold to Jiping Sun (owner-stated 2026-09-20; he is registered agent of the 2018 successor corporation at the same address). No family relation.
Related founder business: The Rainbow Group LP (CA SoS filed 1984-07-25, 940 E. Garvey Ave, Monterey Park) — GPs Leonard Hsu + James Hsu; agent Judy Hsu. Owner-stated 2026-09-20: James and Judy Hsu were business partners of 許丕龍, family name coincidental — NOT relatives.
NEED YOU
Exact founding year; fate of the bakery/food shop; photos of signage/interior (candidate for family photo custody folder)
Role in the Community
Founder 許丕龍 (Ahhee Hsu) is recorded in the TAH Who’s Who as 2267. Ahhee Hsu 許丕龍 (2020-05-04).
He served on the 顧問 (advisor) list of the 「台美公民協會」 (TACR — Taiwanese American Citizens League/Association) Preparatory Committee, whose 顧問會議 was held in Cerritos (Apr 1985), alongside 吳澧培 (convener), 賴明詔, 蕭泰然 and other movement leaders — corroborating the restaurant’s role as a movement gathering node within the broader LA-area network. Source: Our Journeys 186 台美公民協會籌備報導 (from 台灣公論報 369, 1985-04-15); English roster in Our Journeys 186 (EN) — the TACR Preparatory Committee document itself dates the 籌備會 to April (1985), not “April 6” as printed in our vault copy — HOLD: “April 6” vs the 1985-04-15 公論報 issue date; never auto-merged.
Music work he brought over from Taiwan (Hsu is credited with bringing the 蕭泰然 recording to the US): 649. 台灣人的詩篇 蕭泰然作品專輯 (1987 TAPE); family music legacy recorded in 258. 許丕龍與許景淳 兩代音樂傳奇 (林蓮華, 2015-05).
Corpus grep 2026-09-26 (deepen-x slice 09251039-6): zero hits for the restaurant name itself (故鄉台灣料理 / Good Shine Kitchen) in works/ or articles/ — founding/activism facts rest on the LAT press evidence and owner statements already recorded above.
Corpus grep re-verified 2026-10-01 (deepen-x slice 09261300-17) — the founder’s name does have primary corpus material (Ahhee Hsu / 許丕龍): the TACR Preparatory Committee advisor roster and the music records above were absorbed into Role in the Community. No corpus record mentions the restaurant directly; NEED YOU items stand.