Cooked?Hong Kong Express
- gradeGrade C
- inspection score76 pts
- critical violations2
- last inspectedOctober 2, 2025 →
- address1400 W 190Th St Ste #B, Torrance 90501
Is Hong Kong Express clean?
Hong Kong Express is currently Grade C from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on October 2, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.
What did inspectors find at Hong Kong Express?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️NO INSECTS, RODENTS, BIRDS OR ANIMALS PRESENT
- ⚠️FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED AND CLEAN
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- ⚠️FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZEDcritical
- ⚠️IMPOUNDMENT/VOLUNTARY CONDEMN AND DISPOSE (VC&D)/SAMPLING
- ⚠️FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- ⚠️MULTIPLE MAJOR CRITICAL VIOLATIONS / INCREASED RISK TO PUBLIC HEALTH
- ⚠️SIGNS POSTED; LAST INSPECTION REPORT AVAILABLE
- ⚠️PERMITS AVAILABLE
- ⚠️PROPER HOT AND COLD HOLDING TEMPERATUREScritical
- ⚠️PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- ⚠️EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS APPROVED: INSTALLED; GOOD REPAIR; CAPACITY
- ⚠️NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN
- ⚠️FOOD STORAGE; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
When was Hong Kong Express last inspected?
Hong Kong Express has 3 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2023, averaging 79 points.
October 2, 2025 C
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View full inspection →May 5, 2025 B
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View full inspection →November 15, 2023 B
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View full inspection →Hong Kong Express vs Harbor Gateway
Harbor Gateway runs 94% clean across 199 tracked restaurants — 187 clean, 8 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 199 spots Cooked tracks in Harbor Gateway, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.
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How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Read the Los Angeles ratings guide →
Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated October 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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