Hong Kong Express

• gradeGrade B
• inspection score84 pts
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 5, 2025 →
• address3837 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd # 103, Lynwood 90262

Is Hong Kong Express clean?

Hong Kong Express is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on March 5, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Hong Kong Express?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 5, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 📦food stored wrong
  # 30. FOOD PROPERLY STORED; FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IDENTIFIED
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
  # 14. FOOD CONTACT SURFACES: CLEAN AND SANITIZED
• ❓food from an unapproved source
  # 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  # 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
• ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
• 🛠️gear not up to code
  # 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
• ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  # 08. TIME AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL; PROCEDURES & RECORDS
• ⚠️# 39. WIPING CLOTHS: PROPERLY USED AND STORED
• 🛠️equipment grimy or busted
  # 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR

When was Hong Kong Express last inspected?

Hong Kong Express has 2 inspections on record going back to May 1, 2024, averaging 86 points.

Hong Kong Express vs City Of Lynwood

City Of Lynwood runs 93% clean across 182 tracked restaurants — 169 clean, 9 mid, 4 cooked.

Against the 182 spots Cooked tracks in City Of Lynwood, this one comes out cleaner than 4% 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 March 5, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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