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Vietnamese Restaurant Orange County

Quan Hop: Where There’s A Will, There’s a Hue

This stylish Vietnamese café debuted in 2006 courtesy of the Ton family, which also owns Quan Hy nearby. Quan Hop is further from the epicenter of Little Saigon, so it’s a less hectic way...
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Co La: Extending Little Saigon’s Reach with a Crane’s Help [CLOSED]

Trish Loan opened Co La four years ago on the back side of a Little Saigon strip mall. Co la means “crane” in Vietnamese (the bird, not the construction equipment). Before the arrival of...
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Thanh My: Vietnamese Landmark Stays Vital in Little Saigon

This Bolsa Mini Mall landmark was one of the first Little Saigon restaurants, the name derived by combining the first names of the owner and his wife. According to the manager, Thanh My has...
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Brodard: The House That Nem Nuong Built in Little Saigon [MOVED]

The house that nem nuong built has been located on the back end of Little Saigon’s Mall of Fortune since 2000. Before then, Diane Dang’s Vietnamese restaurant was situated at the nearby Asian Garden...
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Quan Hy: Proving Popularity Need Not Prompt Compromise

Frustrated insurance man Bao Ton opened this sleek restaurant with his family in 2003. Bao smartly relied on his mother’s central Vietnamese recipes. Little Saigon has never been the same. The sprawling epicenter for...
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Nuoc Mia Vien Tay: Stellar Sugar Cane Juice in Little Saigon

Back when Chuyen Nguyen and wife Thuy opened Nuoc Mia Vien Tay in October 1996, their sugar cane juice store was located on the fringes of the Vietnamese community known as Little Saigon. According...
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