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Dose of Vitamin P

Vietnamese Food Orange County

Grandpa’s Kitchen Dry Noodles 168 Phnom Penh Fresh Noodles

“Dry noodles” are a bit of a misnomer. This menu description, which I’ve seen at many Asian restaurants, just means that the noodles aren’t served in soup. Nobody would mistake the namesake noodles at...
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Banh Mi Orange County

Tip Top Sandwiches and Grill BBQ Pork Lemongrass Banh Mi [CLOSED]

Ever since Tip Top Sandwiches emerged victorious in my multi-stop 2009 Little Saigon Banh Mi Bender, I’ve been enamored with their Vietnamese style sandwiches. The now 30-year-old business debuted in Garden Grove in 1988....
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Pork Los Angeles

Manuela Pork Collar

Culture and cuisine are intertwined at Manuela. This seasonal restaurant from art titans Manuela Wirth and husband Iwan resides within the airy Hauser, Wirth & Schimmel compound in the DTLA Arts District. Chef Kris...
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Pastor Mexico City

El Huequito Taco Sencillo

My Club Tengo Hambre tour of Mexico City’s Centro Historico with host Mariana Goméz Rubio started at Palacio de Bellas Artes. From there, we navigated one market and made six notable street food stops,...
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Pork Chop Los Angeles

Here’s Looking At You Pork Chop Milanesa [CLOSED]

Here’s Looking At You left the starting block like Usain Bolt for their new brunch service. HLAY launched brunch on Mother’s Day and this instantly became my favorite breakfast and lunch mash-up in L.A....
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Mexican Food Los Angeles

Mercado Chile Verde Estilo Arco Iris

Cocinas y Calaveras founder Jesse Gomez and chef/partner Jose Acevedo opened a new Pasadena branch of Mercado at The Commons on South Lake in April 2018. The journey is full-circle for Gomez, who worked...
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