Banh Mi Oven #1 Cold Cut Combo
San Jose is the city with the most Vietnamese-Americans outside of Vietnam, over 100,000 people according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Given that fact, it figures that their Little Saigon food scene is so...
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...
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....
Nuoc Mia Vien Tay Kumquat Sugar Cane Juice
Nuoc Mia Vien Tay is a rebranded Little Saigon sugar cane juice bar that dates to 1996, when Chuyen Nguyen and wife Thuy opened in a Westminster strip mall. I first wrote about Nuoc...
King Noodles 68 Hủ Tiếu Hoac Mi Kings Noodle
The owners at King Noodles 68 posted a surprisingly moving quote from Mahatma Gandhi on the bathroom mirror: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Love as if you were to live forever.”...
Garlic & Chives Caramelized Catfish & Pork Belly
The decision on where to eat at Garden Grove’s Mall of Fortune is no longer clear-cut. Starting in 1996, Brodard was the obvious choice. In 2015, chef Kristin Nguyen disrupted the paradigm by opening...
