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Vietnamese Restaurant Orange County

AnQi adds Steam, Flavor and Spice to South Coast Plaza

  • Food
  • December 8, 2009
The An Family burst on to the American dining scene in 1975, when Helene An opened a Vietnamese restaurant in San Francisco’s western fringe with mother-in-law Diana. They built on the success of Thanh...
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Chef Los Angeles

Little Saigon Culinary Tour with Robert Danhi

  • Food
  • September 1, 2009
On August 29, Chef Robert Danhi led a group of food writers on his initial culinary tour of Little Saigon, a wide swath of Orange County that’s home to a quarter-million Vietnamese-Americans and some...
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Vietnamese Restaurant Orange County

Thien An: Tussling with 7 Courses of Beef in Little Saigon

Neon musical notes on worn walls don’t typically inspire confidence, but design is an afterthought in Little Saigon, a wide swath of Orange County that’s home to a quarter-million Vietnamese-Americans and some of the...
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Neighborhood Sign Orange County

Little Saigon Banh Mi Bender

“No giggling. We’re on a mission.” Christine made it clear that the four of us still had plenty of work to do before we could crown the best banh mi in Little Saigon. We...
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Vietnamese Restaurant Orange County

Dinh Thieng: Going Wild in Little Saigon

When I arrived at this L-shaped café on the eastern fringes of Little Saigon, our waitress handed us a lunch menu. Unfortunately, the menu listed dishes that would be part of a Vietnamese Food...
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Restaurant Orange County

Le V Cuisine: Fountain Valley Oasis For Asian Fusion [CLOSED]

There was no hint that Le V Cuisine would be so good. The menu at Cecilia Le’s 14-month-old restaurant had all the trademarks of confused “fusion,” with dishes from Italy, France, Vietnam and Japan,...
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