A long weekend of enjoying sunshine and great food in Los Angeles. On the first day we made a foray into Westminster to check out the Vietnamese offerings. Pho Thanh Lich – Pho Dac Biet Special w/ filet mignon – nice broth with a subpar clump of rice noodles. O.k., though not great. Duck Soup [...]
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September 4, 2010
Tet, Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Weekend
February 15, 2010
With Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day falling on the same weekend what else was there to do but have a three day festival of food and nature in Yosemite. The first day we celebrated Tet and Chinese New Year, the second Mardi Gras, and on the third day we celebrated Valentine’s Day [...]
SANDY’S CAFE
October 31, 2007
Close to the corner of 9th and Judah is Sandy’s a small Vietnamese restaurant with a menu of typical banh mi sandwiches. I went for the combination pork, a steamed pork patty and pork stew on a toasted french roll with pickled carrots, cucumbers, and fresh cilantro and jalepenos. Despite the nice mayonnaise and seasoning, [...]
PHO HOA HIEP 2 ***
June 26, 2007
Beefy broth, well done brisket, tripe is the best combo. The broth is less salty than the branch in SSF and much better than PPQ’s. The raw beef plate was just o.k. grade of beef not good enough and served too cold. 19th/Irving. Wonderful Foods: Cherry coke bottles and the sour cherry (red). The blue [...]
