Num Pang Multiple locations throughout NYC I stumbled upon Num Pang on Yelp. I was interested to see something that looked very much like a Vietnamese sandwich categorized as “Cambodian.” I tried the location at Chelsea Market, which by the way is an AWESOME food lovers paradise. The sandwiches have all the construction and accoutrements of…
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LSXO
LSXO 21016 Pacific Coast Hwy. Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Yelp It’s not easy to justify a high price tag for fancified food from a third world country, in this case Vietnam and Southeast Asia. A lot of times, the food is far too dumbed down so as to appeal to the masses, but then misses the mark for…
Ngự Bình
Ngự Bình 14092 Magnolia Ave. Westminster, CA 92683 Yelp For many people, spring rolls, bánh mì, and phở are all they know when it comes to Vietnamese food. If you have those 3 dishes down, pat yourself on the back because you’ve covered just a small fraction of Vietnamese cuisine. I am, by far, no expert on…
Star Noodle
Before Sheldon Simeon took home the title of Top Chef, he was the executive chef of Star Noodle. I’m not sure if the place was as popular before or after his win, but it has 2679 reviews on Yelp averaging 4 stars now. That’s pretty stellar. In any case, multiple friends have tried this place…
Lemongrass Express
So I’m finally getting around to my Big Island vacation eats from the summer. I didn’t really plan on any specific places to hit up. In fact, I did very little planning for the whole trip. Thanks to Fat-Skinny-Fat-Less Fat and Dairy Queen, I just hopped along for the ride and kinda played the fooding…
Little Sister
It seems like a lot of chefs these days are incorporating Asian flavors into their cooking. I guess this is one of the aspects comprising “New American” cuisine. I guess Little Sister isn’t so much “New American” as it is “Asian/Asian fusion”, but its smack dab in the middle of one of the whitest parts…
PPQ Dungeness Island
I apologize for my long break from the blogger world. The holidays left me with little time to blog. I was flying back and forth from Portland to LA during my time off, and when I get to LA all I do is eat and hang out without much time for blogging. Plus, a lot…
Red Medicine
Red Medicine is a Vietnamese fusion restaurant that recently opened a few months ago. It’s probably more known for the drama generated by some controversial actions by the management rather than its food unfortunately. It’s ratings on Yelp are pretty dismal, mostly because of the drama. I’m usually not a fan of fusion food, but…
Nem Nuong Khang Hoa
The Vietnamese spring rolls usually brings to mind a rice paper roll filled with rice noodles, lettuce and aromatics, and pork and shrimp slices to be dipped in a peanut sauce. My family never ate this very much. I don’t know why. In recent years we’ve become fans of nem nuong cuon, or grilled pork spring…
Break of Dawn
In an attempt to be more adventurous in the OC, my family and I tried a Vietnamese fusion restaurant in Laguna Hills for brunch. All of those descriptors are totally atypical for the H.o.P. We don’t eat “Vietnamese fusion.” We certainly don’t do brunch. And who the heck eats in Laguna Hills? The chef/owner of…
Vien Dong (The Best Northern Vietnamese Food in Westminster!)
When you think of Vietnamese food, what do you think of? Pho , right? What else do you think of? Spring rolls? The more informed foodies may know of rice noodles and broken rice. And then what? There’s a whole other world when it comes to Vietnamese food. I am referring to Northern Vietnamese food….
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