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August 31, 2007 3

Uzbekistan (Sunset Blvd)

By in 08: Hollywood, Favorite Food Entries

Joan went to the restaurant Uzbekistan for breakfast earlier this month. This time we’re bringing a group of 7 to try more of their Eastern European food! We’ve witnessed an odd extreme difference between the insane amount you get from their $8 Lunch speical v.s. the rather pricey (but really good) entrees. Since everything sound […]

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August 31, 2007 3

Golden Deli (San Gabriel)

By in 01: San Gabriel, Favorite Food Entries

Spring roll, Sausage and Shrimp cake Bun $6 Big portion, incredibly delicious ingredients. I can never get enough of this. Ching Po Leung The drink is a traditional Chinese cooling tonic soup that taste like a dessert (see recipe). Yum! The Shrimp Crepe is alright. So we went back to line up at Golden Deli, […]

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August 30, 2007 2

Bottle Rock (Culver City)

By in 13: Culver City

Bottle Rock is a wine bar that’s setup like a fast food joint + groceries at Downtown Culver City. The vibe is very casual. The wine selection is impressive (dailly special selections are written on chalkboard). The Lamb Chop is not as seasoned as it appears. It’s still tender and not musky. The very flavorful […]

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August 22, 2007 3

Vietnamese House (San Gabriel)

By in 01: San Gabriel

The popular Golden Deli Vietnamese Restaurant on Las Tunas has attracted never shrinking crazy crowd since I knew of it 15 years ago. Maybe because of recent mainstream press coverage, the crowd seems even more insane. You’d still be waiting in lines around 3:30pm. This time we were about to collapse in hunger and heat […]

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August 20, 2007 2

Wok and Noodle Restaurant (Alhambra)

By in 01: San Gabriel

One of my friends had been to this authentic Shanghai restaurant years ago and she remembered their Lion’s head with salted egg yolk fondly, but she forgot its name nor location. We found it again (based on vague descriptions such as: a shanghai restaurant somewhere on Valley between around Atlantic with a red signage) and […]

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