100 Favorite OC Dishes, #30: Pork Belly Bites at Coastal Kitchen

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • September 13, 2016
The best thing you can order at Coastal Kitchen is also the unhealthiest thing: the pork belly bites. What is it? Well, it's pork belly, covered in a corndog-like batter, deep fried to a crunchy golden brown. It's a good thing that Coastal Kitchen...
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