101 Noodle Express Teaches You Chinese 101

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 16, 2011
A plastic banner is currently draped over the Nice Time Deli marquee in Irvine, the longstanding Taiwanese restaurant that was the gateway for many in this once-vanilla city to realize Chinese food is more than just orange chicken and kung-pao...
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