At Halves Boiling Pot + Grill, You Can Do Shabu Shabu and Yakiniku Simultaneously

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 3, 2017
Have you ever had a bite of food you wanted to last forever? For me, there was that first bite of otoro at Sushi Noguchi, and then the oyster I gulped while a cool breeze blew across Tomales Bay in Northern California. This past week, I added to...
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