Eat There, Not Here: Korean Tacos

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • April 22, 2011
Notice the flip-flopped title of this post. This week, I'm calling it “Eat There, Not Here”. What I'm saying is that despite the promise of a non-itinerant “Kogi Taco” at Koba Tofu Grill's walk-up window in Irvine, you're likely to find better,...
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