Edwin Goei’s Top Drinks and Restaurants of 2018!

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 27, 2018
Photo by Edwin Goei Welcome to our annual Top 5 countdown, where our SAFII writers tell you what impressed them over the past year! Here, we have food critic Edwin Goei’s Top 5 Drinks and Restaurants – enjoy, and dig in! Edwin Goei’s Top 5 Drinks...
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