Edwin's Top Five Dishes of 2009

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 30, 2009
You've read Gustavo and Dave pick out their Top 5 Dishes of '09. Now it's my turn! At first I thought this would be an easy task, but it is not. To pick out just five dishes out of the hundreds I've sampled this year is like asking a toddler to...
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