Grandpa’s Kitchen—Dry Noodles 168 Serves a Soupless Version of Pho

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • June 28, 2018

Photo by @ocwmktgdirector Grandpa’s Kitchen—Dry Noodles 168 has a dish I’ve neither seen nor tasted before in Little Saigon. On the menu, it’s called “Grandpa’s Dry Noodles,” but the Vietnamese translation, pho khô, reveals what it really is: the...

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Discover the Next Level of Pho, Bánh Mì and Bún at These Little Saigon Spots

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • September 4, 2019

Pholicious. Photo by Edwin Goei Even if you’re a Vietnamese-food neophyte, you’re likely familiar with pho, bánh mì and bún. They are the primary colors of the Vietnamese-cuisine visible spectrum. As pizza, spaghetti and lasagna is to Italian...

Now Open: A New Breakfast Joint in Laguna Hills, and MORE!

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • April 16, 2018

Le Peep, a breakfast-focused restaurant chain that has branches in several states, has opened its first California location in Laguna Hills. Specialties include Benedicts and “Panhandled Skillets”. 26548 Moulton Pkwy Ste M, Laguna Hills, CA 92653...

Zhou’s Guilin Rice Noodle in Monterey Park has one aces specialty

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • March 2, 2020

Guilin is a city in China’s southern Guangxi province that’s most famous for its scenery: Arrowhead-shaped mountains jut from the land among lakes and snaking rivers. The city is also known for its rice noodles — an extension of the rice terraces...

Zhou's Guilin Rice Noodle

Review: Here are 7 new Vietnamese restaurants to try in Little Saigon

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 24, 2019

Orange County’s Little Saigon isn’t so little anymore. It is a sprawling wonderland of food in Westminster, Fountain Valley and Garden Grove that grows bigger by the minute. You could eat Vietnamese food every day for a year and still not keep up...

Quán Vịt Vịt Vịt Quán Mii Destination Seafood House Pho Ga Ly Thuong Kiet Thanh Do Pho Hong Long Pickle Banh Mi

Tasting Notes: Three great new restaurants to try in the San Gabriel Valley

Bill Addison • Los Angeles Times • February 22, 2020

I spend a lot of time eating in the San Gabriel Valley, always learning and ever amazed by the breadth at hand: Beijing duck, Uighur lamb polo, Sichuan ginger rabbit, Hong Kong-style steamed fish, Taiwanese beef noodle soup, on and on and on. Over...