Pho 99 Closes In Irvine; Replaced By Lao Dong Beef Noodles

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 28, 2012
Pho 99, the lone Vietnamese restaurant in a shopping mall that was becoming predominantly Taiwanese in flavor, has folded and ceded to…wait for it…another Taiwanese restaurant. Lao Dong Beef Noodles specializes in Niu Rou Mian (Spicy Beef Noodle...
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