Thanh De Nhat Com Tam: Long name, good grub

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 17, 2008
I have a friend named Mike (who among us doesn't have a friend named Mike). Although his life doesn't revolve around food as much as mine does (read: he's not a food blogger), our tastes are often parallel. It was more than a decade ago (in...
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