The Recess Room's Deep-Fried Pig's Head Is Good, But Other Dishes Come Out a You-Know-What

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 23, 2016
Those still traumatized by that climactic scene from Lord of the Flies should be warned that the Recess Room's signature dish is a deep-fried pig's head. Yes, a pig's head—with its tongue, teeth, gums, eyeball, snout and ear intact—served to you...
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