The True Breakfast of Champions at Champion in Fountain Valley

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • April 20, 2008
It's Saturday morning around nine-o-clock. I'm at Champion Food in Fountain Valley, sitting in a plastic chair, resting my elbows on a fold-out table, waiting for my order to be prepared. In the corner, with a commanding view of the room, next to...
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