There’s crocodile and hog stomach, but Jonathan Gold is all about the crusty rice at Nature Pagoda

A clay pot rice and herbalist soup specialist in San Gabriel.
Jonathan Gold • Los Angeles Times • April 6, 2018
At Nature Pagoda, the crucial moment of your meal is when the super-heated clay pot hits your table, a small bowl of dark sauce balanced on its dome-shaped lid. A server hands you the sauce. A server removes the lid. You dribble the liquid down...
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