Wako Honey Pig: How Sweet It Is

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 12, 2009
Pork Is a Nice, Sweet MeatAnd you can cook your own on the screaming-hot shield-shaped thingies at Wako Honey Pig Korean restaurants have a monopoly on two things: creative names and the cook-your-own-meat barbecue joint. Wako Honey Pig? Yeah, it...
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