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    September 20, 2011

    No. 18: Pate Chaud at Au Coeur De Paris

    ProfessorSalt.com​Pate chaud is a puff-pastry snack sold at most Vietnamese bakeries and banh mi shops. Nestled in the buttery flakes is a spiced meatball of ground pork or chicken. While many places make an overly-greasy puff pastry, or an insipidly flavored, rubbery-dense meatball, the ones from ... More >>

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    September 16, 2011

    No. 20: Chicken Pie at La Palma Chicken Pie Shop

    ProfessorSalt.comChicken pie dinner at La Palma Chicken Pie Shop​This 100 Favorites Dishes feature is all about comfort foods for this writer. Granted, I  include tacos de tripas and fish pho in that category, but it also embraces American classics like chicken pie. In Orange County, old-scho ... More >>

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    September 15, 2011

    No. 21: Mac and Cheese at Ecco

    ProfessorSalt.comFontina, gorgonzola and pancetta mac and cheese​You'd think a mac and cheese would be simple to pull off for a restaurant kitchen, but you'd be wrong. Never mind the technical difficulties of making a cheese sauce creamy-smooth,  balancing the flavor profiles and so on, we're ... More >>

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    September 14, 2011

    No. 22: Almond Croissant at Layer Cake Bakery

    ProfessorSalt.comLayer Cake Bakery's almond croissant​Irvine's Layer Cake Bakery and  Westminster's Au Couer de Paris Bakery went toe-to-toe in Battle Almond Croissant, and the Irvine shop happened to win. I felt bad about calling that close race based on the humid weather that caused the oth ... More >>

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    September 9, 2011

    No. 25: Happy Hour Pho at Pho Thanh Lich

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011. Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry.Dave, Edwin, Shuji and I are still pretty pho'ed out from our epic Final Pho tournament earlier this year; otherwise, the winning Pho Thanh Lich would've pr ... More >>

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    September 8, 2011

    No. 26: Longsilog at Manila Groove

    Photo by Das Ubergeek​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011. Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry.Like the recent entries, any breakfast is grand at this Filipino dive. But I cannot lie: I almost always pick the longsilog.

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    September 7, 2011

    No. 27: Paletas from Nevería Flor de México

    Photo by Todd Barnes​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011. Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. My apologies for the spate of entries here that are more a species than an actual entity, but some places perfect a particular genre to ... More >>

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    September 5, 2011

    No. 29: Cheeseburger at TK Burgers

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011. Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry.As I note here about every third sentence, I'm an Anaheim boy, which means I never experienced TK Burgers until enrolling at Orange Coast College in the lat ... More >>

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    September 2, 2011

    No. 30: Peanut Butter and Jealousy Burger at Slater's 50/50

    Dave Lieberman​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011. Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry.

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    August 19, 2011

    No. 40: Nuco Mia at New Duc Huong

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Boy, was it hot and muggy yesterday. Reminded me of my recent trip to Kentucky and Tennessee (which you'll be hearing about A LOT next week...starting ... More >>

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    August 18, 2011

    No. 41: Mantu at Chili Chutney

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Oh, mantu: what can't you do? Afghanistan's contribution to the world of dumplings is one of the best: light, airy, chewy mounds of love "messily hidi ... More >>

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    August 12, 2011

    No. 45: House Special Pork with Sauteed Kimchi at Koba Tofu Grill

    Edwin Goei Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .This is drinking food at its best. Fatty pork is pressure cooked to tenderness, sliced into magazine-thick, bite-sized squares and kept ... More >>

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    August 11, 2011

    No. 46: Seared Artichokes With Lemon Aioli at Il Garage

    Edwin Goei​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Anything on the antipasti menu at Il Garage that has a leaf icon needs to be ordered. The distinction indicates the item came from the ... More >>

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    August 10, 2011

    No. 47: Green Curry With Pork at Papaya Thai Bistro

    Edwin Goei​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .As far as I'm concerned, Papaya Thai's only purpose is to cook this dish: the green curry. No other thing they make quite meets the hi ... More >>

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    August 9, 2011

    No. 48: Mongolian Hot Pot at The Red Pot

    Edwin Goei​ Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .The Red Pot is an all-you-can-eat for $19.99 Mongolian hot pot joint. AYCE here, more than at any other place, is a license to explore. And ... More >>

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    August 8, 2011

    No. 49: Beef Roll at 101 Noodle Express

    Edwin Goei​ Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Ask anyone who's been to the 101 Noodle Express locations in LA what to get there and they'll say unequivocally: the beef rolls. It's the s ... More >>

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    August 3, 2011

    No. 52: Special-Events Grilled Cheese Sandwich at Old Vine Cafe

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Old Vine is always a favorite of mine, and lunchtime usually finds me ordering their quatro formaggi sandwich, a beautiful thing of--yep!--four Italia ... More >>

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    August 2, 2011

    No. 53: A Big Ol' Plate of Rice With Must-o-Musir at Wholesome Choice

    ​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Talk about weird: Last year, I gave the Persian buffet at Wholesome Choice the 55th slot on our 100 fave dishes list for 2010. This year, we find a mo ... More >>

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    July 29, 2011

    No. 55: Toum at Sasoon Chicken

    ProfessorSalt.comOooh la la Sasson!​It's the King Midas of Garlic. Though it's not a dish in itself, the Lebanese garlic sauce at Sasoon Chicken turns everything it touches turns into richly garlicky gold. Besides the small cup they provide with your order with your rotisserie chicken, you'll want ... More >>

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    July 28, 2011

    No. 56: Bacon Hash Dog at Berkeley Dog

    ProfessorSalt.comBacon. Hashbrown. Dog.​Some things sell themselves: sex and bacon, to name two. The most savvy marketers know you just need to whisper those words, or show a well-shot photo, and the mere mention will hook into your brain like a stainless steel gaff-hook.  The less you talk a ... More >>

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    July 27, 2011

    No. 57: Blueberry Donut at M & M Donuts

    ProfessorSalt.comM&M's blueberry donuts​Every now and then, I'll overhear (accidentally, of course!) a great food tip while I'm eating at a place I love. One day, I'm lulled into a happy trance by the phenomenal nem nuong cuon at Dat Thanh when my ears perk up. One of the owners is raving abou ... More >>

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    July 26, 2011

    No. 58: Tempura Fried Poached Egg at Break of Dawn

    ProfessorSalt.comEggstatic!​The tempura-fried poached egg at Break of Dawn isn't normally an item served by itself -- it's the star of whatever ensemble it's cast with. It most often shows up in a dish of barbecue pulled pork piled onto jalapeno cornbread and served with an Asian slaw, but it migh ... More >>

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