Yesterday, our new art director asked me about the hu tieu place I had just plugged on Good Food with Evan Kleiman on KCRW-FM 89.9. “Hu tieu? I don't like hu tieu,” I replied.
“No, you specifically mentioned them!” he said.
I thought about it for a bit. “Phuong's?” I shot back. I had reviewed the restaurant for this infernal rag back in November and had recorded a commentary shortly after. “They make good bánh hoi, and an awesome soup–but it ain't hu tieu.”
Turned it it DID make hu tieu, and the soup I don't like from the Vietnamese galaxy is mi. OOPS…anyhoo, my valentine to Phuong's appeared this week.
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Also on the program? Lauryn Chun of Mother-in-Law's Kimchi, which she of course bases on her mom's legendary kimchi at Jang Mo Gip in Garden Grove. Always awesome to have OC represent with Evan–enjoy!
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