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Jonathan Gold recommends Little Sister Downtown

Now that we've covered tacos, BBQ in Compton, hand-pulled noodles in the San Gabriel Valley, fried dough in Glendora and Japanese fried chicken in Monterey Park, let's get our Vietnamese food fix in. Jonathan Gold suggests Little Sister Downtown for the lemongrass chicken, the duck congee and the SGV bahn mi. Are we making you hungry yet?

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By Evan Kleiman • Mar 25, 2016 • 1 min read

Now that we've covered tacos, BBQ in Compton, hand-pulled noodles in the San Gabriel Valley, fried dough in Glendora and Japanese fried chicken in Monterey Park, let's get our Vietnamese food fix in. Jonathan Gold suggests Little Sister Downtown for the lemongrass chicken, the duck congee and the SGV bahn mi. Are we making you hungry yet?

Little Sister Downtown

523 West 7th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Read Gold's review of Little Sister Downtown and get other recommendations from the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Times on the Good Food blog.

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