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Puesto - ceviche verde

Puesto

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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Yes folks, I like Puesto. If you have followed the Puesto story over the years, you will probably know it to be […]

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Taste of the Himalayas - curry and saag aloo

Taste of the Himalayas

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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — From the outside, Taste of the Himalayas looks more like a dry cleaner or a payday loan service than a place serving […]

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Le Doux Ciel - assorted macarons

Le Doux Ciel

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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Everything at Le Doux Ciel is an explosion of pink: it’s in the seat cushions, in the lamps, and in the giant spherical […]

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Las Cuatro Milpas - pork taco

Las Cuatro Milpas

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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — Meaning ‘The Four Cornfields,’ Las Cuatro Milpas is the quintessential hole-in-the-wall serving traditional Mexican eats at dirt cheap prices. The long line […]

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Schwartz's Deli - smoked meat sandwich

Schwartz’s Deli

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Montreal, Canada (The Joy of Food) — The star at Schwartz’s Deli is the spiced and brined beef brisket, hot-smoked and steamed, yielding something similar to corned beef or pastrami, […]

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Eggslut - the Slut

Eggslut

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Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — Eggslut is squarely in the middle of a trend I loathe: the hipsterfication of food, where what you eat is just as […]

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Pho Hoa - #12 steak, brisket

Pho Hoa

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San Diego, CA (The Joy of Food) — In a city teeming with Vietnamese noodle shops specializing in the very fragrant beef noodle soup known as pho, one of them […]

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Gordon Ramsey Fish & Chips - combo

Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips

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Las Vegas, NV (The Joy of Food) — The LINQ Promenade is not a bad place to be if you’re after 24-hour cotton candy pancakes or bad-decision bars, but you […]

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Ramen Danbo - miso rekka ramen

Ramen Danbo

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Vancouver, Canada (The Joy of Food) — Ramen Danbo is that place that makes you question life and determine that, until now, all the other ramen you’ve been eating is […]

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Pink's Hot Dogs - something called a Chicago dog

Pink’s Hot Dogs

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Los Angeles, CA (The Joy of Food) — Ah, Pink’s. I’ve been here exactly twice, both times with people whose goal in life it was to eat here even though […]

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