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    Good Food

    Daisy Mint

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly .  This week he reviews Daisy Mint , a pan-Asian restaurant in Pasadena.  He likes the grilled beef salad with lime dressing, the kimchi fried rice, and the Panang curry.  For dessert, he recommends the fried ice cream.

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    By Evan Kleiman • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the LA Weekly. This week he reviews Daisy Mint, a pan-Asian restaurant in Pasadena. He likes the grilled beef salad with lime dressing, the kimchi fried rice, and the Panang curry. For dessert, he recommends the fried ice cream.

    Daisy Mint

    1218 East Colorado Boulevard

    Pasadena, CA 91106-1842

    (626) 792-2999

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    The full episode

    4 of 6
    Salt; Gluten Free Beer; Legislating Nutrition; Asparagus
    1. 0:00Market Report
    2. 7:59Legislating Nutrition
    3. 14:02Gluten Free Beer
    4. 22:05Daisy MintYou’re reading this
    5. 29:31LA's Best New Restaurants
    6. 40:21Salt
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