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    Good Food

    Jonathan Gold on Nha Trang

    Jonathan Gold’s love of San Gabriel noodle shops was well documented by the volume of his reviews canvassing the area—so much that he would get reader complaints.

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    By Evan Kleiman • Aug 31, 2018 • 1 min read

    Jonathan Gold’s love of San Gabriel noodle shops was well documented by the volume of his reviews canvassing the area—so much that he would get reader complaints. Writer Tien Nguyen recalls Gold’s 2011 review of Vietnamese noodlehouse Nha Trang in San Gabriel, in which Jonathan passionately defended his obsession against critics.

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    The full episode

    7 of 7
    Jell-O and feminism, ‘Losing Earth,’ vertical farming
    1. 0:00‘Jell-O Girls’
    2. 10:43Tortilla Tournament reaches the ‘Suave 16’
    3. 15:49Grilling your desserts
    4. 24:22Losing earth to climate change
    5. 35:06Vertical farming
    6. 43:29Market Report: Beans
    7. 51:22Jonathan Gold on Nha TrangYou’re reading this
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