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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.

    Music: "American Boy" (instrumental) by Estelle

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    Tacolandia, To Run & Dine in LA, Fire & Ice
    1. 0:30Tacolandia returns to DTLA
    2. 9:55To run and dine in LA
    3. 22:50Jonathan Gold recommends Little Sister DowntownYou’re reading this
    4. 27:23Strawberries are back at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market
    5. 35:03Darra Goldstein heads to that other West Coast
    6. 51:06Easter, sweet-and-sour style
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      Evan Kleiman

      host 'Good Food'

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      Laryl Garcia

      Senior Director, Good Food

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      Abbie Fentress Swanson

      Independent reporter and producer

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    The full episode

    3 of 6
    Tacolandia, To Run & Dine in LA, Fire & Ice
    1. 0:30Tacolandia returns to DTLA
    2. 9:55To run and dine in LA
    3. 22:50Jonathan Gold recommends Little Sister DowntownYou’re reading this
    4. 27:23Strawberries are back at the Santa Monica Farmers' Market
    5. 35:03Darra Goldstein heads to that other West Coast
    6. 51:06Easter, sweet-and-sour style
    Back to Good Food