What dish represents the restaurant, and why? Phocatini — toothsome strands of handmade bucatini receive the full-on pho treatment complete with oxtails, hoisin, onion, cilantro and Thai basil.

Jonathan lauds the restaurant for its ability to seamlessly fuse two of the most popular Vietnamese staples, pho and banh mi, into one tasty dish– the pho baguette. Jonathan recommends the pho ...

Jonathan Gold is the Pulitzer Prize-winning food writer for the Los Angeles Times. This week he reviews the new East Borough outpost in Culver City. Jonathan lauds the restaurant for its ability to ...