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    December 29, 2011

    The Five Best Vietnamese Restaurants in St. Louis

    Selecting Riverfront Times' Best of St. Louis 2011 was no picnic. Choosing the winner meant several worthy candidates would go unmentioned -- until now. In this Gut Check series, we are chewing our way through notable runners up in a number of categories. To see hundreds more winners and finalists a ... More >>

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    September 27, 2010

    Five Ridiculously Awesome St. Louis Lunch Values

    Since February, I've been sharing my 100 Favorite St. Louis Dishes. From time to time, I'll highlight groups of these dishes that fit together in some way. Today, five ridiculously awesome lunch values.Banh Mi Dac Biet at Phuc Loi ($3.50)Ian Froeb​To hell with the $5 Footlong. Phuc Loi's banh mi d ... More >>

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    May 18, 2010

    Ian Froeb's 100 Favorite St. Louis Dishes, #80: Banh Mi Dac Biet at Phuc Loi

    Ian FroebThe banh mi dac biet at Phuc Loi​I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious.Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites v ... More >>

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    February 24, 2010

    Hankering for the comforts of pho? Come to Mama!

    Ian FroebThe banh mi dac biet at Phuc Loi​I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious.Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites v ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 23, 2009

    Tenticular Fortitude: Ian counts down the top 10 dishes of '09 (hint: he loves him some octopus!)

    Ian FroebThe banh mi dac biet at Phuc Loi​I'm counting down -- in no particular order -- 100 of my favorite dishes in St. Louis. Some are well-known, others obscure. Some are expensive, others dirt cheap. All of them, I guarantee, are delicious.Please do not hesitate to share your own favorites v ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    The Top Ten Dishes of 2009 #7: Banh mi dac biet at Phuc Loi

    ​Banh mi are delicious and shockingly cheap. At Phuc Loi $3.50 scores you the banh mi dac biet, which layers ham, headcheese and pâté on a crusty baguette with cucumber, pickled daikon, carrot and a bracing quantity of raw jalapeño. Phuc Loi then adds a masterstroke: one whole fried egg, the wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    This Week in Gut Check, Regurgitated

    ​Believe it or not, congealed pork blood at the fantastic Vietnamese restaurant Phuc Loi wasn't the most challenging thing I ate this week. That would be Doritos Late Night "Last Call Jalapeño Popper" chips. Talk about regurgitating the week! Then again, maybe we should wait till someone tries th ... More >>

  • Dining

    November 18, 2009

    Whole Hog: Looking for authentic Vietnamese cuisine without the Americanized trimmings? Phuc Loi is the real deal.

    ​Believe it or not, congealed pork blood at the fantastic Vietnamese restaurant Phuc Loi wasn't the most challenging thing I ate this week. That would be Doritos Late Night "Last Call Jalapeño Popper" chips. Talk about regurgitating the week! Then again, maybe we should wait till someone tries th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2009

    Review Preview: Phuc Loi

    This week I visit Phuc Loi, a small Vietnamese restaurant at 3723 Gravois Avenue in Tower Grove South. (It's the tiny storefront with the blue awning and what looks like two men right outside the entrance in the photo above.) When the guy behind the counter at Phuc Loi asks if you're sure you want p ... More >>

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