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L.A. Taco Podcast: Chinatown After Dark, Where Young Chefs Thrive

[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]his week on the L.A. Taco Pod, we visit the Far East Plaza in Chinatown to check out a monthly event called Chinatown After Dark. We interview the chefs and vendors. For some of them it is a place to try out new concepts, for other it is a practice in ethnic identity, and cultural preservation.

Episode edited by Michelle Andrade.

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