Westside Bun Battle: Tiato vs. Le Saigon
A few weeks ago I shared my… uh… unique guide to what I consider a “healthy” lunch in Los Angeles. Because as much of a fatso as I am, there are occasionally days when this “job” catches up with me. And for those days, I try and eat something “light”. (Sorry, a side effect of writing about food that isn’t dripping in fat is the overuse of quotation marks.) I mentioned how much I like Vietnamese bun, and posted a photo of the ok version at Tiato- an Asian’ish lunch spot in Santa Monica. It’s the kind of place I would never go out of my for, but if I worked in the building (or anywhere in a 5 minute vicinity of Colorado & Stewart) I might eat there once or twice a week.
Lunch’er Jake W. was nice enough to let me know in the comments that Le Saigon (on Santa Monica Blvd. near Barrington) made a much better bun than Tiato. And since I was feeling a little gross the other day (possibly because of Reddi Check and Greek doughnuts) I decided to put this theory to the test.
Posted at 11:15 am, January 19th, 2011 under Le Saigon, Santa Monica, Tiato, Vietnamese, West L.A..
