We tried out this place in Garden Grove, CA. Garden Grove has a huge Asian population, predominantly Vietnamese. Hence the “East Meets West” tagline.
this is an interesting property. It’s at the edge of a residential neighborhood. It looks like 3 lots were put together and each house/garage was converted to retail/restaurant space for pop ups. Smoke Queen occupying the main house as the anchor for the project: Cottage Industries. There are several spaces for kids (sandbox, playground, etc), lots of mature trees (avocado, mandarin), and native plants.
But this is about BBQ.
We ordered a combo sandwich on brioche with slaw, spare ribs, Mac and cheese, tallow fries. Came with pickled red onion. A traditional bbq sauce and a gochuchang sauces were available. This is a quarter sheet tray for scale.
Sandwich was okay. Wish it had more slaw. What little slaw I did get was crisp and dressed well. It was a combo of pork, brisket and char siu. No distinction in the flavors. Pickled red onions were delicious. Spares were ample and super tender. Shells and cheese were just ok. Tallow fries were pretty sublime and enough for 3 people. Traditional bbq sauce was…. Traditional. Gochuchang bbq sauce was finger licking good! I’ll go back on a Sunday because that’s when the beef rib will be available.
this is an interesting property. It’s at the edge of a residential neighborhood. It looks like 3 lots were put together and each house/garage was converted to retail/restaurant space for pop ups. Smoke Queen occupying the main house as the anchor for the project: Cottage Industries. There are several spaces for kids (sandbox, playground, etc), lots of mature trees (avocado, mandarin), and native plants.
But this is about BBQ.
We ordered a combo sandwich on brioche with slaw, spare ribs, Mac and cheese, tallow fries. Came with pickled red onion. A traditional bbq sauce and a gochuchang sauces were available. This is a quarter sheet tray for scale.
Sandwich was okay. Wish it had more slaw. What little slaw I did get was crisp and dressed well. It was a combo of pork, brisket and char siu. No distinction in the flavors. Pickled red onions were delicious. Spares were ample and super tender. Shells and cheese were just ok. Tallow fries were pretty sublime and enough for 3 people. Traditional bbq sauce was…. Traditional. Gochuchang bbq sauce was finger licking good! I’ll go back on a Sunday because that’s when the beef rib will be available.
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