Photos: Tom Yum Koong of Westminster
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The interior of Tom Yum Koong restaurant, which serves Thai and Laotian specialties. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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A selection of menu items includes, clockwise from top: fish larb, nam soat, Laotian papaya salad, Laotian sausages, barbecue chicken, and center, the restaurant’s signature soup, tom yum koong. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Laotian papaya salad. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Interior of Tom Yum Koong restaurant in Westminster. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Tom Yum Koong restaurant in Westminster. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)