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Gobble Gobble: Hop Woo + Deep End Dining = Free Lunch
For those who doubt the "free lunch," Chef Lupe Liang of Hop Woo BBQ and blogger Eddie Lin of Deep End Dining are ready to prove you wrong. Hop Woo is going to give out 218 lunch boxes on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday (almost 450 total) to diners who come in between 2-5 p.m. and mention Deep End Dining sent you. What's for lunch? Lin tells us: "Each lunch box will include slices of flavorful roast turkey that tastes so much like Hop Woo's famous roast duck with a special gravy, mixed vegetables and, let's not forget, the absolutely delicious garlic turkey rice stuffing." Okay, there's a hitch: You have to take it to go. Say hi to Chef Liang, while you're there!
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