grub guide

WESTMINSTER

Peking Restaurant

The jellyfish salad is quite tasty, and if you think of it as Chinese pasta, you won’t squirm. The family dinners are fabulous and feature such interesting choices as an entire steamed fish. 8566 Westminster Ave., Westminster, (714) 893-3020. $$

YORBA LINDA

THAI BISTRO CUISINE

Orange County’s Thai curry king will surprise you. This saffron-colored, porcelain-plated place offers an incredible eight: gentle red, sweet pineapple, musky eggplant, and a masman curry that combines Buddhist cuisine’s austerity with the heartiness of Islamic food to create the best interreligious mixer since the Nicene Council. 21560 Yorba Linda Blvd., Yorba Linda, (714) 693-2888. $

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

COSMO’S ITALIAN KITCHEN

The restaurant is actually named after a family friend of the owners—no relation to Cosmo Kramer. Try the homemade, meat-filled ravioli topped with pesto sauce; it has more flavor than anything Chef Boyardee could ever dream up! 23411 Aliso Viejo Pkwy., Aliso Viejo, (949) 448-9040; 28562 Oso Pkwy., Rancho Santa Margarita, (949) 216-9029. $