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Food
May 24, 2012
Brasserie Pascal Bids a Foie Farewell
Get Pascal Olhats' legendary foie gras dinner (but skip the dessert) before it's banned
Food
May 24, 2012
The Hidden Dinner Eat-Easys
[Summer Guide 2012] Anahita Naderi and her crew wows foodies monthly with a shroud of secrecy and great courses
News
May 24, 2012
How to Make Real Absinthe
[Summer Guide 2012] Make, then drink the real stuff!
Blogs
May 24, 2012
On the Line: Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common Food Drink, Part Three
A trio of recipes come together to create this non-traditional surf & turf. Hey, there's even veg included! Satisfy a savory craving or save for an occasion when you want to impress. All that's missing is a cocktail. If you can't make Uncommon Mondays, we highly recommend their Sunday Suppers: t ... More >>
Blogs
May 22, 2012
On the Line: Ryan Adams of Three Seventy Common Food Drink, Part One
When interviewing a chef at their establishment, there's always the possibility that we'll be interrupted by one of their staff and our meeting will be cut short. In the case of Ryan Adams, it was quite the contrary. He assured us that interruptions wouldn't occur in their private dining room (a.k.a ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2012
Five Tex-Mex Food Specialties That Should Go Nationwide--Or At Least to California
From chili to the combo plate, fajitas to tacos al carbón, the frozen margarita machine to nachos, Texas has long dominated the national conversation on Mexican food in this country. But that's now irretrievably changed, as California and our onslaught of regional Mexican, Korean tacos, Mission bur ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2012
10 Great Chicken Dishes in Orange County (and Long Beach)
There are lot of chicken dishes out there and I have only ten slots on this list. So I picked out my faves using my own unscientific criteria of what constitutes a chicken dish, ruling out others because chicken wasn't the star. What remains are dishes where I felt America's favorite poultry got top ... More >>
Food
May 17, 2012
Pho Bo Vang, Ann's Pho & Teriyaki and Maison de Pho and the Closing of the Pho Frontier
A pho proliferation in South OC bodes well for the assimilation of Vietnamese food
Food
May 17, 2012
Rubalcava's and the Rise of Primo-Mex
[Hole In the Wall] This Placentia meat market is launching an audacious experiment with Mexican food
Blogs
May 17, 2012
Haven Gastropub Celebrates American Craft Beer Week
Wait, what? It's American Craft Beer Week? Here I thought it was Bike to Work Week, and I could have been sucking down beers instead of pedaling to the office, uphill and into a stiff headwind both ways. Wil Dee, the Beverage Director at Haven Gastropub and enthusiastic road cyclist, can celebrate ... More >>
Blogs
May 17, 2012
On the Line: Austin Lee of Itriya Cafe, Part Three
Do-it-yourself sous vide utilizing a beer cooler was all we had to read. Austin Lee takes a cooking method normally reserved for uppity establishments and brings it to a level that doesn't require an internet search. He leaves the pasta and cheese options up to the cook, because some of us are chees ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
Potzol den Cano: A Home Run In a Bowl (And On a Plate)
My in-laws make the best pozole in the world. This is not open for discussion; anyone who has ever had it at any Gutierrez family gathering knows the truth. Come Christmas time, certain houses from here to Lake Los Angeles smell like what my sister-in-law graciously refers to as "feet and butt s ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2012
On the Line: Austin Lee of Itriya Cafe, Part One
Deciding on a place to conduct an interview with a chef can be tricky. Luckily, our secret weapon is a hit, as Austin Lee circles OC Mart Mix thrice to locate Portola Coffee Lab in time to beat the Paul Mitchell students on break. With his Asian upbringing (plus Italian and Brazilian childhood influ ... More >>
Blogs
May 14, 2012
Animal Rights Group To Protest Haven Gastropub's Foie Gras Dinner Tonight
Looks like diners at tonight's "Fight For Foie" event at Haven Gastropub will have company. The Animal Protection and Rescue League (APRL) plans to protest the multi-chef, multi-course foie gras dinner by displaying signs and videos of "the way ducks are force fed to make foie gras." To the right is ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2012
10 Great Thai Restaurants in Orange County (and Long Beach)
For this list of ten great Thai restaurants, not only have I included those from Long Beach (a non-OC city that's always been under this paper's jurisdiction), but also some Thai-Cambodian, some Thai-Laotian, and even a Thai-sushi hybrid, because if variety is the spice of life, then why not even mo ... More >>
Food
May 10, 2012
Anepalco's Cafe Has Le Mexique
Danny Godinez's second restaurant serves Mexican meals in the French style
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Eat This Now: Fried Whole Shrimp at Cafe Hiro
The first thing I do when I walk into Cafe Hiro is wave a salute to the man himself, Chef Hiro Ohiwa. The second thing I do is look at the blackboard. Sure, there's the regular menu, where the uni spaghetti resides, but with chefs like Ohiwa, I pay close attention to what's been scribbled on this te ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Lots Of OC Chefs (And Fabio!) To Give Cooking Demos At The New Whole Foods Laguna Niguel
A new Whole Foods is coming to Laguna Niguel on May 16, and it's a fancy one. It's one of those places where you can spend all afternoon (and definitely all your money.) There's a wine and beer bar (with 12 local brews on tap), a pizza station, a juice bar, a taco eatery and a huge outdoor patio wit ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
Taco Kokopelli: Next Wave Chef Takes to the Streets in Tijuana
In order for a parrilla to continue to burn, there must be some fresh mesquite added to ensure its vibrancy. And it's an apt metaphor when considering the current Baja cuisine renaissance. The much-celebrated trend has been spread by just a handful of chefs from Tijuana to Cabo, and it's been the Cu ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
On the Line: Mike Dimmitt of Garlic Scapes, Part Three
Creating a garlic dish that not only paired well with white wine, looked appealing when plated, but also didn't require silverware was something Garlic Scapes' Mike Dimmitt spent time conceptualizing. The recipe he shares with us fulfills all three requirements. Mike also explained a common mi ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2012
5 Long-Shuttered OC Restaurants That I Miss
It's been exactly five years since I was given the honor of writing restaurant reviews for this fine paper. In that time, I've been to what I estimate is about 300 restaurants. I'm not going to start rattling of my favorites, because, well, I and your other humble Forkers already do that with our we ... More >>
Blogs
May 7, 2012
Six Random Restauranteur Do's and Don'ts
As food bloggers, we necessarily judge restaurants by their outward appearances, though we were raised not to judge, yes? Justified or not, our personal biases inform our choices as diners, or else we'd eat wide-eyed, like Candide, in every crap restaurant that would subject us to its horrors. F ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
Another Concept/Name Change At "Tustin's Most Cursed Restaurant Location"
If you've read this blog for the past couple of years, you'd know of my fascination about a particular shack on Newport & Walnut in Tustin. Every time there's a change in ownership and/or concept, I write about it. I am the unofficial historian of what comes and goes in what I joking referred to ... More >>
Blogs
May 3, 2012
On the Line: David Man of Palm Terrace and Lounge, Part Three
By the time you read this, we believe Palm Terrace would've already updated their breakfast menu with chicken & waffles: marinated buttermilk breast, covered in rice krispies and deep fried. Served with rosemary infused maple syrup and maple butter (did you hear your arteries clogging?). This se ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2012
On the Line: David Man of Palm Terrace and Lounge, Part One
When you've got a resort view like that from your dining room, life should be pretty mellow, right? Yet David Man became a tad nervous when I hit the record button. He had nothing to worry about, though. Once we started exchanging Bay Area stories about our favorite ramen in Burlingame, I knew he wa ... More >>
Food
April 26, 2012
The Hobbit Is Orange County's Precious
From the wine-cellar hors d'oeuvres to the seventh course, this homage to Bilbo Baggins is the Disneyland of dining
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Allerto's Mexican-Indian Comida is All-Halal All The Time!
Go to Allerto's if you're in the area, and you're craving Mexican and/or Indian food. Some might feel like they're making a pit stop on a road trip when entering the 24-hour restaurant. It's probably because it doubles up, with no barrier, to a gas station store. There are about a dozen small tables ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Ten Great Mexican-American Combo Plates In Orange County
Sometimes we want regional Mexican food--corundas and pozole from Las Brisas de Apatzingán or thick, rich moles from El Moctezuma--and sometimes we just want the familiar old combination plate with its orangey rice and its goopy beans and its two enchiladas where the sauce runs into the other parts ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Cheri Sicard's New Cookbook Will Turn You Into a Cannabis Kitchen Magician!
Cheri Sicard has been a seasoned food writer and lover of good recipes long before she became a medical marijuana patient and activist. She created and launched the popular cooking website FabulousFoods.com and has authored books on the subject including last year's The Complete Idiot's Guide to Eas ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
10 Great Sandwiches in Orange County
For this list of things eaten between two slices of bread, I've limited it to those that couldn't possibly be mistaken for a hot dog or a burger (thank goodness we already did those lists). Even then, the problem with these 10 listicles is that I still had to cut out a great many sandwiches for spac ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
On the Line: Peter Serantoni of Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen, Part Three
"It should have a certain foundation. Its gotta have certain flavors that blend well together. A lot of people forget it's about a balance at the end of the day. And most importantly, what you drink should stimulate your appetite, and not the other way around."Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen's approach is v ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Popular Manhattan Beach Gastropub To Open Second Location in Belmont Shore This Thursday
We OC-dwellers may not yet be familiar with Simmzy's, but the people of Manhattan Beach are. It's one of their most popular gastropubs and now that popularity has allowed the restaurant to expand southward into Long Beach's Belmont Shore.
Blogs
April 17, 2012
On the Line: Peter Serantoni of Cha Cha's Latin Kitchen, Part One
While most chefs generally stay within close proximity of their restaurant (even when they're not on duty), our most recent crop of subjects consists of jet-setters. Take Peter Serantoni, who splits his time between northern and southern California. With our misaligned work schedules, I tolerate Ora ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
DNA Tests of Fish Served In LA and OC Finds Rampant Mislabeling
That snapper you just ate? Chances are it wasn't snapper. According to a study just released by the non-profit advocacy group Oceana, in 34 samples they tested from sushi bars, restaurants, and markets in LA and OC, none of them were actually snapper.
Blogs
April 16, 2012
The Cellar's Ex-Executive Chef Opens Bistro Bleu in Anaheim
David Kesler, The Cellar in Fullerton's executive chef for almost a decade, has now opened his own French restaurant in Anaheim in the space he took over from Sal's Bit of Italy. Bistro Bleu, debuted a few weeks ago and seems to be making good on being a French restaurant Kesler says wi ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
A List of Food Specials and Freebies on Tax Day!
So have you subscribed to OC Weekly's The Spoon Feed newsletter yet? Do it now by entering your e-mail in that big old red box that you see to the right that says "SIGN UP".I'm subscribed and I got some tips about a few freebies and specials on tax day that I wouldn't have known about otherwise ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
VIDEO: Ramen Gets Set on Fire at Kyoto Restaurant
I just returned from an awesome trip to Japan, home of sakura blossoms, crazy vending machines, maid cafes, kawaii adorableness, Pocky and ramen--so much ramen. I slurped my weight in noodly goodness. Oh, pork broth and soft-boiled soy sauce egg, how I love thee. The most unique ramen experienc ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2012
Ten Great Indian and South Asian Restaurants in Orange County
What a shame the county line lies where it does; the best Indian restaurants in SoCal lie just five minutes from Buena Park, La Palma and Cypress, yet they're in Artesia, squarely in Squid Ink territory. Damn. Still, we have some good contenders, from Afghan to Southern Indian; it's just a tragedy t ... More >>
Food
April 5, 2012
How Doritos Were Born At Disneyland
Adapted from 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America'
Columns
April 5, 2012
Are There Different Kinds of Mexican Food?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] And how can I get a copy of 'Taco USA'?
Food
April 5, 2012
One Nation, Under Tacos
An excerpt from 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America'
Food
April 5, 2012
Taqueria Two Guys Cheeses It
[Hole In the Wall] This Santa Ana Mexican restaurant loves its cheese, damn the authenticity
Food
April 5, 2012
CUCINA enoteca Is the San Diego Treat
Irvine's version of a San Diego restaurant that flies against Donald Bren's beige boringness
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Saladworks Is the Love Child of Chipotle and Quiznos
The server gesticulated with one hand, palm up like Vanna White, at the long, geometrically pleasing, fanatically clean salad bar before her. "You get your lettuce and then any five toppings and one dressing included," she said. "You can add more ingredients for 79 cents each, or you can have one of ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Five Rules for Waiting for a Table
This is a message to all the self-important, self-centered douchebags out there causing scenes in the lobbies of restaurants: We are the other people waiting for tables, and we don't give a wet fart what time your reservation was for.Things happen in restaurants, things that cause even the most c ... More >>
Blogs
March 30, 2012
10 Great Japanese Restaurants in Orange County
For this list of Japanese restaurants, we intentionally left out the sushi bars, because, well, we already did that list. We also shut out the ramen joints, teppanyakis, and yakinikus because, well, we still want to do those lists. But you can certainly have ramen and sushi, even a Californi ... More >>
Food
March 29, 2012
Class 302: A Course to Audit
The Irvine restaurant teaches you well with its grade-school theme and Taiwanese food
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Back the Birds: Seabirds Launches Kick(starter)-and-Mortar Campaign
Late last year, we reported that Stephanie Morgan and her partners in awesome vegan cuisine were looking at the space next to Playground in downtown Santa Ana's Fiesta Marketplace East End. It's taken a few months, but they've finally committed to the space.
Blogs
March 28, 2012
Ernesto Hernandez, Chapman U Law Professor, On LA's Great Taco Truck War of 2008-2010
We've written before about Ernesto Hernandez, professor of law at Chapman University before, as he's a scholar on the legal wars against taco trucks in Southern California. He lectured on the subject last month in a symposium at Chapman University, whose video the profe just forwarded to me today ... More >>
Blogs
March 26, 2012
Five Commandments of Food Writing
It's 2012, people; the number of people writing about food is still growing, and the signal-to-noise ratio is getting worse and worse. Everyone's entitled to their opinion, but not all of those opinions are worth reading. It's not just bad writing, unedited regurgitation of badly written press ... More >>
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