Indian Food and Cooking

Fresh Kabobs Replaces Renzo's A Taste of Peru

Renzo's A Taste of Peru was beloved by its cult, but its location stank. The storefront might as well be hidden under a rock. Most who come to the parking lot where it stood until it closed suddenly last year ignore it for the food court which anchors the plaza.

Usmania's Crazy for Kahari

[Hole In the Wall] This Westminster spot brings Pakistani food to a county sorely needing it

Au NatuRaw: Cooks Who Don't Cook

The Santa Ana eatery offers raw food to downtown Santa Ana

On The Line: Alfred Prasad of Tamarind of London, Part One

Learning about a subject's interests outside of the kitchen always interests us. When Alfred Prasad isn't traversing between his Michelin-starred London flagship and his outpost in Newport, Alfred keeps active with tennis, sketching and exploring local neighborhoods with his wife. When we bring the ... More >>

Spice Up Your Thanksgiving With A Tandoori Turkey From Clay Oven Cuisine of India, Now Available For Pre-Order!

If you've got a foodie family that won't scoff at anything other than white-meat roast turkey, gravy and mashed potaters, let us suggest this exotic Thanksgiving option. For the 16th year, Irvine's Clay Oven Cuisine of India is selling its famed tandoori turkey. It's available now for pre-order and ... More >>

TONIGHT: The Playground Clay Oven Team Up For A Pork-Filled Night Featuring Ghost Pepper Pork Vindaloo And Pork Crème Brûlée

Last month's collab between The Playground and Clay Oven Indian restaurant was such a hit that they're doing it again--this time with lots and lots of pork. But it won't be a prix fixe menu this time. Tonight at The Playground, the regular menu will include a special "Clayground" section, featu ... More >>

Mozambique Peri-Peri Does the Mazavaroo

This Newport Beach restaurant is the cheaper, fast-casual sister of the venerable Laguna Beach original

Stir-Fry Dethrones Tikka Masala As UK's Favorite Dish

Edwin Goei​It's conventional wisdom that chicken tikka masala, not fish and chips nor bangers and mash, reigned as Britain's favorite dish. Well not anymore. A recent survey of two thousand Brits by the Food Network UK knocked the Indian curry dish off the top spot. British palates, it seems, now ... More >>

Gourmet Grill Masters Has Chicken that Don't Stop!

[Hole In the Wall] The famous rotisserie-chicken purveyor opens its first restaurant . . . in Irvine?!

Five Surprisingly Tasty Asian Dishes at Trader Joe's

​​We'd be the first to tell you, when you want the real stuff, go to Little Saigon, the countless Asian plazas in Irvine, heck, even Little Tokyo, Thai Town or SGV if you've got the time. But if you need a quick Asian-food fix and have just a few minutes to spare, Trader Joe's is a pretty good b ... More >>

Can India's Nashik Valley Become the Next Napa?

​Those of us that patronize finer Indian restaurants in the county know that there is a wine list available, but nothing as extensive as one may expect for a restaurant of its caliber. It's mostly because India doesn't have much of an alcoholic tradition, which would be expected in a country with ... More >>

Coming to Newport Coast: Tamarind of London

​The British are coming. The British are coming. And they're bringing their Indian food. Tamarind, a Michelin-starred London restaurant that also got kudos from none other than Gordon Ramsay himself, is opening at Crystal Cove Promenade in Newport Coast. In the Irvine Company press release tha ... More >>

Taco Asylum Opens This Week at THE CAMP

Greg Daniels, Wil Dee and Alkesh Patel, a.k.a. the people who brought you the wildly successful Haven Gastropub in Orange has finally put the finishing touches for their CAMP offering called taco asylum, what they describe as a "non-traditional" taco shop. The official opening is Thursday, Janu ... More >>

Jagdish Saini of Punjabi Tandoor, Part Two

Todd Barnes / OC Weekly​For a while, the corner of Anaheim and Broadway was the place to get Cuban pastry and cortaditos in Orange County. Now that Punjabi Tandoor has taken over the space, it's the destination for pakoras, tikka masala and saag paneer. This week, we have chef Jagdish Saini on the ... More >>

#22. Kheema Dosa at Dosa Place

​Because ustedes gentle readers love lists, behold the latest entry in our Top 100 dishes list that continues until Best Of--at which point, we'll give you MORE lists! Now, on with the show...Tip for stalkers: I eat lunch at one of three places: Wafu of Japan, TK Burgers, and Dosa Place. And it's ... More >>

Haldiram's Samosa

Edwin Goei​Name: Haldiram's Samosa Origin: India Found at: Radhika Sweets & Spices, Tustin

Sam Gupta of Traditions, Part 2

Photo by Kimberly Valenzuela​Yesterday we heard from Sam Gupta, proprietor of Traditions in Tustin. Today, he shares a recipe. Not just any recipe: their recipe for chicken tikka masala, which according to food lore is purportedly more English than Indian. It's still delicious no matter ... More >>

Go Around the World In 50 States (or Cities, or Regions, or Styles, or Whatever)

[Hole in the Wall] Sweet Charity at Gyro N Kabob in Tustin

This Week In Food

This week in Stick A Fork In It: There were deaths. Well, one, but it was huge, in many ways: Dom DeLuise went to the big pie shop in the sky. There were evictions. Okay, again, just one, Haru Izakaya, but it was much lamented by Edwin, who'd only raved about it one month earlier. (Hey, E ... More >>

One of O.C.'s Best Rice Dishes: Puliyogre at Dosa Place

Dosa Place in Tustin remains the best Indian buffet in Orange County, not just because it's a rarity 'round these parts (a South Indian dive instead of a focus on tandoori everything, although that's available as well) and all-you-can-eat but because the food is excellent on all levels. Although the ... More >>

Good News: Royal Khyber Extends Its Slumdog Millionaire Dinner Package

Thanks to the runaway success of Slumdog Millionaire at last weekend's Oscars (really, were there any surprises?), the Royal Khyber has decided to extend its tie-in package, whereby $29.95 gets each diner a three-course meal and a ticket to the film at the nearby Regency Theatre. So in addition to s ... More >>

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