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May 25, 2012
Yorba Linda Sushi Bar Among Finalists of Restaurant Design Awards
The Los Angeles Times reports that the list of finalists for the annual Restaurant Design Awards were announced this week. The Los Angeles chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) narrowed it down to mostly LA-area restaurants including Roy Choi's A-Frame, designed by Sean Knibb; b ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
Is Roy Choi Leaving Cooking and Becoming a Vegetarian?
"I stopped eating meat this week," chef Roy Choi wrote in his latest blog post. "That's why I'm thinking about leaving cooking."Wait, what? The words have left the SoCal food scene shocked--and confused. All we know is that Choi, the king of Korean tacos and a gazillion other fusion ... More >>
Food
April 5, 2012
How Doritos Were Born At Disneyland
Adapted from 'Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America'
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March 5, 2012
Kogi Creator Roy Choi Gives Love To OC In His Upcoming Memoir
Kogi BBQ founder Roy Choi may just be the greatest success story in Los Angeles' modern-day food world. By selling Korean tacos out of a Tweet-happy truck, the badass chef set off the luxe lonchera frenzy. He's since opened other acclaimed establishments--Chego, A-Frame and Sunny Spot--and has be ... More >>
Food
February 2, 2012
Bru Grill and Market Features Drunken Masters
This Lake Forest restaurant offers beer-can chicken and other delicious alcohol-laced oddities
Blogs
December 30, 2011
Gustavo's Top 5 Restaurants of 2011!
And I'll end our year-end write-up of lists with this! If it skews a bit toward the Latino side, it's because that's where some of the most exciting cooking was happening in Orange County this year. Enjoy!
Blogs
December 23, 2011
10 Great Korean Restaurants in Orange County
Edwin GoeiThis list was a difficult one. How to just pick 10 restaurant out of the rich bevy of delights found at our Korean District? Or the burgeoning centers of Korean cultures in Buena Park and Irvine? No list could ever be definitive enough to be absolutely conclusive or comprehensive enough ... More >>
Food
November 10, 2011
Itriya Cafe Shows Ssam Like It Hot
An ex-Cheesecake Factory executive sells Italian and Korean food under one roof in Irvine
Food
August 25, 2011
The Lime Truck Is No Lemon
Daniel Shemtob and Jason Quinn's food truck is a champion on the Food Network and OC's luxe lonchera scene
Food
July 7, 2011
Starfish Is Asian, But of No Persuasion
The Laguna Beach restaurant relies on tried-and-true 'Oriental' tropes for its so-so food
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April 8, 2011
Dos Chinos Gets Great Mention in Bad New York Times Piece About "Diverse" OC Food
Dos Chinos' Tapatio-sriracha-tamarind cheesecake, with another OC fusion classicA sincere congrats to the Dos Chinos luxe lonchera for being the center story in a New York Times piece. May the coming lines get longer, the money bigger, and the tweets as hilarious as ever. But the premise of repor ... More >>
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January 18, 2011
Announcing 'Gustavo's Awesome Lecture Series!' at the Fullerton Public Library: Love and Rockets, Taco Trucks, and More!
Given the overwhelming success organizers had with lectures at the Fullerton Public Library regarding the Alex Bernal housing-desegregation case and Lalo Alcaraz, the Fullerton Public Library and Cal State Fullerton's Department of Chicana and Chicano Studies (for which I'm a part-time lecturer) ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
Kogi in Reverse? Mexican Taco Truck Sells Korean Noodles
Tacos Perrón in SanTana is best known for acting as a remora in reverse to the mighty Rubén's Tacos y Mulitas empire: When Rubén's is parked in the morning on Main and Bishop streets, Tacos Perrón (literally "Big Dog Tacos," but really meaning "Bad-Ass Tacos") parks on Main and Walnut streets ... More >>
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December 10, 2010
The Five Most Played-Out Food Trends of 2010
It's the end of the year; time for retrospectives both heartwarming and heartburning. This year's trip down memory lane starts with trends that have reached the ends of their useful lives and need to be sent down the knacker's yard to die an ignominious death.
Blogs
December 2, 2010
¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Will Villa Park Ever Get Good Food?
From Pam in Orange County's most quaint city:I love Rockwell's as much as anyone. I get my coffee from the Coffee Grove. I'll even stomach through China Panda. But will Villa Park EVER get a good, hip restaurant?In a word: no. The tiny city's sole retail area is the Villa Park Town Center, where ... More >>
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September 17, 2010
#17. Mexican Teriyaki Bowl at Mos 2
You'll have noticed we're changing who writes this feature on a day by day basis: this is how you know we're getting close to the end of our countdown. Make sure to pick up a copy of our Best of OC 2010 when it hits the newsstands October 14!Decades before Kogi was an "inspired" idea in the he ... More >>
Food
May 27, 2010
Harry's Deli: A Cult Above
Quality and Internet savvy have turned Harrison Kho's sandwich shop into a phenomenon
Blogs
May 21, 2010
This Week in Food
Flickr user Boots in the Oven This week, Stick a Fork In It covered everything from where to find a fiery late night happy hour to the Kogi Truck's secret ingredient.Find out more about what you missed after the jump!
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May 19, 2010
Haute Stoner Cuisine: NY Times Reveals Kogi's Secret Ingredient
Fueled by green energy.We knew it! The reason that Roy Choi's Kogi Korean tacos are so yummy is due to one super-special, sticky-icky ingredient.
Blogs
April 8, 2010
Kogi's Roy Choi: One of Food and Wine Mag's Best New Chefs
You might have heard this, but here it is again in case you didn't: Food and Wine Magazine has named Kogi's Korean taco auteur as one of 2010's Best New Chefs.
Blogs
March 22, 2010
Kogi Reveals in Time Magazine That It Got Idea From Blogger
Edwin GoeiFor the most part, the recent article in Time magazine this week on Roy Choi of Kogi and the food truck phenomenon did not reveal anything new. But there was one thing in it that confirms something that I've long suspected: Kogi got the idea for their Korean tacos from a food blog ... More >>

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