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June 4, 2007
Little Saigon Film Director Wins Major Award
Congratulations to Orange County-based film director Ham Tran. Judges at the AZN Asian Excellence Awards in Los Angeles recently named Tran's Journey from the Fall as the outstanding independent film of 2007. Tran's epic movie follows a fictional Vietnamese family from the day the Communists invade ... More >>
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November 15, 2007
Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Little Saigon - NYC Style?
"Cruel" to the Caronas: Yesterday, federal prosecutors produced a list of two dozen friends and associates they believe the Caronas should stay away from - including former Assistant Sheriff Don Haidl, Mrs. Carona's best friend, two friends from Florida and their tax accountant. Not an odd request ... More >>
Blogs
November 19, 2007
Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Horny Priests and Eskimo kids
$50 million Eskimo Pie: Because its priests and missionaries sexually abused 110 Eskimo children from 1961 to 1987, the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church has almost finalized a deal to pay $50 million to the victims, William Lobdell and Stuart Silverstein report in today’s LA Times. But � ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2008
Huong Huong: Food-To-Go, Ready When You Are
Say you've been invited to potluck but you can't cook. Or your family's hungry, and you don't have much time or money to burn. There are a myriad of options, of course, most of them involving take-out. But for my hard-earned cash, there's Little Saigon's food-to-go shops -- establishments that ex ... More >>
Columns
June 8, 2000
Show of Farce
Despite trashing books, Vietnamese literature is readily available in Little Saigon
Features
July 24, 2003
The OC Weekly Book Of Food Lists!
Despite trashing books, Vietnamese literature is readily available in Little Saigon
Columns
January 27, 2005
!Ask a Mexican!
Despite trashing books, Vietnamese literature is readily available in Little Saigon
Blogs
January 14, 2009
Don't Fire Until You See the Reds of Their Flags
NEWS ITEM: The National Weather Service announces today a red flag warning will be in effect the rest of the week in Southern California due to unseasonably warm weather increasing the danger of fire in the local mountains.. . . AND NOW THE REST OF THE STORY: Little Saigon protesters vehemently lash ... More >>
Calendar
November 6, 2008
Going in Circles
The Contempt Mandala
Food
August 7, 2008
[Food Issue 2008] For Our Recessionary Times, 54 Orange County Meal Deals Between 99 Cents and $15
The Contempt Mandala
Columns
January 17, 2008
Letters
'Normally, writers of your muckracking calibur would drop the context out of a quote, but you actually left it in. Thanks for doing half the job for me'
Features
August 16, 2007
A History of Violence
A brief history of anti-communist attacks in the United States
Features
August 16, 2007
Red Scare in Little Saigon
Le Vu's Viet Weekly newspaper endures OC's latest anti-communist witch-hunt
Food
August 9, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Scary Soup Spectacular!
Web
April 5, 2007
THE CRITIC RESPONDS
"I am by no means suggesting that the history depicted by the movie didnt happen..."
Film
April 20, 2006
AFTER THE WAR
From 2006: Filmmaker Ham Tran brings to life the true South Vietnamese experience
Music
April 13, 2006
Library Music
Plugging the holes in your record collection with The Monks
News
January 26, 2006
This Week in Inoffensive Tet
Tet Nguyen Dan
Food
December 8, 2005
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
24-Hour Pho
Columns
July 14, 2005
'Gwen, We Hereby Disown You'
24-Hour Pho
News
June 30, 2005
Losers Again
Communists, Bush defeat Little Saigon in human rights war
Culture
April 21, 2005
Temple of the Fresh Kicks
Worship at the altar of Blends
Features
October 21, 2004
Best of OC 2004: Part 3
Worship at the altar of Blends
Film
June 5, 2003
Fresh Division Appears in Little Saigon
A New Film -- Saigon, USA -- Shows Younger Vietnamese Americans Ready to Fight Their Own Battles
Film
May 8, 2003
Sanitized for Your Consumption
Saigon, USA white-washes local history
Food
February 13, 2003
Noorani Nosh
Gobbling down beef brains in Garden Groves Little Karachi
Film
October 31, 2002
Raising Caine
How a Brit saved The Quiet American
News
December 20, 2001
No Queers Here
Here and there, Vietnamese say theyre not crazy about gays
Features
September 27, 2001
Westminster
Phuo Loc Tho
Features
September 27, 2001
Tustin
Not full of hot air
Culture
September 6, 2001
Shortchanged
Traveling Light
Culture
July 5, 2001
Identity 101
Locating the missing Asian-American male
Unknown
June 14, 2001
Creole Lady Hearing Aid
Locating the missing Asian-American male
Features
February 1, 2001
Holy Mackerel!
We came, we saw seafood, we ate it, we left
Culture
September 16, 1999
Miss This Saigon
Worse than Titanic yet still floating
Culture
May 13, 1999
Everyone Hustles Now
Welcome to the new Vietnam
News
May 6, 1999
Hearts and Blinders
The propaganda war continues in Little Saigon
Blogs
July 7, 2009
Photographer Resented War Shot Seen 'Round the World
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo above by the late shooter Eddie Adams helped further turn public sentiment in America against the Vietnam War. For that, some would applaud him. But Adams later said he regretted what the picture wrought, and he wished he was better known for photos that eventually h ... More >>
Food
September 24, 2009
Vietnamese Cajun Crawfish With Funnel Cake for Dessert: Thank You, Q Restaurant
The Pulitzer Prize-winning photo above by the late shooter Eddie Adams helped further turn public sentiment in America against the Vietnam War. For that, some would applaud him. But Adams later said he regretted what the picture wrought, and he wished he was better known for photos that eventually h ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2009
SCP's Crustacean Will Now Be Called AnQi & Slated to Open Winter 2009
Photo Courtesy Crustacean Crustacean at South Coast Plaza, the long-planned sequel to the much-hyped and oh-so-trendy Vietnamese Beverly Hills restaurant that I love to complain about (let's just say that I've never paid so much to be ignored by the wait staff and underwhelmed by the kit ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2009
Life on the Veg: Noorani Halal Tandoori in Garden Grove
Dal UradNoorani's Halal Tandoori Restaurant is a hole-in-the-wall type establishment that is pretty easy to overlook, particularly amid the clusterfuck that is Little Saigon's urban design. If you do notice, chances are you'll experience a moment of severe disorientation when you realize you're l ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2009
This Week in Food
Edwin explores the possibilities of "All Purpose Sauce" in Wacky Snacks, lists Five All Time Greatest Food Movies, answers the time-old question of what astronaughts do with taco sauce in space, and announces that it's that time again for tandoori Thanksgiving turkey! Dave gets Santiago Vallejo ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2010
Garden Grove Residents Reminded of $1,000 Firecracker Fine as Tet Nears
Little Saigon's Tet Festival is Friday through Sunday (the actual Vietnamese New Year), so the Garden Grove Police Department issued a reminder to the community that the city imposes a $1,000 fine on those who set off illegal fireworks.
Blogs
April 6, 2010
Quang Pham's Memoir Is Coming Out In Paperback
Pham: come along way after a sergeant called him "Fang, Fong, Fam!"In time for the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon at the end of the month, Random House is publishing a $15 paperback version of "A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America" by Mission Viejo resident Quang Pham.Pham ... More >>
News
May 6, 2010
Loretta Sanchez Says Vietnam's Rulers Are Pimps
[Moxley Confidential] The OC congresswoman's tough stance on human trafficking should play well in Little Saigon
Food
May 27, 2010
Binh Dan's Got Your Goat
[Hole In the Wall] The Little Saigon eatery knows what to do with this underappreciated ungulate
Blogs
October 21, 2010
South County, Tell Us Where To Eat!
Gentle readers, we are a large and diverse county. We have enclaves of ethnic wonder: Little Saigon and Santa Ana are just the start. The problem is that these places are, by and large, in the northern half of the county (and Irvine). As such, our coverage might be perceived to have a (slight) no ... More >>
Blogs
November 8, 2010
First Vietnamese American Bank Closes
Little Saigon's First Vietnamese American Bank, which as the name suggests opened five years ago as the first U.S. bank with a core clientele of Vietnamese immigrants, was shut down by regulators Friday night.The bank at 8990 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, reopened today under new management an ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2011
How to Tell You're Being "Whited" at a Restaurant and What to Do About It
Dave LiebermanI was eating lunch at Pho Quang Trung in Garden Grove last week--a very, very good pho shop, on par with some of the best pho in our pho-crazed county--and it was jammed full of Vietnamese families out for lunch on New Year's Eve. Little Saigon was hopping in general, and it seemed ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Eat Here, Not There: High-End Bánh Mì
ProfessorSalt.comVegetarian banh miLittle Saigon has the best bánh mì shops in the nation, despite the absurd New York Times story we ridiculed here on this blog a couple months ago. Sure, the San Gabriel Valley has a few great shops, as do San Jose and a number of other Vietnamese enclaves acr ... More >>
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