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February 24, 2012
Ten Great Vietnamese Restaurants in Orange County
Pity the other publications in the stable o' stallions that is Village Voice Media, because they have to come up with a list like this, too--and they don't have Little Saigon sitting smack dab in the middle of their publication area. How do we choose from the hundreds--yes, multiple hundreds--of ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
Battle: South County Pho!
ProfessorSalt.comPho King Way's brisket two ways, and a side order of oxtailLittle Saigon's pho shops make the best in the Orange County, and we dare say, the best in the country. That community is home to the largest population of Vietnamese outside of Vietnam, after all. We haven't yet found a ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2011
[UPDATED with Sentence:] Thanh Van Tran Guilty of Murdering Lunar New Year Partier Outside Little Saigon Restaurant
UPDATE, JULY 29, 3:02 P.M.: 29-year-old Thanh Van Tran, who a jury found guilty last month of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Lunar New Year celebrant leaving a Garden Grove restaurant in 2009, was sentenced today to 40 years to life in state prison.Co-defendant and fellow Garden ... More >>
Blogs
July 12, 2011
Little Saigon Might Be Lumped With, Dominated By Long Beach In New Congressional Redistricting Plan
In the ongoing struggle over which congressional district to put Little Saigon in, the latest proposal may end up lumping it in with Long Beach. The OC Register's political reporter Martin Wisckol reports that the recently revealed map puts Little Saigon and other parts of Orange County in a ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Wells Fargo Bank Sued In Alleged Vietnamese Money Transfer Scheme
Little Saigon Money WarsIn Orange County, only two major businesses offer money-transfer services to Vietnam, and based on U.S. banking laws, both have relied on accounts at Wells Fargo Bank to satisfy American regulators.But now one of those Little Saigon businesses, Saigon Central Post of Westm ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Thanh Van Tran Convicted of Murdering Lunar New Year Partier Outside Little Saigon Restaurant
A man who fatally shot a Lunar New Year celebrator outside D Saigon restaurant in Garden Grove in 2009 was found guilty by a jury today of second-degree murder.The jury also found true the sentencing enhancement for the personal discharge of a firearm causing death against Thanh Van Tran. The ... More >>
Blogs
January 19, 2011
Washington Post Thinks Higher-End Pho Is a Revelation--HAHAHAHA!
Photo by Das UbergeekWhat is it about the national media that gets Vietnamese-food trends laughably late and wrong? If it's not The New York Times "discovering" Sriracha and bánh mì, it's the Washington Post devoting way too many words to some D.C.-area chefs who, as the headline puts it, "put ... More >>
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January 7, 2011
Eat Here, Not There: Bánh Mì for the Los Angeles Crowd, Or: More Reasons to Hate on Red Medicine
In some ways, I wish they kept this idiocy...Last night, I traveled to Los Angeles to dine at Rivera, the fabulous restaurant that spans Latin America and is the latest stunner by John Sedlar, the last of the Southwestern-cuisine Mohicans. I was there to interview Sedlar for my coming book, and I ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2010
Six Dollars Too Much And Bad Besides: The Whole Foods Bánh Mì
Dave LiebermanOrange County's third Whole Foods opened in mid-October in the Bella Terra complex at Beach and Edinger in Huntington Beach. This didn't stir up much sentiment around these parts, since most of us at Fork live closer to the organic juggernaut of a Whole Foods in Tustin, until we dis ... More >>
Food
October 14, 2010
Valkyrie of Transcontinental Sausage
[Best of OC 2010] Ehrline Karnaga's 10 OC Survival Tips
Blogs
September 17, 2010
Two Gifted Vietnamese American Writers Coming to OC
TruongAuthors Monique Truong and Andrew Lam are scheduled to visit Orange County's Vietnamese American Arts & Letters Association (VAALA) on Tuesday, September 21 to celebrate the publishing of their new books.Truong, a Saigon native who lives in New York City, will discuss Bitter in the Mout ... More >>
Culture
June 24, 2010
We'll Always Have 'Paris By Night'
At least on DVD. But thanks to all the pirated discs, the iconic, over-the-top Vietnamese-language variety show might be facing its final curtain
Blogs
June 9, 2010
Harry Kho of Harry's Deli, Part Two
Kimberly ValenzuelaToday we continue with part two of our interview with Harry Kho, owner and "Executive Sandwich Creationist" of Harry's Deli in Irvine. Missed the first part of our interview? Click here. Otherwise, read on.
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 >>
Blogs
February 13, 2010
The Ugly Side of Andy Quach & His Effort To Wreck Little Saigon's Tet Parade
Quach's 2009 drunk driving mug shotDespite hysterical calls for the community to boycott the annual Tet parade in Orange County's Little Saigon if gay Vietnamese Americans were allowed to participate, gay Vietnamese Americans not only marched today but were welcomed as one of many groups involved ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2009
79-Year-Old Arrested for Kicking Cop in the Nuts (Twice) Threatens to File Civil Rights Complaint
Remember that "78-Year-Old Man Arrested for Kicking Cop in the Nuts (Twice)" in October?Two things: 1) He's 79. b. He claims to be the victim of "horrible injustice," that he "was treated like an animal" and that he will file seek "justice" via a federal civil rights complaint.
Blogs
November 27, 2009
Dueling Dishes: Bánh Mì Edition
Roast turkey, apple pie, mashed potatoes--today is a day for American classics, food so full of nostalgia and butter that a good long nap is required after eating. And for the next week or so, the flavors of today's feast will certainly linger, finding their way into a pot of turkey soup or a sandwi ... More >>
Blogs
August 25, 2009
Vietnamese Singer Forced To Defend Himself As Anti-Communist
Get this thru your thick skulls: This Ho ain't related to the other oneOne of the amusing aspects of covering Little Saigon politics is watching the world class mental gymnastics performed by the mostly elderly folks determined to spend their lives fighting the Vietnam War into perpetuity. It's n ... More >>
Blogs
August 11, 2009
Crime Time: Ninja! Gang-y! Homeless! Unappreciative! Dead!
Friday: Paging Chuck Norris!It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--now with more unappreciative homeless men, alleged Ecstasy pushers and Ninjas, Ninjas, Ninjas! MONDAY, AUG. 3Wrong-Way Minivan After clocking a green minivan at 80 mph south on Beach Boulevard near the 405 freewa ... More >>
Blogs
July 29, 2009
Scholarship Established For Ex-Weekly Reporter Vu Nguyen
Vu NguyenThe Public Affairs Reporting program at the University of Illinois at Springfield has created a website and scholarship in honor of former OC Weekly intern Nguyen Huy Vu, who died from a stroke on Mother's Day at the age of 34. Vu, who grew up in Orange County's Little Saigon, also worke ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2008
Register Bootlicker Returns for Special Easter Sermon!
Holding a gun with both hands sent sensations racing down his spine to a semi-firm point between his legs. Gordon Dillow wanted to moan—purr, really—like he did in the privacy of his home. But he’d been warned twice before about fondling weapons inside Orange County Register headquarters. Ther ... More >>
Food
February 14, 2008
Broken rice at Com Tam Tran Quy Cap in Fountain Valley
Holding a gun with both hands sent sensations racing down his spine to a semi-firm point between his legs. Gordon Dillow wanted to moan—purr, really—like he did in the privacy of his home. But he’d been warned twice before about fondling weapons inside Orange County Register headquarters. Ther ... More >>
Music
November 15, 2007
Career Killah
Is Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface as Dumb as He Sometimes Acts?
Articles
September 20, 2007
Grub Guide
Is Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface as Dumb as He Sometimes Acts?
Columns
September 6, 2007
Letters
I hate Mexicans
Blogs
August 15, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Bootlicker is back!
Tinker Bell Plot: Reporter Dave McKibben visits the turf war in Anaheim and discovers “The Disney-supported initiative, which supporters say has gathered enough signatures for the ballot, seeks to bar new housing in the resort district unless voters approve it. [But the] measure wouldn't require ... More >>
Blogs
July 25, 2007
Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Total Idiot
Fatal Femmes! In the July 30 issue of Time, Sean Gregory reports on the Fatal Femmes Fighting Championship for all-female mixed-martial arts caged combat. Need I say more? Well, okay. In an enjoyable read based on the event in a Compton casino earlier this month, Gregory describes the brutality and ... More >>
Columns
July 19, 2007
Letters
You could run Ask an Asian From Garden Grove. Tee-hee. Or Ask an African-American Who Hates Watermelon
Blogs
July 14, 2007
Saturday's Headlines & Surprises
You could run Ask an Asian From Garden Grove. Tee-hee. Or Ask an African-American Who Hates Watermelon
Columns
May 24, 2007
Letters
'PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME ANY MORE EDITIONS OF THE OC POST'
Columns
April 5, 2007
Letters
'How DARE you call the film phony. This is a war against the Vietnamese community. We will organize a major protest against OC Weekly'
Columns
September 7, 2006
Commie Girl
Freedom Costs a Buck-O-Five: Ladies and gentlemen, your Labor Day weekend!
Columns
June 1, 2006
Letters
'Please keep covering the immigration issue as long as the poor, oppressed, white people of this country have their collective panties in a roar.'
Food
February 9, 2006
Stately Soup
High-end pho reaches Little Saigon at Quan Hop
Film
November 10, 2005
Remembrance of Tragedies Past and Present
First Mornings sad tale of immigrant hurt
Culture
April 21, 2005
Temple of the Fresh Kicks
Worship at the altar of Blends
Features
October 21, 2004
Best of OC 2004: Part 1
Worship at the altar of Blends
Food
April 22, 2004
Nuoc Mia Vien Tay
Worship at the altar of Blends
Columns
February 5, 2004
Letters
Worship at the altar of Blends
Music
December 18, 2003
What Side Are You On?
Fast Forward To Death
Columns
May 8, 2003
Diary of a Mad County
Fast Forward To Death
News
May 23, 2002
Little Irvine?
Little Saigon sees a mainstream future
Columns
February 28, 2002
Diary of a Mad County
Little Saigon sees a mainstream future
Features
September 27, 2001
Laguna Hills
Nice offramps
News
August 9, 2001
Tran Wreck
In a miscarriage of justice the only Little Saigon video pirate in jail is the one who praised Ho Chi Minh
Culture
July 12, 2001
Get Me Rewrite
Three Lives in search of a story
Features
May 10, 2001
Dalat
Welcome to Vietnams Disneyland
News
December 7, 2000
Just Declare Victory
Little Saigon embraces Vietnam trade
Columns
October 12, 2000
Letters
Little Saigon embraces Vietnam trade
Film
April 1, 1999
Beyond Politics
Asian fest films get personal
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