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  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 10/10

    ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7pm Head to the Honda Center to watch the Ducks in action as they battle the Boston Bruins. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 704-2500 www.ducks.nhl.com JARS OF CLAY, 7pm Tonight’s show features Jars of Clay with NeedtoBreathe. House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disn ... More >>

  • Features

    July 24, 2003

    The OC Weekly Book Of Food Lists!

    ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7pm Head to the Honda Center to watch the Ducks in action as they battle the Boston Bruins. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katella Ave., Anaheim, (714) 704-2500 www.ducks.nhl.com JARS OF CLAY, 7pm Tonight’s show features Jars of Clay with NeedtoBreathe. House of Blues Anaheim, 1530 S. Disn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2008

    Forbes DOESN'T Mention O.C. as an Up-And-Coming Food Capital

    I can't say I'm surprised. Besides, list like these are subjective, as all lists are. But this one, is especially so. A panel of four, consisting of "Food & Wine Restaurant Editor Kate Krader; Anya Fernald, executive director of Slow Food Nation; and Erik Wolf, president of the International Culi ... More >>

  • Film

    August 3, 2006

    Lee the People

    Filmmaker goes looking for her fellow G.L.s

  • Food

    April 9, 2009
  • Music

    February 7, 2008

    [Aural Reports] Sweet Seoul Music

    Korean immigrant Bella oughta be starring in her own High School Musical

  • Features

    June 22, 2006

    As Raw As She Wants to Be

    Sushi chef Lisa Chung picks your poison

  • Food

    June 7, 2007

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Spoonfuls of Summery Hooray: Patbingsu at A.R. Supermarket

  • Food

    April 19, 2007

    This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

    Mothering Your Meat at Ku Wol San

  • Film

    March 8, 2007

    Threat-level: Killer Tadpole

    Korean box-office monster emerges from the Han River to slime us stateside in The Host

  • Food

    April 5, 2007

    Grub Guide

    Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

  • Unknown

    October 6, 2005

    BCD Tofu

    Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

  • Food

    September 22, 2005

    Great Food Moments in Weekly History

    Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

  • Food

    July 14, 2005

    The Asian Persuasion

    Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

  • Food

    May 12, 2005

    Tea and a Bit of Joe

    Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

  • Food

    May 12, 2005

    Hwang Hae Do BBQ

    Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

  • Food

    March 25, 2004

    Piggie Porn

    Fetishizing hog at Seoul Soondae

  • Features

    January 15, 2004

    Meat Me in Hell

    A guide to great food

  • Culture

    November 13, 2003

    I See Fat People

    Fernando Botero is stuck with his shtick

  • Food

    March 2, 2000

    Seoul Kitchen

    What, me cook?

  • Food

    November 18, 1999

    The Raw and the Cooked

    Getting to the heart of Irvines Chinese subculture

  • Articles

    September 20, 2007

    Grub Guide

    Getting to the heart of Irvines Chinese subculture

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Newport Beach Film Fest: Final Stretch Report

    The big question on the mind of anyone amid the crowds at Edwards Island Cinema at Fashion Island in Newport Beach Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday nights was: My God, don't these people work? And a second: Don't they know we're teetering on Depression? Finally: Buddy, can you spare a ticket?   T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2009

    Barbara Coe Tells Followers to Stay Away from Ethnic Restaurants

    I know a lot of you foodies out there like to concentrate on grub, like to pretend that the food on your table appears deux ex machina with no political back story behind it, and prefer not to wade into the real world. I'm one of those: that's why I review restaurants, as a respite from the insanity ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2009

    Five Oldest Continually Operating OC Restaurants (With Request for More)

    Didn't make the list, since it's a 54-year-old whippersnapper...​This year marks the 70th anniversary of Sarinana's Tamale Factory, an old-school dive in an industrial area of SanTana. How do I know its age? Birth year painted on the outside of its wall. If only Orange County restaurant chronology ... More >>

  • Food

    December 24, 2009

    [Hole in the Wall] Korean-Chinese Fusion Fun Time at Young Pung

    Didn't make the list, since it's a 54-year-old whippersnapper...​This year marks the 70th anniversary of Sarinana's Tamale Factory, an old-school dive in an industrial area of SanTana. How do I know its age? Birth year painted on the outside of its wall. If only Orange County restaurant chronology ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2009

    La Argentina Rodante: Piaggio on Wheels

    Dave Lieberman​I headed up to the Bruery this Saturday to taste the Oude Tart wine barrel-aged Flemish red (very, very good, incidentally, now hurry up and bottle it so I can enjoy it at home) and parked outside was the Piaggio on Wheels Argentine food truck. After considering the typical alcohol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 8, 2010

    Ethnic Eating 101: Korean, Part 1

    phy @ flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0Korean restaurants have Seoul... get it?​Welcome to the new year of Ethnic Eating 101! Sorry for the unannounced hiatus; I was hung over--tequila is a delicious but cruel potion.While the wonders of Vietnamese cooking could fill up half a year's posts, the Vietnames ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2010

    New Tustin Korean Restaurant In Tustin Where There Once Was Another, and Another

    Edwin Goei​I don't have a prize to give out, but I will offer a hearty attaboy to anyone who can tell me how many Korean restaurants have occupied the hut in front of Sushi Wasabi at the corner of Newport and Walnut in Tustin. My recollection has it at three. There was a joint called Happy ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2010

    Five Great Hangover Cures (And Where To Get Them)

    I seem to have been blessed with the constitution of an ox; it doesn't seem to matter what I drink, I simply don't get hung over very easily. Despite a long and sordid history of drinking, I didn't get hung over for the first time until I was nearly 31, after an ill-advised pub crawl in Hong Kong wi ... More >>

  • Food

    July 8, 2010

    Little Arabia Grows Up

    [Hole In the Wall] Andaluz Restaurant and Bakery spins a sublime shawarma

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Wacky Snacks: SamYang Topokki - Red Pepper Paste Dipped Snack

    Edwin GoeiName: SamYang Topokki - Red Pepper Paste Dipped Snack Origin: Korea Found at: H-Mart, Garden Grove Cost: $0.79

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2010

    This Week in Food

    Grace Le​ Five ways to know that you're eating Americanized Mexican food and more of what you missed after the jump!

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2010

    Five Great Pickles for National Pickle Day

    Flickr user ehfisher​In honor of National Pickle Day, The Counter Custom Burgers slashed prices on their Fried Dill Pickle Chips to a dollar this Sunday, November 14 (go while you can!). There are two OC locations: Irvine and Newport Beach. You can also get fried pickle chips at Beachwood BBQ, Luc ... More >>

  • Food

    December 2, 2010

    Thanh Tam Is a Corner Bakery

    [Hole In the Wall] Visit this Garden Grove Vietnamese star for big bánh mìs

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2011

    Anna's Mondu Closes In Garden Grove

    Flickr user mmm-yosoLate and sorely lamented...​Anna's Mondu, the tiny labor of love of an older Korean couple in a shopping mall in Garden Grove's Korean District, has closed and been replaced by a sort of licorice allsorts (or mixture) of a restaurant (with no sign up when we drove past), its sl ... More >>

  • Food

    March 10, 2011

    Morangak Has the Seoul of OC's Little Korean

    [Hole In the Wall] This Garden Grove restaurant is famous for its Korean barbecue—but there's more

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Han Seoul Oh in '5 Fast 5 Furious'

    ​Alliteration isn't the only thing going for 5 Fast 5 Furious--apparently the Asian guy in it is called Han Seoul Oh, says FilmDrunk. It seems like it's not a joke: Bravo, Fast and the Furious for being really subtle and naming a Korean race car driver Han in earlier movies, and then changing it t ... More >>

  • Food

    May 26, 2011

    Jang Mo Gip Is Like Mother, Like Daughter

    [Hole In the Wall] The Garden Grove Korean favorite moves locations but keeps its great soups.

  • Food

    June 23, 2011

    Neveria Flor de Mexico Offers a Treatise on Icy Treats

    [SUMMER GUIDE] Where to go this summer for frozen fun you can eat

  • Film

    July 14, 2011

    'Tabloid' Offers the Truth According to Miss Wyoming

    Cloned dogs! Mormon sex! Scandal and subjective reality in Errol Morris' film

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Allen Baylis, Surf City Lawyer, is Source on Stories About Red-Light Cameras, Nudity and Raëlians

    ​Huntington Beach attorney Allen Baylis is making the media rounds this week thanks to two issues he regularly fights in court: government use of red-light cameras and government bans on public nudity.As Orange and Westminster this week consider joining Anaheim in banning red-light cameras, Baylis ... More >>

  • Food

    August 11, 2011

    Dat Thanh Sells Nom Nom Nem Nuong Cuon

    [Hole In the Wall] This Westminster family restaurant has the best barbecue spring rolls in OC—but the broken-rice dishes are even better

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2011

    On The Line: Sea Kyeong Kim of Charlie Palmer At Bloomingdales, Part Two

    Photo by Meranda Carter​Our interview with Chef Kim continues as we look into his background in Korea, as well as his aspirations for the future. We also hear about his experience working for previous On The Line subject, Amar Santana. Stay in the loop by reading Part One here, and get your heirlo ... More >>

  • News

    September 8, 2011

    Dave Gibbons Is a Church Misfit

    Newsong was on its way to becoming Orange County's next big megachurch—then its pastor decided to pull back and go small

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Byung Ho Pak, 71-year-old Garden Grove Doctor, Arrested For Medicare Fraud During Nationwide Crackdown

    ​The feds arrested a 71-year-old doctor, who practiced in Garden Grove, as part of a nationwide Medicare fraud sting this week. Byung Ho Pak and Mary Lim, manager of Pak's Seoul East West Medical Center, allegedly billed Medicare for about $2 million worth of pyhsical therapy services that w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Songhammer Wants to Create a Big Bang at BlizzCon

    ​We don't know why the guys in this photo look like they're members of Tool, but we do know that Songhammer is what happened when buddies Ben Stewart and Dustin Miller one day decided to write music for the people who like World of Warcraft. And we mean, really like World of Warcraft, as members ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    Tustin's Most Cursed Restaurant Location Claims Another Business; New Cajun Joint To Try Next

    Edwin Goei​I think I've become the unofficial and unintentional historian on the businesses that have come and gone at the shack on 14430 Newport Ave. in Tustin. Over the last five years I have been keeping track, there has been about four different restaurants trying and failing at that spot. Now ... More >>

  • Food

    January 26, 2012

    Hoa Sen Serves Cheatin' Chicken

    [Hole In the Wall] The Garden Grove Vietnamese dive sells fake meats even a Midwesterner could love

  • Food

    February 10, 2012

    Han Yang Has a Bone to Pick

    This Buena Park restaurant takes Korean food and its beef short rib soup beyond the borders of Little Seoul

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