Southeast Asia

Fall of Saigon Anniversary Book Suggestions

It's almost impossible to overestimate the number of superb books inspired by the relationship between Vietnam and the United States. There are, for example, classics such as Graham Greene's "The Quiet American," Neil Sheehan's "A Bright Shining Lie," Michael Herr's "Dispatches," Robert Olen Butler ... More >>

ViFF: Cinema Viet

The Vietnamese International Film Festival showcases a national and diaspora movie industry on the rise

Eleven46, New Vietnamese Restaurant in Foothill Ranch, Offers Beignets!

A new Vietnamese restaurant in isn't news, especially in South County, the new pho frontier. But a Vietnamese restaurant that serves beignets in South County? You don't see that everyday.

The Amazing Race Apologizes for Pissing Off Vietnam Veterans and a Token Fox News Liberal

My colleague R. Scott Moxley recently wrote of the shitstorm kicked up after The Amazing Race had contestants visiting Vietnam watch a pro-communist musical show, recite a pro-communist poem and then gather at an anti-American military site in Hanoi. If there was increased interest (and ratings?) ... More >>

Fox Slams Amazing Race on CBS For Pro-Communist Tributes During Vietnam Stop

One of the token liberals on Fox News is blasting CBS for airing an Amazing Race broadcast this week that required contestants visiting Vietnam to watch a pro-communist musical show, recite a pro-communist poem and then gather at an anti-American military site in Hanoi.Bob Beckel--a cantankerous, lo ... More >>

Human Trafficking of Filipinos to Louisiana Results in $4.5 Million Award

A federal judge in Southern California has awarded $4.48 million to 347 Filipinos because a Los Angeles company violated the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) by tricking them into slave labor as teachers in Louisiana public schools.This week, U.S. District Court Judge John A. Kronst ... More >>

Lying on a U.S. Passport Application Earns How Much Prison Time?

Orange County's Chrisstian Pax Joseph Manshack lied on his U.S. passport application so he could flee the country for Asia in the hopes of outrunning domestic violence charges.But any relief Manshack felt when he first landed in Thailand evaporated while in China.Communist agents arrested him for ov ... More >>

Vietnam Communists Secretly Run Prominent Little Saigon Newspaper?

Two journalists at Nguoi Viet Daily News, the country's oldest and most respected Vietnamese newspaper, are suing a rival Little Saigon newspaper for publishing inflammatory accusations involving secret, foreign communist influence and sex.Dat Huy Phan and Vinh Hoang claim that Hoang Duoc Thao (AKA ... More >>

All-You-Can-Eat Vietnamese Buffet YouTube Video Going Viral

So there's there's this video of a frenzy over fresh seafood at an all-you-can-eat restaurant in Vietnam. The clip shows patrons of the restaurant standing next to a buffet waiting and then grabbing the seafood in a mad rush as soon it's dropped into the vat. It's the same kind of scene we're all fa ... More >>

KFC Uses Rain Forest Wood For Chicken Buckets, Greenpeace Claims

It's no secret that PETA is no friend of KFC's. And now, the fried chicken purveyor has angered the people at Greenpeace, too. The organization has recently alleged that The Colonel has been using wood harvested from Indonesia's rain forest for the paper in its signature chicken buckets. Along with ... More >>

Little Saigon Protesters Call For Vietnam Democracy

While most Americans may have forgotten the anniversary, memories of South Vietnam remain poignant in Orange County's Little Saigon region, the world's largest Vietnamese refugee community.On Bolsa Avenue sidewalks this afternoon a youthful, energetic crowd of several dozen protesters gathered, wave ... More >>

Quark Henares on the Movie 'Rakenrol' and the State of Philippine Rock & Roll (It's Screen Free at UCI Today!)

​ Why is Rakenrol so cool? The Philippine movie, screening today at 5 p.m. at UC Irvine, doesn't have a groundbreaking plot: it's the story of an indie band trying to make it big, where the members come of age, and there's a love story (natch) to boot. It's not just that the motley cast is endeari ... More >>

Sutha Thai Kitchen's Salad Days

[Hole In the Wall] This Tustin Thai restaurant, while delicious, wants to offer more

Nguyen Cao Ky, Former President of South Vietnam, Passes Away

From Bolsavik.com​Word has come from Malaysia that Nguyen Cao Ky, the former president of South Vietnam who spent years in Orange County after the Vietnam War, has passed away.The story first appeared in the English-language media via  Bolsavik, the English-language blog of Nguoi Viet editor ... More >>

OC Gets Its First Filipino Food Truck

thepogiboytruck.com​Since this whole food-truck thing happened, there have been a few Filipino food trucks to debut, including Tapa Boy, Manila Machine and White Rabbit. All are LA-based. But The Pogi Boy Truck, if I'm not mistaken, is OC's first Filipino food truck.

Introducing OC Weekly's 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011: No. 100, Lemongrass Chicken, Extra Spicy at Vietnam's Pearl

​That's right, folks: Welcome the return of our 100 Favorite Dishes list! How does it differ from last year's supposedly authoritative list? That was 2010; this is 2011, silly! Some dishes from last year will appear on this year's list; some, alas, no longer exist or didn't exist last year. Why ar ... More >>

'The Hangover Part II': Bros Roofie-ing Bros

Didn't we already see this movie?

The Wall: American Veterans Traveling Tribute

Sea Terrace Park

Vietnamese International Film Festival Opens Tonight in OC

Hip Hop in Ho Chi Minh​The acclaimed Vietnamese International Film Festival (VIFF)--an eight-day showcase of short and feature films--launches tonight in Irvine with Stephane Gauger's impressive Saigon Electric, a drama about hip hop dancers and present day youth culture in Vietnam.You can see Gau ... More >>

A YouTube Channel for Those Homesick for Indonesian Street Food

There's a YouTube documentary for everything. Proof: One day last week, I was nostalgic for the street foods of Indonesia and thought, "Surely, by now, someone's gone around and videotaped a few and put the vids up to share." I was right. A YouTuber named matkiding has done just this. His chann ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

Headline:  Murderer: I Should Have Been Freed 10 Years Ago​Editor's Note: This story has nothing to do with illegal immigration. Comment by PALEBYCOMPARISON: Deport Him to the Hanoi Hilton. Now!Comment by CATEAPARTY: Ship him and his family back to VietnamComment by OCBENGALS: Deport them al ... More >>

Ed Royce Slams Hillary Clinton For Coddling Vietnam

Royce doesn't like Ho Chi Minh's legacy​Republican Congressman Ed Royce must be getting tired of U.S. officials ignoring what he sees as Vietnam's "ugly human rights record."The latest offender to Royce's sensibilities on the subject is Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.According to the veteran F ... More >>

Carl's Jr. Opens in Indonesia; Something Indonesian Opens Here

Image from Google Maps Gustavo told me recently he heard news that Carl's Jr. opened its first franchise in Indonesia this month. And then on the same day, in a sort of bizarre cosmic coincidence, I got word a new Indonesian grocery store opened in Fullerton. In a bit of food quid pro quo, OC ... More >>

Police Fear Dozens of Vietnamese Were Hit in The3Mien.com Money-Wire Scam

​After receiving complaints from many Vietnamese residents about The3Mien.com, police contacted a representative of the Westminster money-wire company. A computer glitch was blamed for funds failing to be sent to Vietnam and the business having to temporarily close its doors. Patrons were instruct ... More >>

Ed Royce Worries Hillary Clinton is Soft on Vietnam Human Rights Abuses

Royce to Clinton: Don't be a wimp in Hanoi​Demonstrating his concern over ongoing human rights abuses by Vietnam's rulers, Congressman Ed Royce has sent a letter to Hillary Clinton asking the secretary of state to pressure the communist nation on the topic during an upcoming trip to Hanoi. "W ... More >>

Has Loretta Sanchez Created a "Big Bugaboo" in Vietnam?

Protected worker?​A highly successful American businessman who lives in Hanoi says that Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez and Iowa Senator Tom Harkin have "overblown" the need for worker rights in Communist-run Vietnam, according to a July 13 Voice of American (VOA) article."From my ... More >>

Tatjana Soli: The Lotus Eaters

Newport Beach Library

Eating Two Types of Mock Dog at Ngon Restaurant

Flickr user Bob Jagendorf​I've never tasted dog before, nor am I seeking to, but would chomp on some meat if the opportunity ever presented itself. I hear rumors of all types of illegal meats offered in Orange County restaurants (endangered sea turtle, horse, dog, etc.), but haven't bothered to ch ... More >>

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

Loretta Sanchez to Obama: Slap Vietnam Now!

Sanchez is playing hardball with Vietnam​OC Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez has a personal message today for President Barack Obama: Confront the Vietnamese prime minister over human rights violations in Vietnam.

Vietnam Shoots Down Loretta Sanchez's Travel Hopes

Vietnam has a Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy too​Saving itself a couple of news cycles of international embarrassment, Vietnam has denied a visa to Orange County Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, who had been traveling in Asia and hoped to enter the country to meet with disgruntled citizens who say the ... More >>

[UPDATED AND CORRECTED:] Today's Sentencing for Smuggling Songbirds From Vietnam

UPDATE AND CORRECTION: Changes throughout (see below) . . . Courtesy of U.S. Attorney's OfficeI've heard of chicken legs, but this is ridiculous.​Duc Le of Garden Grove pleaded guilty today to conspiring to illegally bring live Asian songbirds into the United States by attaching them to the legs o ... More >>

Rep. Loretta Sanchez Condemns Vietnam Cyberattacks, Assorted Douchebaggery

​Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) is "outraged" that Vietnam used malware to illicitly monitor the Internet activity of human rights and democracy activists.

Wing, Wheels, Rotors and Expo

Los Alamitos Army Field

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Chance Theater

Eastern Promise

TransPOP

[This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Thai This Now: Siam Taste of Asia

Horns of 
a Dilemma

Buffalo Boy

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Buddhist Bounty

Beware the Larb

Diho Siams incendiary salads

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Curry, Pad Thai, Cream Cheese Won Tons and More at Bangkok Corner

!Ask a Mexican!

'The only reason Mexicans come into this country illegally is because its easy for them'

What the Pho?

Vietnam Pearl serves just what the doctor ordered

Sisig Grill

Down in the Dump

Do Minh Tuan exposes life at the bottom in Vietnam

Ice Age

Fighting Bushs apocalypse with smoothies

Coffee Crusade

The great Little Saigon coffee inquiry

Pho-buloso!

El Camino, Kim Loan bridge the Soup Divide

High Boss

Grabbing respect - and good grub - at Thai This