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I said, shotgun shoot em for he runs now
What the hell's going on at the Long Beach Police Department. Reports Nancy "Ride, Nancy" Wride, in today's LA "By God" Times, the LBC fuzz is missing more than a quarter of its shotguns and Lord knows how many revolvers. It just brings to mind a drab, cluttered squad room ala Barney Miller, only instead of piles of old newspapers, Styrofoam cups of Nick's undrinkable coffee and Fish's teeth, there were piles and piles various models of unattended firearms just lying all around. They probably ev
January 13, 2006Fountain Valley's Peruvian Kitchen Moves to Irvine
So here's what happened since we last checked in: Lima City (a Peruvian food stall in an Irvine food court I previously reviewed) is gone, replaced by Peruvian Kitchen, who moved out from its Fountain Valley digs, which is now occupied by another Peruvian restaurant called Casa Inka. I won't attempt to explain the reasoning behind this game of Peruvian restaurant musical chairs, except to say that it sounds like the plot of a bad telenovela. But whatever may have occurred behind the scenes,
July 27, 2008Warung Pojok: New Indonesian Eatery Opens in Garden Grove
When Asian Deli skedaddled to Diamond Bar a few years ago, it left Orange County deprived of its only Indonesian restaurant. The nearest alternative for hungry expats existed just beyond the Orange County line, at Toko Rame in Bellflower. Meanwhile, in O.C., Indonesian food remained the Rodney Dangerfield of Asian cuisine. It gets no respect. So when a reader* tipped me off to a new Indonesian restaurant inside the Orange Curtain, my exact words were: "HOLY SH*T!!!!" The news couldn't hav
August 31, 2008Review: The Long Beach Lobster Fest
Just got back from the Long Beach Lobster Fest -- officially titled "The Original Long Beach Lobster Festival," which was a bit odd, as that moniker would seem to signify some competing crustacean frenzy occurring somewhere in the general area. That, or it’s meant to herald a comeback of some sort after having been away, which could very well be true (though I can’t recall a lobster lollapalooza when I lived in the LBC from ’97 till ’03, but whatev…) My verdict? Ehhh…not that great.
September 7, 2008Rotary Tapioca Crackers
Name: Rotary Tapioca Crackers (a.k.a. Krupuk Aci) Origin: Indonesia Found at: 99 Ranch Market, Irvine Cost: $2.29 Ingredients: Tapioca Flour, Vegetable (Palm) Oil, Salt and Monosodium Glutamate Why I Bought It: Simple: I grew up with this stuff. And plus, it's one snack that left plenty of heads scratching at the 99 Ranch in Irvine. I saw one man pick up a bag, examined it, and after determining that he couldn't reconcile whether it was food or some sort of scrubbing tool, put it
September 22, 2008Friday at Taste of Newport, Fashion Island
Usually when I decide to spend like a baller for a nice dinner (about twice a year), Newport Beach is the first place I think of. Luckily, the 20th Annual Taste of Newport rolled into town, bringing an onslaught of appetizers and entrees to sink my teeth into. By the time I had scarfed and sipped my way around the place, I counted about 30 restaurants in all. In an attempt to start the night on a light note, one of the first pasta samples that caught my eye was a catering company called Alacart
September 21, 2008Newport Beach Looking to Ban Styrofoam Products
The Newport Beach City Council will vote today on an ordinance to ban Sytrofoam products. Initially proposed by students of Newport Harbor High School, the citywide ban would curb the use of those to-go containers we are all too familiar with, but according to The Daily Pilot, it includes a hardship clause that "exempts restaurants if eliminating Styrofoam products from their businesses would cause owners undue economic hardship and no reasonable alternative can be found." Similar ordinances a
October 14, 2008Tax day: A Diary of My Pain
May 3, 2001This Hole-in-the-Wall County
Orange Countys 74 Greatest Holes-in-the-Wall
July 15, 2004OC's Oil Salsa Sellers
Orange County has more than its shares of great salsas--the chocolate mole at El Fortín, a chile de arbol concoction sold at Rivera Mexican Food, blindingly hot habaneros at El Bukanis, Gabbi's Mexican Kitchen, Conde Cakes, and--breaking news!--the REAL Taco Adobe in Orange, and more I'll keep to myself for the meanwhile. None perplex me more as a subspecies, however, than oil salsas. Although the ones I'm about to speak of all deserve to make you sweat, I just don't get them.I first encountere
February 11, 2009In Defense of Aliso Viejo! And Screw Laguna Niguel?
On this day of rest, when few of you will bother to check out Navel Gazing, what better day to devote a blog post to the Stanton of South County, Aliso Viejo? I wasn't too kind to the collection of gated communities and beautiful, empty sidewalks in my Orange County: A Personal History, and I still maintain the only things going for it are the Soka University bistro and Siamese Express. But last month, one Bradford Evans decided to do something shocking: he defended Aliso Viejo in a letter I'm r
February 16, 2009[Hole In the Wall] Chickens of the World, Unite at BC Broiler!
January 22, 2009'Bolt,' Disney's Latest 'Toon, Is a Starry Dog Story
November 20, 2008Garden Grove's Warung Pojok Is the Best (And Only) Indonesian Joint in OC
October 30, 2008[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Saucy Hawaiian at Waikiki Hawaiian Grill
October 23, 2008[This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] The Turo-Turo Twirl at Kasela Grill
August 28, 2008Despite the Labels and Levity, the Big-Screen 'Sex and the City' Is a Poor-Man's Knockoff
May 29, 2008I See Dead People
The mummy strikes at the Bowers
October 25, 2007Matiki Island Barbeque
September 2, 2004Grub Guide
September 28, 2006This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
August 16, 2007This Hole-In-The-Wall Life
June 21, 2007Worth A Cluck
June 7, 2001This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
June 7, 2007[Summer Guide] The Grills of Your Barbecue-Loving Dreams
June 4, 2009This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
December 7, 2006Grub Guide
October 12, 2006Something So Good
May 25, 2006This Hole-in-the-wall Life
October 27, 2005This Week in Ramadan and Rosh Hashana
October 13, 2005Boutique Samoa
June 30, 2005LOWBALLASSCHATTER
June 30, 2005Changing Rooms
June 16, 2005Trash Talkin
May 5, 2005Ramen Wars!
February 10, 2005This week in noodles
December 2, 2004Thach Che Hien Khanh
October 7, 2004Pita Wraps
August 5, 2004Nuoc Mia Vien Tay
April 22, 2004Mission Impossible
February 12, 2004Is it Trash? Or is it Ikea?
August 21, 2003Domo Arigato, Mr. Natto
May 8, 2003Eat That Turo-Turo, White Boy!
March 6, 2003Adobo a Go-Go
May 30, 2002Richard Moser
December 13, 2001Spaghetti Postmodern
November 2, 2000Grub Guide
September 20, 2007[Hole in the Wall] Sticking to It With Cambinos Asian BBQ
June 25, 2009[CD Review] James Yuill, 'Turning Down Water for Air' (Nettwerk)
June 18, 2009Dueling Dishes: Cold Chicken at the Surfin' Chicken, Victory Bakery
No, I'm not talking about some Taiwanese concoction or that dish I had at the house of someone from the Mexican state of Guerrero years ago that involved room-temperature hen slathered in green sauce, the tastiet salmonella you'll ever eat. I'm talking about properly prepared chicken that people forgot to eat, and thus cooled down. Leftovers. I ate two versions of that this week. The first time happened at Victory Bakery, Little Arabia's restaurant palace. I went with friends, good people who
October 29, 2009
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