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Ask Exene:Another Tax Accountant Who Wants to Try Tranny Sex

Exene Cervenka is a writer, visual artist and punk rock pioneer. The OC transplant is the lead singer for X, the Knitters and Original Sinners. 
If you want to ask the legendary vocalist for advice, send an email to askexene@ocweekly.com. Dear Exene,I'm currently perusing the back of an adult m ... More >>

Top Five Videos of People Eating Live Shrimp

Did you read Michelle's post this morning on the Craigslist poster in Irvine who tried to give away a dish of shrimp because they didn't realize it included the heads? I have to assume it was those wee beady eyes. In a society where meat is often faceless, limbless, skinless and boneless, seeing the ... 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 >>

The Playground Hosts A Southeast Asian Street Food Night On Aug. 20

The Playground, never one to leave any stone unturned or cuisine un-tackled, is taking on Southeast Asian food in its latest pop-up. On Aug. 20, sous chef Frank DeLoach will be heading up "Bites: South East Street Food," a casual, night-market-style event featuring dishes "inspired by the deliciousn ... More >>

The Silent Comedy

The Observatory

MaDee Thai Kitchen Is the Lou Gehrig of Thai Cooking

[Hole In the Wall] This Costa Mesa restaurant stays with the safe to be great

10 Great Thai Restaurants in Orange County (and Long Beach)

For this list of ten great Thai restaurants, not only have I included those from Long Beach (a non-OC city that's always been under this paper's jurisdiction), but also some Thai-Cambodian, some Thai-Laotian, and even a Thai-sushi hybrid, because if variety is the spice of life, then why not even mo ... More >>

KFC in Thailand Issues Apology After Tsunami Facebook Update

There are times when it would be appropriate for a fast food chicken restaurant like KFC to remind people to pick up a bucket of chicken on a Facebook update. Sometime this Friday, April 20th, when certain segments of the population will get the munchies, for instance, would be quite opportune--and ... More >>

R.I.P. Chaleo Yoovidhya, Creator of Red Bull

​Chaleo Yoovidhya, the man who created Red Bull, has died in his native Thailand. He was 90 or 88 or 80--sources can't seem to agree. The New York Times obit has a wonderful quote about Yoovidhya, who created antibiotics before concocting the caffeine and taurine-loaded beverage we're al ... More >>

This Week In Food: Sushi Documentary, Where The Fuck To Drink? and Beer Nog

​ Why yes, that is Vincent Van Gogh's Stary Night made out of salts and spices. Read all about this masterpiece and others in this week's edition of highlights from the blog.

5 Funny & Sexy Food Commercials from Thailand

​Pick a random country and there will be TV commercials employing humor and sex to sell food. Here's a few of the best from Thailand in what I hope to be an ongoing series of similar posts (YouTube search, don't fail me now!)

Kinkajou From South America Somehow Winds Up in Santa Ana

Wikipedia CommonsDon't worry, this kinkajou is yawning.​Just to be clear, a kinkajou is not a sex act performed in the back alleys of Thailand. It's the South American cousin to the raccoon. And one wandering near a Santa Ana elementary school was scooped up in October.After brief stays at county ... More >>

Sutha Thai Kitchen's Salad Days

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

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

No. 75: Roti at Bangok Taste

​Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to número uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . Thai Nakorn rightfully gets all the praise for local Thai, but I still find myself more often at Bangkok Taste because it offers rarities even Thai Nak ... More >>

On The Line: Brent Palmer of Mesa, Part Two

Photo by Amy Kaplan​Part two of On The Line provides a little more insight on Mesa's Brent Palmer. Learn what he really thought of the restaurant's infamous unisex restrooms and how influential Thai cuisine is. Stay tuned for Thursday's finale as our chef breaks down a recipe. To view part one, cl ... More >>

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

Didn't we already see this movie?

k'ya Street Fare as Strong (and Strange) as Ever

The non-po' boy po' boy​A couple of weeks ago, I hosted a guest speaker at Cal State Fullerton who stayed at the Hotel Menage in Anaheim. After his lecture, we invited students for a post-lecture eat at k'ya Street Fare, which we reviewed way back in 2009. I had never been, but remembered Edwin li ... More >>

Anthrax's Scott Ian to Skip Touring Due to Birth of First Child

​Scott Ian, Anthrax's rhythm and lead guitar player, just announced he's not going to be touring with the band he formed 30 years ago due to the upcoming birth of his first child. He said, "This decision to miss these shows was a deeply personal one. I co-founded this band July 18, 1981, and for ... More >>

¡Ask a Comida Critic! Which Thai Restaurants are Authentic Thai, and Which are Americanized?

​From my cousin Plas:We love that Thai place (Win Thai). Do you consider that "American Thai" or "good Thai."Ah, Win Thai Cuisine in Anaheim: across the street from Norms, behind a car wash, in the Thai Corner section of Anacrime--and the first restaurant I ever reviewed. The place sells its pinea ... More >>

Ten for 2011

The year 2010 is old news. Here are 10 to watch out for in 2011

¡Ask a Comida Critic!: Non-Pho Beef Tendon Dishes?

​From a close friend:Recently been enjoying beef tendon only pho. Looking to kick up the tendon experience. Have you had any beef tendon salads in OC? Looking for that Chinese dish, but hopefully there are variants in other ethnic foods.Ah, tendon: that slippery, tender band that Asians adore, L ... More >>

Five Foods First Eaten Out of Desperation

Certain foods are obviously tasty just from the look; ripe strawberries, rice and rabbits all look delicious. Certain foods don't look delicious, but are close enough to delicious-looking food to understand how humankind got started eating it; bitter melon, cow's milk and Seville oranges fall into t ... More >>

Wacky Snacks: Crispy Snack - Anchovy Fish

Edwin Goei​Name: Crispy Snack Anchovy Fish Origin: Thailand Found at: 99 Ranch, Irvine Cost: $2.99 Ingredients: Anchovy, Palm Oil, Salt, Sugar, Sesame, Sodium Metabisulfite.

Mickey Mouse Justice for Mom Who Wanted to Bring Kids to Disneyland

An Australian mother of four daughters who planned to bring her brood to Disneyland to celebrate her release from detention in Thailand for stealing a bar mat was denied a U.S. visa so the trip has been scrubbed, reports today's Herald Sun. Annice Smoel, 36, of Melbourne, hoped a visit to the Magic ... More >>

Thai Food: Endangered

Reuters had an enlightening article today about how in Thailand, authentic Thai food is endangered because of "changing tastes wrought by globalization." And most lamentably "culinary shortcuts (that) have ended up changing Thai flavors, and placing some dishes in danger of extinction altogether." ... More >>

The See & Sprout Project

If your shiny new camera has permanently replaced your dust-collecting old digital  point-and-shoots, consider donating them to a  good cause while simultaneously supporting the arts. Founded by Stacie Krajchir, along with tsunami orphans from Thailand, the See and Sprout Project is an int ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

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

Last Night: Savage Republic at The Press

By Waleed Rashidi Savage Republic January 12, 2008 The Press Better than: Savage Garden fronted by Fred Savage, that's for damned sure. Download: A live version of "Jamahiriya." Some bands get back together because the money's too good. Others reunite simply 'cause it's supposedly the honorable ... More >>

To Do Tonight - 11/08

Surf City Celluloid

The SoCal Independent Film Fest goes big

From Hunter to Hunted

In his quest to free slaves around the world, Aaron Cohen thought hed seen it all. Then he went to Myanmar

Beware the Larb

Diho Siams incendiary salads

John, Long Gone

A final introspective, before the Sympathy records founder moves

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC'c best damn dining guide

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Goodbye, Ramen. Hello, Thai and Laos Market

Look Out Below!

Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>

The Asian Persuasion

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

Suds for Studs

Devouring beers, babes and board at Karl Strauss Brewery Restaurant

Checklist Please

Five frozen fancies

Butterfly Man

Piscean Post-Prandials

Five birthday desserts, free like your mom

Letters

Eat Cheap

Part Two

Welcome to the T-Zone

High Boss

Grabbing respect - and good grub - at Thai This