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February 24, 2008
Irvine's Saigon Grille Becomes Pho Ha Noi
Throw a stick anywhere in Westminster and it'll hit a pho joint. Not so in Irvine, where Vietnamese restaurants are as rare as the slices of steak in the soup they serve. At my last count, there are exactly five eateries that serve this foul-weather food. The stalwarts are the two Pho Bac Ky's ... More >>
Food
December 25, 2008
[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Pork Power at Banh Mi Ba Le in Westminster
Throw a stick anywhere in Westminster and it'll hit a pho joint. Not so in Irvine, where Vietnamese restaurants are as rare as the slices of steak in the soup they serve. At my last count, there are exactly five eateries that serve this foul-weather food. The stalwarts are the two Pho Bac Ky's ... More >>
Food
December 11, 2008
In Garden Grove, Thien An's Meat-Heavy Meals Are More Like Belly-Busting Endurance Contests
Throw a stick anywhere in Westminster and it'll hit a pho joint. Not so in Irvine, where Vietnamese restaurants are as rare as the slices of steak in the soup they serve. At my last count, there are exactly five eateries that serve this foul-weather food. The stalwarts are the two Pho Bac Ky's ... More >>
Food
June 19, 2008
[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] Pho Your Health at Pho Cali
Throw a stick anywhere in Westminster and it'll hit a pho joint. Not so in Irvine, where Vietnamese restaurants are as rare as the slices of steak in the soup they serve. At my last count, there are exactly five eateries that serve this foul-weather food. The stalwarts are the two Pho Bac Ky's ... More >>
Food
February 14, 2008
Broken rice at Com Tam Tran Quy Cap in Fountain Valley
Throw a stick anywhere in Westminster and it'll hit a pho joint. Not so in Irvine, where Vietnamese restaurants are as rare as the slices of steak in the soup they serve. At my last count, there are exactly five eateries that serve this foul-weather food. The stalwarts are the two Pho Bac Ky's ... More >>
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January 17, 2008
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November 15, 2007
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June 28, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Pricey (Get Over It) Sandwiches at Zon Baguettes
Food
April 30, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] Bánh Mì Déjà Vu All Over Again at Nhu Lan Bakery
Pricey (Get Over It) Sandwiches at Zon Baguettes
Blogs
May 20, 2009
The New York Times Discovers Sriracha
A candidate for Stuff White People Like...Of all of America's wonderful ethnic cuisines, the New York Times understands Vietnamese creations the least. Last month or so, the Gray Lady published a piece on how Vietnamese-American chefs in New York were reinventing the bánh mì, an article that appea ... More >>
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May 21, 2009
Now Open at The District: Asian Mint
Edwin GoeiI've never been so relieved in being so wrong. As it turns out, Asian Mint at the District has no affiliation whatsoever with the Asian Mint's in Texas, as I previously guessed. It is, in fact, a straight-up Vietnamese restaurant, not a Thai-sushi hybrid like their Lone Star Stat ... More >>
Food
June 25, 2009
The Other Other White Meat at Zen Vegetarian
Edwin GoeiI've never been so relieved in being so wrong. As it turns out, Asian Mint at the District has no affiliation whatsoever with the Asian Mint's in Texas, as I previously guessed. It is, in fact, a straight-up Vietnamese restaurant, not a Thai-sushi hybrid like their Lone Star Stat ... More >>
Food
October 22, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] Throw Pho Quang Trung's Chicken Pho Before Swine (Flu)
Edwin GoeiI've never been so relieved in being so wrong. As it turns out, Asian Mint at the District has no affiliation whatsoever with the Asian Mint's in Texas, as I previously guessed. It is, in fact, a straight-up Vietnamese restaurant, not a Thai-sushi hybrid like their Lone Star Stat ... More >>
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June 3, 2010
Sriracha vs. Sriracha
Willy BlackmoreThe Sriracha Aisle Long featured in the constellation of condiments served alongside a classic bowl of phở, the iconic rooster-labeled chili Sriracha chili sauce has developed a growing cult following among chefs, foodies and bloggers alike over the past few years. Prominently fe ... More >>
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September 20, 2010
Gustavo's Five Commandments of Dining in Orange County
See Commandment #4...Recently, some Weeklings have been patronizing East/Borough at the CAMP, and raving about it despite my protestations. See, the pop-up restaurant charges $4.35 (before tax) for an eight-inch bánh mì, and an outlandish $6.40 for a foot-long--this, in a county that's America' ... More >>
Food
October 14, 2010
Culinary Badass, Cosmo Drinker
[Best of OC 2010] Haley Nguyen's 10 OC Survival Tips
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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
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 6, 2011
How to Tell You're Being "Whited" at a Restaurant and What to Do About It
Dave LiebermanI was eating lunch at Pho Quang Trung in Garden Grove last week--a very, very good pho shop, on par with some of the best pho in our pho-crazed county--and it was jammed full of Vietnamese families out for lunch on New Year's Eve. Little Saigon was hopping in general, and it seemed ... More >>
Blogs
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 >>
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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 >>
Food
February 3, 2011
Cafe Lotus Lives La Vie Vietnamese in Newport
With great French and Vietnamese offerings, this place is better-suited for Little Saigon than the Hoag Hospital crowd
Blogs
February 7, 2011
New York Times Names the Best Bánh Mìs in America--and Not One is From Little Saigon
Flickr user svenskThe New York Times' coverage of Vietnamese food has always been laughable--who can ever forget its decade-late feature on Sriracha or it declaring 2009 the "year of the bánh mì" (while neglecting to mention Little Saigon among the nation's Vietnamese enclaves) about seven year ... More >>
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March 3, 2011
Dueling Dishes: Fish Pho
ProfessorSalt.comTake the hintWhen an ethnic restaurant specializes in a particular thing--say, a Cantonese barbecue restaurant--you'll know the specialty of the house because it's proudly displayed the moment you set food inside. In the example of that Cantonese-roasted-meats specialist, they'll ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
Announcing OC Weekly's First-Ever Final Pho!
Dave LiebermanIf you are a sports fan, you are looking forward to the coming NCAA Division I basketball tournament, famously known as March Madness and the Final Four. If you are a fan of Vietnamese food, you love pho, the legendary beef (sometimes chicken, sometimes turkey, sometimes fish, somet ... More >>
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March 15, 2011
Final Pho Round 1: AnQi vs. Benley
Second match in our 16-restaurant tournament to determine once and for all who sells the best pho in Orange County. Tune in tomorrow for Shuji 's showdown!In an earlier review of the place, I summarized Benley as a Vietnamese restaurant for the non-Vietnamese. I even went so far as to warn anyon ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Final Pho Round 1: Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Vinh Ky II
ProfessorSalt.comPho Thanh Lich's Pho Dac BietFour pho shops face off in each of our brackets, two by two. For today's bout, two of Little Saigon's old-school heavyweights square off and trade body blows until only one leaves the ring alive. In the red green corner--Pho Thanch Lich, last year' ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
Final Pho, Round 1: Pho Kimmy vs. Pho Quang Trung
Dave LiebermanPho Kimmy's pho dac bietWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. Today's match ... More >>
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March 18, 2011
Final Pho Round 1: Pho Hien Vuong vs. Pho Nguyen Hue
Pho Hien Vuong: OC's OG pho?Welcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. Now, Gustavo's final ... More >>
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March 19, 2011
Final Pho Round 1: Brodard Chateau vs. S Vietnamese Fine Dining
Edwin GoeiBrodard Chateau's PhoWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. The next match-up has ... More >>
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March 20, 2011
Final Pho Round 1: Pho Thang Long vs. Quan Hop
ProfessorSalt.comQuan Hop's Pho Hop Tai OnsideWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. The ne ... More >>
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March 21, 2011
Final Pho, Round 1: Pho 79 vs. Pho 86
Pho 79's pho tai nam ve gan gau--rare and well-done beef, flank, brisket and tendonsWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in ... More >>
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March 22, 2011
Final Pho Round 2: Pho Dakao vs. Pho Nguyen Hue
Just like the marquee says!Here we go, folks: Round 2 of our epic Final Pho tournament, where Dave, Edwin, Shuji, and Gustavo each picked four pho restaurants in a 16-team fight to determine who is the pho king of Little Saigon--and therefore, the United States. Now comes the brutal matches, a ... More >>
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March 23, 2011
Final Pho Round 2: Benley vs. Brodard Chateau
Edwin GoeiBrodard Chateau's PhoWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. The next match-up in ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Final Pho Round 2: Pho Thanh Lich vs. Quan Hop
ProfessorSalt.comQuon Hop's rare filet mignon "onside" with its cup of cooking brothWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in ea ... More >>
Food
March 24, 2011
Saigon Bakery: OC's Banh Mi Champeen?
[Hole In the Wall] This Westminster eatery specializes in the Vietnamese sandwich and other baked goodies.
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Final Pho, Round 2: Pho 86 vs. Pho Quang Trung
Pho Quang Trung's "grab bag o' beef" phoWelcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. Today, th ... More >>
Blogs
March 29, 2011
Final Pho, Semi-Final Round: Pho Nguyen Hue vs. Brodard Chateau
Pho Nguyen Hue's chicken phoHere we are: the semifinals; the Final Pho. Sixteen of Orange County's finest pho shops have been whittled down to four. The winner of today's matchup will face the winner of the Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Quang Trung match on Friday in the championship to declare the f ... More >>
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March 31, 2011
Final Pho, Semi-Final: Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Quang Trung
Photo by the Elmo MonsterPho Than Lich's beautiful bowlHere we are: the semifinals; the Final Pho. Sixteen of Orange County's finest pho shops have been whittled down to four. The winner of today's matchup will face the winner of the Pho Thanh Lich vs. Pho Quang Trung match on Friday in the ... More >>
Food
April 14, 2011
Pho Thanh Lich: The Undisputed Best Pho in OC
[Hole In the Wall] Bow before your pho king-god and try the winner of our recent Final Pho tournament
Blogs
April 15, 2011
Eat Here, Not There: High-End Bánh Mì
ProfessorSalt.comVegetarian banh miLittle Saigon has the best bánh mì shops in the nation, despite the absurd New York Times story we ridiculed here on this blog a couple months ago. Sure, the San Gabriel Valley has a few great shops, as do San Jose and a number of other Vietnamese enclaves acr ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Banh Mi Cho Cu Goes "Mua 2 Tang 1"
The sign above--taken under poor lighting conditions as we headed up Magnolia last night--announces news of great import for lovers of the Vietnamese sandwich: Banh Mi Cho Cu is now offering the same "buy 2, get 1 free" special for which its chief rival, Banh Mi Che Cali, is known.
Blogs
May 4, 2011
The Banh Mi Burger at Pee Wee's Famous Hot Dogs
I've been talking to a lot of people lately about the Vietnamese influence on Orange County's food. Everything from the fusion French-Vietnamese bistros that only seem to exist in Little Saigon to luxe loncheras like Dos Chinos who fuse Vietnamese and Mexican flavors together.Usually, the discuss ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
World's Most Expensive Bowl of Pho Goes for $5,000
Edwin Goei/OC WeeklyAnQi's basic $9 pho. Pretty good, but will $4,991 in gourmet ingredients (and some cash for charity) make it better? We would hope. The pho experience is anything but fancy, and that's just fine for all of us at SAFII. Tarnished napkin holders, murky ice water, tattered booths ... More >>
Food
June 2, 2011
Banh Mi So Is a Big Buffet in Little Saigon
[Hole In the Wall] This Vietnamese buffet in Westminster changes its dozens of offerings by the hour
Blogs
September 9, 2011
No. 25: Happy Hour Pho at Pho Thanh Lich
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.Dave, Edwin, Shuji and I are still pretty pho'ed out from our epic Final Pho tournament earlier this year; otherwise, the winning Pho Thanh Lich would've pr ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Diamond Jamboree To Get a Pho Restaurant
Edwin GoeiWell that was quick. Greek Islands Cuisine has only been closed less than a month and already Diamond Jamboree has another tenant lined up to take its place--a pho joint. Pho Saigon Pearl will be the first and, so far, the only Vietnamese restaurant to make its mark in the predomin ... More >>
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September 20, 2011
Report (and Photos) From Last Night's Dos Lime Pop-Up
Meg Strouse/OC WeeklyCrispy-skin salmon with orange couscous, watermelon, mango and tomatillo sauce.See Meg Strouse's slideshow of last night's Dos Lime dinner here!We've never understood what led Jason Quinn and Hop Phan to open food trucks, other than lower startup costs, but whatever the motiv ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Irvine Loses One Vietnamese Restaurant; Gains Another
Edwin GoeiThe latter half of last year saw three new Vietnamese restaurants opening in Irvine, with Pho So 1, La Pho, and Pho Saigon Pearl vying for the wallets and mouths of the rice noodle-slurping public. It continues this year as The Irvine Company revealed that at least one more Vietnamese r ... 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
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