> **Version of article also in OC Register** With the crazy amount of restaurants dotted around Orange County, it is hard to really pinpoint where to go when those crazy cravings hit. Some days, I want to stay close to home, I want value for money, I want good service but most of all I […]
Archives for October 2010
>The Greasy Wiener — as sinful and naughty as it sounds
>Hey, I don’t particularly search out for hotdogs or burgers as a means of staple when I am contemplating what to eat, but on this particular day, I get a tweet informing me that The Greasy Wiener gourmet food truck was going to be in Irvine and if interested, to go out there and give […]
>Liang’s Kitchen — long lines mislead what awaits
>I’m convinced that newly opened restaurants get the “new restaurant hype” and the long lines outside the place affirms that hype even more. This is what happened to Liang’s Kitchen, newly opened in Orange Tree Square Irvine, taking over the Takaraya space in the Ranch 99 Market plaza off Walnut. We tried to go there […]
>Xanh Bistro — a delicate balance of the old and new
> **This article is featured in the OC Register** Xanh Bistro is tucked in the corner of a larger strip mall with no signage to alert you to it from the street, so if you’re not looking for it, you won’t find it. But let me tell you that this is a gem of a […]
>Komodo — first time didn’t do it for me
> rendang taco I wasn’t sure what exactly Komodo was offering really — is it Mexican? Indonesian? Singaporean? I guess there is a little of each. What caught my eye was the Indonesian offering of beef rendang in a taco. I make a mean beef rendang, or so I’ve been told, by my Indonesian friends […]