Acing the Exam

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...

Photo by Edwin Goei On the walls of the new Thai restaurant called Munch Bistro in Huntington Beach, you’ll find the obligatory, gauzy glamour shots of Thailand: Long-tail boats float near a sandy beach. A farmer crosses a rickety bridge while he...

Vegan Cuisine isn't found by accident. It's in a strip mall that has a Laundromat, a palm reader and an outpost of the infamous $1.99 Restaurant, located in the hinterlands of Fountain Valley on the stretch of Edinger I usually take to get to...

That tingly itch you get on the top of your head when you swallow a spoonful of hot, spicy green curry. That soothing, creamy comfort of a fast swig of Thai iced tea. That aromatic swoosh that fills the room when you pop the top of a container of...

Bangkok Kitchen    Chada Thai    Issara Thai    Jasmine    Lucky's Thai    Sumran Thai    Street Thai    Thai Avenue    Thai & Laos Market    Thai Nakorn   

From the outside, Panvimarn doesn’t look like much. You’d guess it’s a mom-and-pop hole in the wall with sticky menus and chafing trays from which you can grab some takeout. But as every reviewer has noted since its much-heralded opening last...