Banana Leaf Kitchen in Huntington Beach Offers Laotian by the Ocean

Photo from Ichitaru Ramen Instagram @ichitarura Ramen Zetton in Cypress has closed. A new ramen joint called Ichitaru Ramen has taken over with a menu that includes bentos, tsukemen, and a variety of ramen such as “Garlic Bomb Ramen” and a wonton...

I don’t think you can find them all on Google, but this is probably the 12th or 13th time I have been assigned to write a year-end tamale piece, and for almost all of them I have made the rounds of more or less the same Boyle Heights tamaleros...

A fellow food blogger named burumun has entitled her most recent post “The Nasi Bungkus Roundup: 5 Banana-leaf Wraps, 60 miles.”  In it, our intrepid author scoured Southern California eating the Indonesian dish of rice, meat and veggies wrapped...

A few weeks ago I was drinking tea at a shop in Alhambra, and a man seated near me mentioned he was from Sri Lanka. I asked him if there were any Sri Lankan restaurants he particularly loved around Los Angeles. “Only one,” he said, plunking his...

Have you had nasi lemak, the national dish of Malaysia? Unless you're from there or are familiar with the cuisine, chances are you haven't even heard of it. In OC, there are more Vietnamese restaurants than there are McDonald's, but I only need...