Best thing I ate: Vietnamese barbecued shrimp on a stick in Little Saigon

This was supposed to be a Dueling Dishes post on shrimp burritos between Del Taco and Taco Bell. But it turns out Taco Bell's Pacific Shrimp Burrito already sleeps with the fishes. It was their Lenten special last year. This year, the company is a...

When placing my order at Sumran, a Thai restaurant in Westminster, I’m quickly ticking through a half dozen dishes. After each item, the waiter quickly nods without writing anything down, but the instant I mention “naked shrimp,” he raises his...

Orange County’s best Baja-style shrimp taco? I’ve long believed Taqueria El Zamorano in Santa Ana makes better shrimp tacos than anybody else. Hands down. The classic taqueria has just opened a second location, bringing those same shrimp tacos and...

  You MUST order the camarones Culichis. Photo by Edwin Goei “What kind of beer would you like for your michelada?” the waitress asked. I told her Modelo, but I only said so because I remembered it was the beer of choice the last time I was in a...

If you’re a regular of Cafe Hiro, Hiro Ohiwa’s charming Japanese-Italian cafe in Cypress, you’ve surely have heard the Hawaiian music he loops as a soundtrack. I’ve been eating there for more than a decade, and it’s always been either Israel...