“Biggest Mooncake in the U.S.” Exhibition and Tasting This Saturday in Irvine

“There are two reasons why you want tea with mooncakes,” said Peter Luong, owner of Song Tea & Ceramics in San Francisco, over FaceTime this week. “First, it’s a traditional pairing. Second, those things are calorie bombs. The pastry is often lard...

While many families will be enjoying turkey and mashed potatoes at home this Christmas, many others—particularly here in L.A.—will have visions of egg rolls dancing in their heads instead. Eating Chinese food on Christmas has been a tradition in...

It was two years ago that Jason Quinn, now famous (or is it infamous?) for his downtown Santa Ana restaurant The Playground, did his first interview here on this very blog. At the time, when I asked him “What cuisine that you are unfamiliar with...

Wahoo's Chinese New Year Free Gift from Wahoo's Fan on Vimeo. This Wahoo's Fish Tacos video isn't nearly as funny as that Hitler/iPad spoof using footage from Downfall. It's not even close. But what's weird is that although it's clearly a...

We broke the story here earlier this summer: Seafood City, the Filipino supermarket chain, is opening in Irvine. It will be its first store in Orange County at a space vacated by Shoe Pavillion (2180 Barranca Pkwy.) and flanked by a Wal-Mart....