Bosava Is Pretty and Wonderful, Despite a Poorly Translated French-Vietnamese Menu

Barbecue-pork-filled buns at Tim Ho Wan. Photo by Edwin Goei A Taiwanese co-worker had something to tell me: He said he’d just gone to a new restaurant I’d be interested in. But before he even got the chance to pull the business card out of his...

I arrived at the Country Club with a chip on my shoulder. It was because of two things. First, there was the compulsory valet, which, I thought at the time, is ridiculous in this part of Costa Mesa. If a restaurant called “Pancakes R Us” directly...

Photo by Edwin Goei It may be to Le Peep’s detriment that it opened in Laguna Hills, the territory of the Snooty Fox and Break of Dawn, both of which, in my opinion, have not only set the high bar for breakfast joints in Orange County, but also...

Fancy vegetables. Photo by Anne Watson Photography Have you ever noticed that South Coast Plaza’s Nordstrom wing has a distinctive aroma of freshly pressed linen? To me, it smells like opulence and wealth. It is in this rarefied air that a new,...

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...