Faka’s Island Grill Brings the Aloha to Santa Ana’s 4th Street Market

Yang’s Braised Chicken Rice Yang’s Braised Chicken Rice has opened in Santa Ana’s Hutton Centre. It’s the fourth location for the Chinese chicken chain to open in Orange County. 2 Hutton Centre Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92707 Irvine’s I Can Barbecue, an...

We Mainlanders like to stereotype Hawaiians as obsessed with heavy meals such as plate lunches or loco moco, but the true religion is poke. A distant relative of Tahitian poisson cru and ika mata of the Cook Islands, poke is as indigenous to the...

Photo by Edwin Goei There’s an authentic Hawaiian charm that the new ‘Ai Pono Cafe in Costa Mesa has that other Hawaiian plate-lunch joints in Orange County do not. A lot of it has to do with where it’s located: tucked away in an industrial area...

What is it about the Hawaiian plate lunch portion size? For a place with an entire industry based on relaxing on the beach or poolside in nothing but your skivvies, they sure stack the odds against you with the giganto-servings on their plate...

Of all the chefs and restauranteurs we've profiled on this blog feature, I can't say that I've met any of them in person. But I can say that I have had the pleasure of meeting James Sar of Cambinos Asian BBQ . If you eat at there, you will too....