Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour's “Fake Chicken Dinner”

Dim sum is one of my all-time favorite meals. It’s a style of dining that originated in Canton, now Guangzhou, in southern China, where my family is from. It involves a series of small dishes, including dumplings, typically eaten for breakfast and...

Name: Twin Rabbit Ball Cookie Origin: Vietnam Found at: Dong Phuong Tofu, Westminster Cost: $2.50 Ingredients: Tapioca Starch, Sugar, Coconut Cream, Vanilla, FD&C Yellow #5, FD&C Blue #1, FD&C Red #40. ] Why I Bought It: As with a lot of Wacky...

As you know, DivBar, the Newport Beach BBQ joint that opened back in the summer of 2012, closed quite suddenly a few months ago. It was housed in the long-vacant PCH building that used to be Josh Slocum's, a.k.a. Dennis Rodman's restaurant, which...

Photo by Edwin Goei When people ask me where to find vegetarian dim sum, I tell them it’d be easier to locate an Indian steakhouse or a healthy KFC. Dim sum, by its nature, is not vegetarian. Even if you avoid all the usual dumplings that have...

Ask anyone of the Jewish faith what they're doing for Christmas and they'll tell you, “Chinese food and a movie.” But Chinese restaurants are also the refuge of those who can't or don't want to cook on the 25th. It's common knowledge nowadays that...