Kitchen Republic in Huntington Beach Has Lots of Potential But a Bad Location

A photo posted by Kitchen Republic (@kitchenrepublicbistro) on Nov 8, 2015 at 7:48pm PST Bondi Grill House, the Australian-themed barbecue joint at Bella Terra folded around Thanksgiving time last year. It had opened a year earlier in April 2014. ...

When you see uni pasta on the menu, do your eyes, like mine, gravitate toward it as though sparklers surrounded it? It seems to have become de rigueur at every Asian fusion restaurant that’s opened in the past few years. Fusion Bites, inside...

Behold the beginning of our 100 Favorite Dishes of 2016 listicle! Every day through the publication of our Best Of 2016 issue (and sometimes, twice a day), we’ll be bringing you our favorite dishes across Orange County, leading up to the best in...

You’ve may have hot pots before. Orange County has a menagerie of them, from nearly every country in Asia you can name. But have you had the one from Japan that feeds its sumo wrestlers? It’s called chanko nabe, and it’s essentially a stew of...

I remember the first risotto I ever had. I ordered it at some random restaurant I decided to try on a whim one night in downtown Santa Barbara. It was a long time ago. The place is probably not there anymore. But the risotto I had was so good, so...