Long's Kitchen Opens in Irvine; Replaces Li's Kite

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 18, 2015

About a year ago, Koko's Cafe closed after about three years in business serving what was, at the time, the only Hong Kong-style cafe food in Irvine. It closed because, presumably Tasty Garden opened a few blocks down and ate up all the Hong...

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Hakata Ikkousha in Costa Mesa Is a Temple for the Ramen Cult

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • May 28, 2015

I'm a noodle-soup agnostic. Pho. Niu rou mian. Thai boat noodle. I love all these warm bowls of instant comfort equally. So long as it comes out steaming-hot, has a good broth to sip and springy noodles to chew, I'm in my happy place. But ramen?...

Where to find longevity noodles for Lunar New Year

Jenn Harris • Los Angeles Times • January 25, 2022

Every year, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Esther Yuan eats a bowl of noodles. Growing up in Dalian, a seaside city in northern China, her father would make them by hand, kneading the dough with a stick and serve a bowl to each family...

Review: In Inglewood, Mutiara is the spot for Burmese noodles, curries and salads

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • April 11, 2019

On a Friday afternoon, it can feel like all of Inglewood is having lunch at Mutiara Food and Market, a long-standing Burmese cafe jammed between an insurance office and a clothing boutique on a sleepy stretch of La Brea Avenue. Inside the dining...

Final Pho Round 2: Benley vs. Brodard Chateau

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 23, 2011

Welcome to OC Weekly's Final Pho. Sixteen pho shops chosen from the more than 100 in the county; four critics who know what the pho makes a good bowl of Vietnamese noodle soup. The chosen 16 will face off in each of our brackets, two by two. The...

Top 10 Chinese restaurants: OC’s Best Places to Eat 2020

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • October 11, 2020

Chinese food in Orange County comes in many guises, from the Beijing-inspired cooking at Peking in Westminster to the tongue-numbing, chili and peppercorn-laced hot pots of Sichuan Impression in Tustin or Meizhou Dongpo in Irvine. Meanwhile,...