No. 57, Gudeg at Indo Ranch

With so few Indonesian restaurants around, and so many that have come and gone without no one so much as noticing, I've decided it's good to, once in a while, check the pulse of the ones I actually frequent. I'm happy to report that Indo Ranch–the...

Unless you're Indonesian or married to one, it's probably safe to assume you've never heard of gudeg, a dish of young jackfruit braised in coconut milk, palm sugar and spices until it turns soft and ruddy. In OC, where Indonesian food is too often...

There are more Vietnamese restaurants in Orange County than there McDonald's; but I only need one hand to count all the Malaysian, Singaporean and Indonesian restaurants put together. I'll prove it: For Indonesian, there's Garden Grove's Warung...

We've made a list of great sandwiches, even devoted an entire issue of our dead tree edition to notable noodle dishes, but what about rice? We often take it for granted because, well, because it's rice. But rice is essential, rice is good, rice is...

It was another great year, food-wise, for Orange County, with the opening of new restaurants by talented youngsters putting us on the SoCal hipster map; an explosion of craft brewers, burger parlors and serious mixologists returning eaters to our...