Review: 10 more great Orange County dishes still available during the coronavirus pandemic

The current crisis has forced restaurants to shift their focus to the essential services of takeout and delivery. The limited revenue won’t be enough to sustain many businesses for long, but it might help some survive.

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • April 3, 2020

While the coronavirus pandemic has turned our worlds upside down, many restaurants remain open, operating in crisis mode to provide essential takeout and delivery. With reduced crews, restaurants have rallied heroically to keep us fed. The limited...

Restaurants In This Story

Anjappar

Solita

Craft House

Playa Mesa

Brodard

Garlic & Chives

Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken

Peking Restaurant

A Market

Kebab Republic

The full article can be read on the Orange County Register website.

Review: 20 great Orange County options for Chinese takeout and delivery

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • May 14, 2020

We won’t be queuing up like sardines to squeeze into Din Tai Fung again anytime soon. But we can still eat great dumplings. And dandan. And barbecue duck. While a few of Orange County’s top Chinese restaurants have closed temporarily (Fu Wing Low...

Review: The 20 best pizzas still available in Orange County during the coronavirus pandemic

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • April 23, 2020

Just because you are quarantined doesn’t mean you have to subsist on beans and canned soup. You can still have pizza. Great pizza. Here are 20 of the best pizzas in Orange County that are still available right now for takeout or delivery. Stock...

2145 Al's New York Cafe Angelina's Bello Brick Centro Pizzeria Ciao Pasta Filomena's Folks Il Dolce Il Palco North Italia Parallel Pizzeria Pirozzi Pitfire Pizzeria Sapori Rance's Sal's Terra TJ's Woodfire Pizza

Review: Orange County’s 10 best Thai restaurants for takeout and delivery

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • May 7, 2020

That tingly itch you get on the top of your head when you swallow a spoonful of hot, spicy green curry. That soothing, creamy comfort of a fast swig of Thai iced tea. That aromatic swoosh that fills the room when you pop the top of a container of...

Bangkok Kitchen Chada Thai Issara Thai Jasmine Lucky's Thai Sumran Thai Street Thai Thai Avenue Thai & Laos Market Thai Nakorn

Review: 10 great Orange County dishes still available during the coronavirus pandemic

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • March 20, 2020

Having eaten most of my meals in restaurants for decades, the current state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus has been an adjustment. I’m not worried about me, though. It’s the restaurants I’m worried about. Every one of them. The extent...

Where to find the spiciest foods in Orange County

Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • September 13, 2018

“Do you like it spicy?” I love hearing those words. It’s a question I got recently from the cashier at Southern Spice in Irvine. When I said, “Yes. Yes I do,” she steered me toward an incredible eggplant curry. “You want it spicy?” asked a...