Review: Blu SkyBar is the best restaurant to open in Anaheim in years

Critic Brad A. Johnson says the rooftop restaurant at the new Radisson Blu has thrown down the gauntlet for Spanish cuisine in OC.
Brad A. Johnson • Orange County Register • June 17, 2021
The best part of the paella is the socorrat, if you can find it. Blackened and crusted with the burnt residue of fish broth that evaporates before it can be fully absorbed, the socorrat is that layer of rice on the bottom and around the edges of...
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