Review: Henry’s is the most ambitious restaurant Huntington Beach has seen in years, or maybe ever

“Hey Brad, where should I eat this week?”  I hear some version of that question every day, so one might think I’d have a canned answer queued up and ready to go. More often than not, I’ve replied “Hana re.” Or else Taco Maria or Vaca. Looking back...

End-of-year lists like this one are never easy. In terms of legitimate “best new restaurants,” 2019 year gave us an embarrassment of riches. It probably would have been easier to compile a list of the 25 best newcomers, but I’ve never been a fan...

Gem    Omakase by Gino    Isla Cuban    Anjappar    Maison Cafe & Market    Knife Pleat    Henry's    CdM    Louie's by the Bay    Fable & Spirit   

These are the days of poke. There are more and more places that sell the Hawaiian foodstuff of legendary deliciousness–including the Costco in Tustin, and the recently opened Pokinometry in Anaheim–that it proves mainlanders are finally warming up...

Thank you, Orange County, for (over-) feeding me again this year. I have eaten very, very well. In fact, I’ve been keeping a list. And here it is: the 20 best things I ate this year.  20. Gorgonzola pizza at Il Palco This isn’t the first Italian...

The prawns I adored so much that I almost ate one off the floor at Henry’s are gone. So, too, that lovely lobster in a spritz of almond milk with shaved grapes and heart of palm. I’m saddened about all that. However, the new lamb shank easily...