Taste Test: Koko's Cafe in Irvine

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...

Anyone who cooks risotto knows it can’t be rushed. More than any other rice dish, it requires patience and diligence. The rice needs to be stirred and stirred until the grains accept the ladles of broth poured in little by little. Just as...

Rice-IranianHouse of KabobNs sublime Persian rice used to be just a Lake Forest treat, but now itNs in Irvine, too Is there any starch more glorious than Persian rice? At House of Kabob, itNs loose, free-flowing like sand in an hourglass, and...

If you're not planning to go to the Tet Festival at the OC Fairgrounds this weekend, but still want to eat Vietnamese food, here are 10 of my essential Little Saigon eateries to try. This is the list I've given to co-workers, visiting relatives,...

Like the guy at the bottom of a human pyramid, you’ll find Ngu Binh squished into the lower floor of a multilevel building full of Vietnamese shops. Unless you know it’s there, you won’t be able to tell it apart from the massage parlors and nail...