Top 5 Orange County Restaurants For 2016, Edwin Goei Edition!

“Have you had Santa Maria-style barbecue before?” our waiter asked the newcomers who were seated at the table next to us at SeaSalt in Huntington Beach. The group of four shook their heads no. It wasn’t the first time he encountered newbies....

Angelina’s Pizzeria Napoletana has opened at Irvine’s brand-spanking new Los Olivos Marketplace near Irvine Meadows Amphitheater. The restaurant, the second Angelina’s in Orange County after Dana Point, joins Burger Lounge and Panini Cafe at the...

You’ve may have hot pots before. Orange County has a menagerie of them, from nearly every country in Asia you can name. But have you had the one from Japan that feeds its sumo wrestlers? It’s called chanko nabe, and it’s essentially a stew of...

Until I'm lucky enough to be invited by a Vietnamese family to their home for dinner, Mai's Kitchen is, to my knowledge, the only restaurant in Orange County that specializes in Vietnamese family-style home cooking. These are meals that consist of...

I remember the first risotto I ever had. I ordered it at some random restaurant I decided to try on a whim one night in downtown Santa Barbara. It was a long time ago. The place is probably not there anymore. But the risotto I had was so good, so...