Thai Nakorn Stuffed Squid
Orange County eating maven Dave Lieberman, who contributes food stories to OC Weekly, said he must have eaten at Thai Nakorn 100 times. During our lunch at the standout Stanton Thai restaurant, he proceeded...
Thien An: Tussling with 7 Courses of Beef in Little Saigon
Neon musical notes on worn walls don’t typically inspire confidence, but design is an afterthought in Little Saigon, a wide swath of Orange County that’s home to a quarter-million Vietnamese-Americans and some of the...
Warung Pojok: Indonesian Corner Cafe in Garden Grove [CLOSED]
Jakarta native Erisa Bong opened this Indonesian corner (pojok) café (warung) on August 1 with chef/aunt Ibu Ginting, who hails from Sumatra. The former Chinese restaurant is situated in a Garden Grove strip mall,...
Co La: Extending Little Saigon’s Reach with a Crane’s Help [CLOSED]
Trish Loan opened Co La four years ago on the back side of a Little Saigon strip mall. Co la means “crane” in Vietnamese (the bird, not the construction equipment). Before the arrival of...
Brodard: The House That Nem Nuong Built in Little Saigon [MOVED]
The house that nem nuong built has been located on the back end of Little Saigon’s Mall of Fortune since 2000. Before then, Diane Dang’s Vietnamese restaurant was situated at the nearby Asian Garden...
Tastea: Guaranteeing Smiles (and Puns) in Garden Grove
John Dinh, Scott Nguyen and Ted Vu opened their superior tea parlor in a Garden Grove strip mall in 2000. Tastea specializes in tea drinks and complimentary puns. A lot of boba establishments rely...
