East Borough Pork Belly Bowl
A bad vibe at another restaurant in The Camp led us to leave before ordering, which turned out to be a good thing. The eco-friendly complex in Costa Mesa has several other dining options,...
Hue Oi: Central Vietnamese Gems in Little Saigon
It’s never been a better time to eat in Little Saigon, the confluence of Garden Grove, Westminster, Costa Mesa and Fountain Valley, an area with the highest concentration of Vietnamese people outside of their...
Nuoc Mia Ninh Kieu: Featuring Sugar Cane in a Food Court [CLOSED]
My trip to Vietnam in 2005 left a lot of indelible images, including a walk through a series of back alleys in northern Ha Noi that led to a man hand-cranking a sugar cane...
Vung Tau: Savoring the Flavors of Southern Vietnam
In “Highlander,” the 1986 movie starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery, the writers made it very clear “There can be only one.” However, that adage doesn’t hold true in the case of Little Saigon....
Bosa 1: Channeling Little Saigon in Las Vegas Chinatown [CLOSED]
Just because we were in town to eat prodigious amounts of pork at All-Star Cochon didn’t preclude us from having lunch mere hours before the Super Bowl of pork. We drove to Vegas from...
Nem Nuong Khanh Hoa Sour Sausage
This central Vietnamese restaurant has been open for five years in an Alhambra strip mall, and as we later learned, garnered praise from the likes of Noodle Whore and Jonathan Gold. Nem Nuong Khanh...
