http://www.ocfoodreviews.com The food guide for locals by locals Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:08:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sometimes inspirations to review something come from unexpected circumstances. Such was the case last night when dessert at my work's Christmas party was provided by the brilliant architects from CoolHaus. CoolHaus follows on the heels of the trendy foodie fad of serving gourmet food from a truck, a fad I'm ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/out-of-bounds/blueprint-for-delicious/ Today we ate lunch at Mil Jugos, a Venezuelan restaurant in downtown Santa Ana. This was our second time eating there and I have to admit, before eating there I really didn't know much about Venezuelan food. The place itself is maybe a little difficult to find, located among the ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/santa-ana/ive-got-arepa-fever/ You may not be aware that Pink's hotdogs, a southern California food landmark, is celebrating it's 70th anniversary right now. I was having a conversation with someone about it and somehow the conversation turned to food places that you have to wait in long lines at. My friend was emphatic ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/anaheim/yes-its-worth-the-wait/ Last week we decided to try a place friends have been telling us we just had to visit called the Blue Agave on Yorba Linda Blvd. It's a pretty unassuming little place in the corner of a strip mall. I was thinking it really didn't look like much from the ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/yorba-linda/blue-agave/ Growing up in Anaheim, I have very vivid memories of driving past the signage for the "Original" Pancake House on Lincoln Ave., with the strange laughing head and what appears to be a mushroom cloud in a frying pan. Sadly I've never been to the Original Pancake House on Lincoln ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/anaheim/pancake-house/ I've eaten a lot of Thai food in my day. I was never really introduced to Thai food until I was in college, I had a number of friends in college that were from Thailand. And because of them I've eaten at a lot of places ranging from the most ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/santa-ana/georges-thai-bistro/ Last weekend we participated in our annual ritual of visiting the Orange County fair in Costa Mesa. Now, I'm no great advocate of the gastronomic wonderland that is your average county fair with whatever they're happening to deep fry and put on a stick these days. But there is one ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/costa-mesa/oc-fair/ It's hard to throw a rock in the city of Santa Ana and not hit an authentic Mexican restaurant. One that we like to frequent regularly is the Little Onion on the corner of Main and MacArthur (this corner of Main and MacArthur not to be confused with this corner ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/santa-ana/little-onion/ I woke up Saturday morning craving garlic, and luckily I happen to live around the corner from the best garlic fix in the OC, Rosine's Mediterranean Cafe on Wier Canyon Road in Anaheim Hills. We headed over around lunch time, it had been a while since I'd been there for ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/anaheim/rosines/ This morning was Fathers Day, and we decided to honor my father (and mother) by getting some authentic Cuban fare at Café Contigo in downtown Anaheim. My family has always said that there aren't enough "fast" Cuban eating places around. Most Cuban restaurants are the "sit-down" types and there's so ... http://www.ocfoodreviews.com/anaheim/cafe-contigo/