Orange County

Eight Meals in the City of Hungry Angels

by James Boo October 9, 2012

Back in June, I spent one very long weekend weaving through the highways of Los Angeles and Orange County – intermittently attending the most absurd and incredible Indian wedding in the universe and getting re-acquainted with the absurd and incredible food landscape that is southern [...]

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California Love: Can I Barro a Feeling?

by James Boo January 21, 2011

For the next week, I’ll be writing short posts on the meals I enjoyed during a two-week vacation in my native California. Exactly what the hell is “California pizza?” A casual glance at my home state offers glimmers of hope, but only amidst a tasteless [...]

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California Love: Loving Pho the First Time

by James Boo January 21, 2011

For the next week, I’ll be writing short posts on the meals I enjoyed during a two-week vacation in my native California. By the time I discovered truly good Pho, I was miles away from one of its best sources: the Orange County neighborhood of [...]

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California Love: A Perfect Pickled Egg at Joe Jost’s

by James Boo January 19, 2011

For the next week, I’ll be writing short posts on the meals I enjoyed during a two-week vacation in my native California. There’s a bar in Long Beach that recognizes what every pickled egg in this country is missing: chilies. Rather than submerging its hard [...]

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California Love: In-N-Out

by James Boo January 18, 2011

For the next week, I’ll be writing short posts on the meals I enjoyed during a two-week vacation in my native California. My first hour in California runs like clockwork: Get off the plane. Find a restroom. Pick up my baggage. Drive to In-N-Out. Plenty [...]

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Fish Without a Bicycle

by James Boo January 12, 2010

One food group I’ve sorely neglected as a New York resident is sushi. I came into the sushi game extremely late in life; even so, after having great and affordable sushi in California, it’s tough to man up and shell out for comparable sushi here [...]

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Ramen Road Rage

by Zach Mann January 8, 2010

JDC has been a close friend of mine for over fifteen years. He’s spent his last two years in Kochi, Japan, living off of ramen, curry and tall cans of beer while killing centipedes and mutant wasps in his spare time. For the ringing in [...]

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Holidays in the Sun

by James Boo December 29, 2009

On August 10, 2009, I called the best Thai Restaurant in North America to ask if it would be open on December 23, 2009. Then I booked a cross-country flight with a four hour layover in Las Vegas, with full intent of making good on [...]

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Trieu Chau: Friend or Pho?

by James Boo October 28, 2008

This is part of a dual post between Monster Munching and The Eaten Path. You can read Elmo Monster’s review here. It’s no secret that The Eaten Path runs on slanted taste buds: for every post I write under the heading of “noodles” there are [...]

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