Author: Tina Nguyen

So I just turned 21. As the saying goes, “With great power comes great responsibility.” To be more precise, I spent most of the weekend trying to not be hung over. (I still can’t get over the thrill of being carded, whipping out my ID, and bursting, “Yes! Contrary to

Let’s face it, there are very few hip restaurants with quality menus and decent pricing in the Village. I can count the cool restaurants that people actually want to go to on one hand: Back Abbey, Viva Madrid, and La Picoletta. The rest I habitually disparage as places for alter

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There are two Middle Eastern restaurants and hookah bars right next to each other on North Garey Avenue in Pomona. From the outside, they look exactly the same: red neon signs, lush enclosed patios, and local college students with laptops and hookahs. But only one of them has sparkly black

In honor of Mardi Gras, the Saints’ Super Bowl win, and my lingering connection to New Orleans, it was high time for me to find a Cajun or Creole restaurant in the Inland Empire. As I discovered, that’s relatively hard to do. In every strip mall, there are numerous Korean

Here’s firm warning to anyone seeking authentic Thai cuisine: You won’t find it at Bua Thai in the Village. I discovered this the moment our first appetizer, the Bua Thong, came out. The Bua Thong is a deep-fried won-ton filled with crab meat and cream cheese, with a sweet-and-sour dipping