ENTERTAINMENT
April 1, 2009
Where’s it at: BC Broiler, 1866 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, (949) 650-8080 What’s in it: The chicken is slowly rotated on the restaurant’s large rotisserie for three hours until golden brown. The chicken comes either plain or with a lemon and garlic butter sauce. A barbecue sauce is also available. Cost: $13.99 whole chicken, $8.49 half chicken, $6.49 quarter chicken Why you should order it: This is a great way to eat chicken, and owner Barry Afshar has been part of the family-run business for 23 years.
ENTERTAINMENT
May 22, 2008
Where it’s at: Bukhara Cuisine of India, 7594 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach. Why you should order it: If you’ve avoided Indian food in the past because you think it’s too hot, we would like to recommend chicken korma, a creamy, silky Persian-Indian dish, which can be traced back to the 16th century, when the Mughals ruled India. Bukhara marinates the chicken and cooks it in a tandoor (a clay oven), which reaches high temperatures in order to quickly seal in the juices.
NEWS
By PETER BUFFA | March 19, 2006
I'll give you one guess. Don't blow it. Ready? What is the oldest joke in the world? Wait, here's a hint: What is the oldest, dumbest joke in the world? Wait, wait, one more hint: There's a chicken and ? this is important ? there's a road. Anyone? Yes, that's it! I'm so proud of you. But by the time we're done, you will know at long last exactly why the chicken crossed the road, and it was not, hard as it is to believe, to get to the other side. I first heard about the chicken from Heather Klein, a close friend who lives in Newport Beach in general and Belcourt in particular.
NEWS
By Brianna Bailey | October 19, 2007
Veterinarian Joel Pasco could hardly believe his eyes when Costa Mesa resident Abel Octaviano brought Angel, his 3-month-old, hen-pecked pit bull pup, to All Creatures Care Cottage. Angel sustained scratches and pecking wounds across the top of his head and on his ears from being attacked by the family’s pet chicken, named Peww. While kids in Octaviano’s neighborhood love the friendly dog, they call the aggressive chicken a menace. “Everyone loves Angel, but Peww might end up as dinner in December,” Octaviano said.
NEWS
May 19, 2002
Every once in a while, when you least expect it, a random treasure shows up in your week: a gift that puts a smile on your face and a spring in your step. This week, with a schedule filled with demons, I was lucky enough to be on the receiving end of an angelic gesture. Jayne Lally, who chaired the 2002 Newport Harbor High School Home Tour, held a wrap-up meeting at her house and treated us all to lunch. And lunch truly was a treat. As much as I enjoy a great Ho Sum chicken salad, Plum's grilled romaine or Haute Cakes' chicken and date salad, this was lunch a la Jayne.
ENTERTAINMENT
By By Greer Wylder | November 11, 2005
Fifteen years ago Jack Jasper opened Jack Shrimp in Newport Beach with just one menu item -- his grandmother's famous Louisiana-style peel-n-eat gulf shrimp. The trademark dish is wonderfully spicy and addictive. While the shrimp cooks, a sauce with a dozen herbs and spices simmers alongside. The savory spicy sauce is served with fresh C'est Si Bon bread for dunking, and it was good enough to launch a successful trio of restaurants. Jasper seemed destined to be a cook. As a fourth-grader growing up in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, he entered his "crazy-chocolate cake" in a 4-H baking contest and won first prize.
ENTERTAINMENT
By John Reger | December 17, 2009
As I was biting into a mahi-mahi taco, a less-than-original name came to me to categorize the type of cuisine Caliente Southwest Grill serves: “Nuevo Mexicano.” While the name won’t catch on, the food certainly has. Owner Rick Flanagan started the restaurant more than 10 years ago, and the facility has been managed by his daughter, Heather, for the last few years. The restaurant serves Mexican food in the style similar to Taco Mesa’s. The standard ingredients are there: cilantro for the tacos, pico de gallo for the chicken asada tacos and queso fresco for many of the burritos.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Elle Harrow and Terry Markowitz | May 13, 2010
Amorelia is something special. Distinguishing itself from the plethora of Mexican restaurants in Costa Mesa, this new storefront eatery brings fresh new energy to classical Mexican food. Tucked into the southwest corner of the Kmart mall on Harbor Boulevard, it’s an attractive little place with faux stone walls, chunky Mexican wooden furniture, warm lighting and a very pleasant ambience. This is a family business based on Momma’s recipes from Morelia and Michoacan, but the menu is continually evolving.
NEWS
July 20, 2002
Young Chang People eat chicken for dinner, go to sleep, wake up the next morning and have scrambled eggs for breakfast. But they rarely connect the dots between the chicken and the egg, said Ann Raia, small animals supervisor at the Orange County Fair's livestock department. "They know the eggs come from chicken, but they never think about it," she said. The 85 chickens at the fair's Egg Laying Contest/Exhibit show passersby what really happens.