Southeast Asia

The World's Coral Reefs Are Being Decimated, All for a Few Gaudy Trinkets

The (New) Noodle House For Vietnamese in Lauderhill

"How did you find out about us?" asked owner Khoa Nguyen of his shop that opened last month. He's from southern Vietnam.We learned about it from a flyer at a nail salon of all places, I told him. My friend Megan had been craving soup, despite that temperatures here have hovered in the 80's. In two w ... More >>

Sushi-Thai in South Florida: An Americanized Throwback

"How did you find out about us?" asked owner Khoa Nguyen of his shop that opened last month. He's from southern Vietnam.We learned about it from a flyer at a nail salon of all places, I told him. My friend Megan had been craving soup, despite that temperatures here have hovered in the 80's. In two w ... More >>

Talking About Thai On A New York Visit

When I was in New York a couple weeks ago, Robert Sietsema took me to Zabb Elee, a Thai restaurant in the East Village. The slip on the basement level offers Thai-hot dishes from the Isaan region of Thailand, near Laos. Decked in white, the restaurant's decor is apparently a Northern Thai ... More >>

Hunting For Balut In Broward County

​Balut is the unofficial national dish of the Phillipines, and it's disgusting. I know this because I've eaten it. Granted, my balut might have been indifferently cooked -- the Japanese chef who made it remarked that he'd "never eat that thing in a billion years" -- but balut's an easy dish, al ... More >>

Kabuki West Palm Beach Offers Double Happy Hour Deals

KabukiKabuki has two happy hours fit for a samurai.​What does the new kid on the block have to do to make friends? How about offering not one, but two happy hours?Kabuki, the recently opened sushi and tapas restaurant on Clematis Street, is offering a happy hour deal worth checking into.

Should Shark Fin Soup Be Outlawed?

Paul Hilton​The other night while having Chinese at Silver Pond with a friend, we debated about ordering the shark fin soup. "If you were in the ocean, the shark wouldn't think twice about eating you," my friend rationalized. He was hell bent on ordering a bowl. His response didn't move me. Is sha ... More >>

How a Rice Cooker Saved Me From a Lifetime of Prostitution

​Cooking is hard, or so I was brought up to believe. I wasn't told this but rather deduced it from two facts: My family was full of people who'd spent decades cooking for one another, and almost none of them seemed to be very good at it. So what was the point? If a lifetime spent grimly oozing swe ... More >>

SAIA on Fort Lauderdale Beach Does Happy Hour South Beach-Style

Photo by Jatinder Channa​Situated steps away from the sand, SAIA at the B Ocean Hotel is the sophisticated sushi spot you've probably never been to. Opened less than a year ago, it's taken some time to convince Fort Lauderdale's socialites that the old Holiday Inn building has been redesigned w ... More >>

Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part Two

​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

Bros Roofie'ing Bros in "The Hangover Part II"

​Yesterday, we shared part one of our interview with Coco Asia's owner and chef, Mike Ponluang. If you missed it, you can read it here. We continue with part two of our interview. Clean Plate Charlie: You're from Thailand, but your cuisine has other Asian influences, as well. Tell us about y ... More >>

Interview with Coco Asia's Owner and Chef, Mike Ponluang, Part One

​Mike Ponluang, owner and executive chef of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar, has traveled the world, learning and teaching elegant Thai food preparation. He attended Siam Business School and worked as a cook at the Chaopraya Hotel, the open mess for United States Army officers stationed there dur ... More >>

Guns Online: No Permit Needed

​Mike Ponluang, owner and executive chef of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar, has traveled the world, learning and teaching elegant Thai food preparation. He attended Siam Business School and worked as a cook at the Chaopraya Hotel, the open mess for United States Army officers stationed there dur ... More >>

Dennis Lambert at Kaye Auditorium 4/22

​Mike Ponluang, owner and executive chef of Coco Asian Bistro & Bar, has traveled the world, learning and teaching elegant Thai food preparation. He attended Siam Business School and worked as a cook at the Chaopraya Hotel, the open mess for United States Army officers stationed there dur ... More >>

"Connected Warriors" Yoga Class for Veterans Combats Trauma with Mindfulness

​A bunch of grizzled veterans sit around in a hot room, bending into strange contortions. No, it's not an off night at the Elks Club. It's a new program that offers free yoga classes to armed-services veterans.The "Connected Warrior" classes, currently at Yoga South in Boca Raton, are led by ... More >>

Bubble of Love

​A bunch of grizzled veterans sit around in a hot room, bending into strange contortions. No, it's not an off night at the Elks Club. It's a new program that offers free yoga classes to armed-services veterans.The "Connected Warrior" classes, currently at Yoga South in Boca Raton, are led by ... More >>

Inner Circle and Beres Hammond Bring Reggae to Hard Rock Live

​A bunch of grizzled veterans sit around in a hot room, bending into strange contortions. No, it's not an off night at the Elks Club. It's a new program that offers free yoga classes to armed-services veterans.The "Connected Warrior" classes, currently at Yoga South in Boca Raton, are led by ... More >>

Ronnie's Kids

Today, amnesty is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

The Dangerous Durian: Stinky as It Wants to Be

​South Florida abounds with tropical fruit, crazy, exotic fruit many American citizens have never seen (or smelled). You've no doubt encountered guava, carambola, dragonfruit and guanabana -- all yummy fruits, to be sure.But a recent report from Southeast Asia generated some worry: what if weird, ... More >>

Winning Restaurants Announced in our 2010 Best Of Broward-Palm Beach Readers' Poll

​Back in January, we asked you to vote on your favorite local bands, bars, restaurants, and everything in between for our Readers' Poll. And you sure voted -- we logged 2,351 of them. The full results will be printed in our Best of Broward-Palm Beach edition July 17. Below is a preview of the food ... More >>

This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

You could theoretically travel around the world for twelve months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. Blackman: Getting wet at tomorrow's Pridefest​The big US celebrations, in New York and San Fransisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stone ... More >>

Morning Juice: Savage Beating of Teen in Deerfield; Corruption Questions in Deal for Rock Pits

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

“One Night in Bangkok” (Minus the Dart-Shooting Vaginas)

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

Going Green

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

Green Papaya Vietnamese Cuisine in Coral Springs Is Worth Finding

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

At Basilic Vietnamese Grill in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea, Everyone's a Chef

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

Side Dish: Saigon Cuisine

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

U.S. Military Deserters No Longer Find Solace in Canada

​Let's see what's happening in South Florida.A 14-year-old girl at Deerfield Beach Middle School was beaten nearly to death by a boy after classes ended Wednesday. A 15-year-old boy, Wayne Treacy, has been arrested and will be charged with attempted murder. It's the same school where Michael Brewe ... More >>

Call to Action

Spend International Women’s Day meditating on mobilization!

Gay. Ish.

Six queer movies that barely deserve the designation

Become a Hippie in Two Easy Steps

Six queer movies that barely deserve the designation

Tet à Tet

Ringing in the Year of the Rat at Sakyo

Don't Thai Me Down, Babe

Who put the bang back in Bangkok?

Enough With the Mee Krob Already

Sapa´s Thai menu defines the familiarity that breeds contempt

Risky Business

Jinja makes a stab at CityPlace

Some Like It Hot

At Thai Bayshore, you can have it your way.

Not Too Cuckoo for Coco

A new bistro fails the sashimi test.

Thai Me Up, Thai Me Down

Two restaurants where yum nua and tom yum are yum-yum

Film Aid

FLIFF, WLRN, and UNICEF... get the picture?

Fusion Conclusion

FLIFF, WLRN, and UNICEF... get the picture?

Saigon Dreaming

No night should be a slow night at this Vietnamese joint

Artbeat

No night should be a slow night at this Vietnamese joint

DJ Icey

No night should be a slow night at this Vietnamese joint

Not for Display

No night should be a slow night at this Vietnamese joint

The Bong Show

This fusion joint almost has it together

Bye-Bye, Bass

Overfished and near extinction, this tasty fish needs our help

Best Restaurant Row

Gateway Plaza

The Wheel Deal

When it comes to serving great Vietnamese cuisine, Red Cyclo puts the pedal to the metal

Currying Favor

When it comes to serving great Vietnamese cuisine, Red Cyclo puts the pedal to the metal

Good Munching, Vietnam

When it comes to serving great Vietnamese cuisine, Red Cyclo puts the pedal to the metal