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Philippe The Original Restaurant – Los Angeles

Tagged as: American, Beyond the Orange Curtain, Cheap Eats, Deli, LA County, Los Angeles, Sandwich

For those of you that aren’t aware, I’m a big lifetime Los Angeles Dodger fan (I like the Angels too, I grew up rooting them both on), but it wasn’t only up until recently that I have heard that Philippe is the place to go before heading to Dodger Stadium. We tried to go before [...]

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Der Wienerschnitzel Presents Tijuana Taxi

Tagged as: Advertising, American, Chain Restaurants, Cheap Eats, Eat in OC Feature, Fast Food, Favorites, Funny Stuff, Hot Dogs, OC Food History

I bet you didn’t know that many years ago Der Wienerschnitzel wasn’t just in the Hot Dog with Chili Sauce business but was in the music production business as well! Here is the story behind this and some other interesting cross promotional albums of the same ilk. (From Space Age Pop) Worth mentioning for the [...]

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Our 2010 Summer Vegetable Garden

Tagged as: Cheap Eats, Cooking With Dan, Eat in OC Feature, Eat in OC News, Growing Veggies, It's Not Easy Being Green, Local Flair, Save Money, Vegetarian

I’ve been meaning to post some pictures of our vegetable garden this year. This year we not only have the 3 foot by 6 foot space we used last year but we also built two 3 feet by 5 feet raised beds. All vegetables were purchased from Fullerton College Tomato Sale, Cal State Fullerton Tomato [...]

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La Reina Market – Orange

Tagged as: Breakfast, Cheap Eats, Mexican, Orange

Here are some pictures of a chorizo breakfast burrito I had a couple weeks ago from Le Reina Market in Orange. One of the cheapest meat breakfast burritos I’ve ever had at only $2.99. It was pretty good. I’m not extremely family with chorizo except that I know it’s a seasoned Mexican sausage but it [...]

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Crepes Bonaparte – Various OC Locations

Tagged as: Anaheim, Breakfast, Cheap Eats, County Wide, Dessert, Farmers Market, Food Truck, Orange County, Sweets

Yesterday I review Piaggio Gourmet on Wheels from my visit to the Anaheim Farmers Market and today I’m doing a quick review of Crepes Bonaparte another food truck that travels around Orange County. Crepes Bonaparte makes crepes (click here for the truck menu). Honestly these aren’t your everyday run of the mill crepes that you [...]

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Straight From The Bag – Del Taco

Tagged as: Cheap Eats, Fast Food, Live Blogging, Mexican, Placentia, Straight From The Bag, Video Blogging

Ok, I’m trying out a new feature called Straight From The Bag! It’s me opening my food order from various establishments right there in front of your eyes in video. Yes, it’s a bit corny, but maybe someone will find some entertainment out of it, or me. Today’s ‘Straight From The Bag’ is brought to [...]

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California’s Gold Visits In-N-Out Burger

Tagged as: 5 Star, American, Burgers, Chain Restaurants, Cheap Eats, Fast Food, Favorites, Local Flair, OC Food History, Special Events

Image by Gabriel Madrigal Photography via Flickr This weekend on KCET is the premiere of Huell Howser‘s California’s Gold visit to In-N-Out Burger. This is a once in a lifetime look into the Southern California drive thru staple. Here is the promotional commercial for the episode. I am soooo excited about our CALIFORNIA’S GOLD EXCLUSIVE!!!! [...]

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Arthur’s Family Restaurant Kids Eat Dinner Free!

Tagged as: American, Cheap Eats, Dessert, Favorites, Orange, Save Money

Just wanted to share something I saw at Arthur’s Family Restaurant in Orange tonight. Kids under 10 eat free with an adult meal purchase from 4:30 to 8:30 on Thursday through Saturday (the only nights they are open). Sounds like a pretty good deal. Try their awesome bread pudding that comes free as a dessert [...]