Top Southeast Asian Restaurant in Lake Forest
Diho Siam
23600 Rockfield Blvd #2l, Lake Forest, CA 92630, United States
I used to come to Diho Siam pretty often when I used to live in Lake Forest considering that the Thai food they have here is pretty good and priced reasonably well. Even though we now live in Irvine, my girlfriend and I decided we wanted Thai food for dinner last night and came here after a Costco run. Im usually a big fan of Pad Thai when coming to any Thai cuisine, but decided to change it up and try out other things on the menu.Thai Iced Tea (3/5): Nothing too special here really... if anything its like any other Thai Iced Tea Ive ever had before. I think $3.00 for one of these is a tad bit pricey, considering I make just as good of a one at home with the tea leaves and some condensed milk.Spicy Meat Salad (4/5): My first time trying this dish out. Surprisingly it came out to be pretty delicious and the meat is cooked and seasoned well. The only thing that got me a little bit disappointed was that I was expecting literally a salad with just meat and no veggies and the portion was smaller than I would like. However, it is a salad and cant say that Im surprised you get enough to just satisfy your hunger pains until the entree comes out.Green Jungle Curry (4/5): Decided to get this with just the scallops instead of the seafood combo. Not sure if I regretted my decision or indifferent, but I was worried that the amount of scallops given in the seafood combo would consists of only a couple of them. The overall taste and quality of the curry though was pretty spot on to what youd expect from any Thai restaurant. Although the scallop route as a protein wasnt too bad, I think Ill opt for the beef next time for any other curry I try here.
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Indo Ranch OC
22722 Lambert St #1701, Lake Forest, CA 92630, United States
Edit Update: 2024, I am very happy to report. We're back! We stopped by Indo Ranch a couple months back to get a few items from their shop. It smelled amazing in there and we noticed they've improved the dining area. We thought we should try it again. Today we went there for lunch and Wow! It was so good. I don't know if they got the original chef back, but the food was spot on. So good and fresh and we left completely full. I will highly recommend Indo Ranch.Edit March 2023: My original review is from last year and we did go back again in the last couple of months. It seems that the cook has changed because there was a noticeable slip in quality. I don't want to be mean, but I feel I need to amend my first review as this was unfortunately a bit disappointing. Hopefully they can improve.(Original)Indo Ranch is so good. It seems like a lot of Indonesian food in the United States is lacking some of the special elements of Indonesian food. Indo Ranch does not miss the mark. The food is practically indistinguishable from the best Padang food you can get in Indonesia. The nasi goreng is a very generous portion. The seasoning is spot on. My bule husband loved the Rendang and to me it looked perfect tho I don't eat meat. The food is flavorful and meat tender and every dish we tried had a little heat. We came here twice and all tried different dishes both times. We brought my son's friend with us the second time and he seemed to enjoy it every bit as much as us though it was his first experience with Indonesian food. My son, husband and I left full and very content both times. They also have a little market attached to the restaurant. We bought a lot of harder to find Indonesian items the first time we came. It was closed the second time we came. I'm not sure about the hours of the market, but I am sure we will be back again.
Ninas Indian & British Groceries
23542 El Toro Rd, Lake Forest, CA 92630, United States
Good place for Indian and other southeast Asian (Sri Lankan) groceries. The food court style Indian restaurant in the back of the store has great Indian food.