request for Anaheim, CA

Robert H. wrote:
>
> We'll be at the Anaheim Marriott for the week of June 24, 1996. Other than the
> hotel restaurants we know nothing about where to eat. We like Asian foods
> (Northern India, Thai, Japanese, Hunan Chinese, Dim Sum & Hot Pots) & good old
> American (steaks, seafood, barbacue). Can anyone suggest the best places to
> eat in the VICINITY of the Marriott?
>
> Robert Harmon

As a 6-year resident of Anaheim, I'm going to tell you: you really will want to take a little  drive.  The closest Indian restaurant that I would recommend is Sitar in a little strip mall by the corner of La Palma and Brookhurst (it's kind of next door to LensCrafter 2000).  This is about ten minutes from where you're staying. But it would really be a shame for you to miss "Little Bombay" in the city of Artesia -- try Rajdoot -- this will take you a little longer (20-25 minutes).

Northern Orange County has a very large Thai community, and the culinary benefits of this situation are outstaning. I recommend Thai Nakorn in Buena Park and Thai  Place in Cypress -- it should take no longer than 15 minutes to get to Thai Nakorn and about 25 minutes to get to Thai Place.

If you like Hunan Chinese, I'd recommend Seafood Paradise (25 minutes away) in Westminster (they don't especially do Hunan, but it's great stuff -- spicy and tempting).  And if you decide that you're game for something that you haven't mentioned, there's a FABULOUS Cantonese restauarant called Ocean Star in Monterey Park -- but that's really quite a drive.  Until about a year ago, I had this delusion that Cantonese food is bland and uninteresting -- Ocean Star will prove otherwise.

From a fellow food-lover,
David Nadler