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Mazesoba, a dry ramen also known as mazemen, at Mymen in Santa Ana (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)

The next big thing in ramen is going brothless. A growing number of eateries have the dish, known as mazemen or mazesoba, on their menus.

Brad A. Johnson has suggestions on where to sample the dry ramen in Orange County.

Eat of the Moment

The homewrecker burger at 1st Street Burger House in Santa Ana (Photo by Brad A. Johnson, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Burger of the month

“The menu at 1st Street Burger House in Santa Ana offers nearly 20 different hamburgers, some of which differ from the others by merely a single ingredient,” Brad writes.

Find out which one he selected.

Some casinos will serve green beer for St. Patrick’s Day. (File photo by Liudmila Chernetska/Getty Images/iStockphoto)

St. Patrick’s Day eats

Southern California casinos have food, drinks and events planned for St. Patrick’s Day. Expect a lot of corned beef options.

Meanwhile, Disneyland has 21 treats for the holiday, including a weird-looking corn dog.

Irish Coffee is said to have been invented for travelers passing through an airport in Ireland, but today is it a popular beverage around St. Patrick’s Day or at any time. (Photo by Getty Images)

Hair of the dog

Explore the origins of Irish coffee here and abroad and find out where you can find a great one to sip locally.

A new location of Randy’s Donuts will grand open in Santa Ana on Tuesday, March 22. Seen here, Randy’s Donuts in Pasadena on Lake Avenue. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)

Get a free glazed

Randy’s Donuts has come to Santa Ana and has planned a grand opening for Tuesday, March 22, and customers will receive a free raised glazed doughnut from 6 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Pitfire Pizza will add four Southern California restaurants with openings starting in 2022. (Courtesy of Pitfire Pizza)

Jump into the fire

Pitfire Pizza has six stores already in Los Angeles and Orange counties and will add four more new ones in Southern California with openings starting as early as mid-2022. Among the new locations is one coming to Orange. Anne Valdespino has more.

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt grand opened a new scoop shop Thursday, March 10 in Huntington Beach across from the pier. (Courtesy of Handel’s)

Ice cream near the beach 

Handel’s Homemade Ice Cream & Yogurt opened another scoop shop in OC. This one is in Huntington Beach across from the pier in a 1,328-square foot location that used to be a Havaianas flip-flop shop.

This Week’s Recipes

Grilled skirt steak is shown served over a bed of farro and topped with compound butter. (Photo by Cathy Thomas)

Skirt steak has a great beefy flavor but isn’t exactly tender. Cathy Thomas shares a recipe for the best way to serve the cut.

Ganache-Frosted Brownies with Pistachios are studded with nuts, dried apricots and candied ginger (Photo by Yakir Levy)

Happy Purim! Celebrate the holiday with these recipes for some sweet treats, including lemon cookies, Hamantaschen with a poppy seed and raisin filling and ganache frosted brownies with pistachios.

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