zerocool84
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It's going to be very sunny and warm so go visit one of the beaches, either Laguna or Newport. Both are nicer and upscale than the beaches in LA so it'd be perfect to visit.
I miss Agoras
Let me know what you have going on. I'm in LA, will try and drop by to say hi.
the only exception IMO is the area of irvine around the 5/jamboree and wherever the hell 85 degree bakery is which is turning into little asia
This might be a trap where he has some candy for you in his van, be careful.
Thats the District I think, and its a bit typical mall stores IMHO. Or are you talking about the area about a mile south, like Jamboree and Alton?
Yeah hit Agoura as being from TX you will want Calif BBQ, its actually good and Brazilian, but visiting other places I would look for what I don't have local.
Week day lunch, India Cook house at Culver/5 fwy. Gypsy Den in the Lab Bristol between 73 and 405.
Yen Ching is in Santa Ana, Chinese food, mmmmmmmmmmmm, good.
There's the Andrea restaurant at Pelican Hill. It's pretty nice. Newport Beach and Balboa park is nice too
Yen Ching is in Santa Ana, Chinese food, mmmmmmmmmmmm, good.
Are you talking about Yen Ching in Orange?
http://yenchingoc.com/
I was there last week. Some great sizzling rice soup and some pineapple chicken. I love the candied apple slices they give you for desert along with the fortune cookie and almond cookie. Sooo good!
I just died a little bit on the inside.
OP please do not go here, this is not what SoCal Chinese food is about.
ok then what do you suggest? Always looking for new places to try...
Let me know what you have going on. I'm in LA, will try and drop by to say hi.
for a solo diner in irvine: 101 noodle express
for a family dinner in OC: i would say sam woo or newport seafood would be essential, depending on where the OP is coming from (ie have they ever seen a chinese bbq joint?
IMO, SoCal chinese food is more about things like
hell, even chinese/vietnamese:
not:
Some of those restaurant suggestions look pretty good in this thread to try out. I haven't check the per diem rate, but it when I went to Tampa is was like $45 a day or something close to that. Not huge, but if I get a small meal for lunch and breakfast, I can do something a bit more fancy for dinner as long as I cover the "drinks" out of my pocket. Which isn't covered by per diem any how.
I feel that Newport Seafood in Santa Ana has gotten worse, but they're still really good. Their house special Lobster is market price at something around $15/lb when everyone else's market price is around $6/lb. There's a reason they can charge that much.
I'm assuming OP doesn't have time for Dim Sum (morning to 3pm-ish meal), but the best I've had in OC is at Seafood Cove#2 across from Asian Garden mall.
Too bad OP isn't showing up a month later. Din Tai Fung is supposed to open in April at South Coast Plaza.