Wahoo’s Fish Taco made a quiet opening yesterday at UCI’s food court at the student center. For those who aren’t familiar with Wahoo’s, its a casual restaurant with a “Mexican/Brazilian/Asian” inspired menu. Expect tacos, enchiladas, burritos, bowls, and excellent fries and onion rings.
Here’s my favorite combo, a taco with rice and beans topped with fresh [...]

Santouka Ramen does not want to be found. It’s buried inside the food court in the back of Mitsuwa market. Mitsuwa itself is hidden just off Bristol, but hidden behind a 7-Eleven and the plaza with Angotei (which I still need to try!). Neighboring plazas and buildings look pretty dated and are currently getting new [...]

Specialty’s Cafe and Bakery is on the 1st floor of an office building located in a business park–clearly meant for the surrounding business towers. They even have little Point of Sales screens inside where you can punch in your massive order for takeout. These guys seem to be big on catering.
This place is ridiculously Irvine-clean, [...]

Knowlwood, now 5 restaurants strong, is scattered throughout Orange County. About fifty years ago, husband and wife Roy and Fay Knowlton, with Gene Wood started Knowlwood. The original Knowlwood, and the first one I visited, resides in Anaheim Hills.
My most recent visit was the Fullerton location with David Ronquillo and John Wu. It was of [...]

I came back! and steered clear of the nigiri. Yum. See the original post.

Wafu of Japan’s cozy little bar.

Baked oysters.

Dragon Balls

Baked Mussels

Crab and avocado. I love how simple this is.

Samurai Burrito. This was really good! It’s essentially made of the same stuff the dragon balls are, but I like this better.

This is the only place [...]