When Zon Baguettes first opened, I got some sort of cheesy chain-store feel from their logo. “Don” means crunchy–”Zon” is where I get 2-day shipping with Prime.
With Hoolux, I got to finally try Vietnamese sandwiches–or banh mi, at Zon Baguettes. We got the Dac Biet (special) featuring headcheese, Viet bacon, porkroll (lol. ?!. cha lua), [...]

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 [...]