japanese food make the small drive to tustin/costa mesa.
• fukada for udon or don (irvine, near spectrum)
• honda-ya (tustin)
• mogumogu for mazemen (costa mesa)
• oak and coal for yakitori (costa mesa)
• kagura for katsu (costa mesa)
• kaisen bordering costa mesa and santa ana (near south…
Can't go wrong with any of the Chinese restaurants in Orange Tree Square Shopping Center (Walnut and Jeffrey, where 99 Ranch is), and across the street in the Arbor Village Shopping Center, there's A&J.
A&J Restaurant, beef noodle soup is the best in Irvine.
Boiling Point, Taiwanese style hotpot.
Furai Chicken, Korean style fried chicken, inside Zion Supermarket.
Laguna Hills - Classic Chinese, they have a wide variety of cantonese food to choose from. Better than the other cantonese food places in Irvine. They have roast duck but you may have to order in advance. No dim sum here though.
Beef noodle soup in irvine… I’d rank them He’s Noodle, bafang…
If you were leaning towards dim sum and want something that you won't find too many other places in the USA, A&J Restaurant by Jeffrey and the 5 is a legit Taiwanese restaurant, very authentic. Quite a different menu than a Cantonese dim sum but some overlap. I've taken visiting Taiwanese friends…
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• Ma’s House: Chinese Halal. I haven’t visited in some time, but used to visit more often when I went to school in Fullerton.
Lamb w/ pickled cabbage warm pot, sesame bread w/ green onion come to mind.…