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…
Not many Chinese options being listed, so I’ll drop some:
Gui BBQ Taichi Cuisine (although the quality has gone down I think) Dun Huang Spicy City Tasty Noodle House MeiZhouDongPo ($$$$) JA Jiaozi (modern take)
I'd just like to shout out a few lesser known restaurants in the area that serve stuff different from the commonly suggested sichuan, dumpling, and noodle places.
Gui BBQ - traditional skewered meats grilled over charcoal. delicious but be warned this restaurant is a bit expensive.
YinTang Spicy…