If you ever find yourself in the mood for boba, or if you just want to go out for something sweet, try 7 Leaves Café! Located off of Westminster Ave. and Brookhurst St., 7 Leaves Café offers a new and unique variety of refreshing drinks. The café’s hole-in-the-wall location is deceiving. Once you go inside, [...]
T.G.I. Friday’s Restaurant Review
Once you step into the restaurant, it’s hard to miss their quote painted over the bar – “In Here, It’s Always Friday!” T.G.I.Friday’s is a one-of-a-kind restaurant with a wide variety of foods, and you’ll be sure to find something for everybody, from salads and soups, to burgers, ribs, pasta, and seafood. They also sport [...]
Matsu: The Teppan Adventure
Hidden in the corner of a shopping center on the southwest corner of Beach and Talbert lies one of the best local Japanese Restaurants you may never have heard about. Matsu, which features both a “cook at the table” teppan experience, as well as an impressive candy bowl, dazzles customers with unique cultural decorations and [...]
Acapulco: Authentic Spanish Restaurant Experience
Most people have eaten at Del Taco or Taco Bell, but has anyone considered real Mexican food? Fast food places rarely count as legitimate cultural restaurants. That’s why Acapulco is a refreshing change with a little more culture. Located about 12 minutes from FVHS, in Costa Mesa, the restaurant radiates a festive feeling that one [...]
Euro Caffé: Europe in a Cup
With its delectable coffees, tea, and pastries, the Euro Caffé offers a brief glimpse into the idealized European lifestyle. Surrounded by garden arbors and decorated with lights, the place is reminiscent of a romantic night in Venice. Because of its small size and relative isolation from the rest of the strip mall in which it [...]
Thasos Greek Island Grille
Tired of going out to eat at the same places? Located in a strip mall across the street from South Coast Plaza, Thasos Greek Island Grille offers unique Mediterranean gourmet and décor. Although Thasos was one of the favored places to come to in order to taste Greek gourmet, my reaction upon my initial visit [...]
Gen Korean BBQ and Yakitori
Gen Korean BBQ and Yakitori Bar is an all you can eat restaurant in Tustin. They have about 20 different cuts and types of high quality meat that are both juicy and flavorful. They have a modern and futuristic décor that livens up the already busy atmosphere of the restaurant. The servers are extremely helpful [...]
Papaya Thai Bistro Review
What does Papaya Thai Bistro have to offer? Delicious and tasty Thai cuisine, fast customer service, and friendly atmosphere. If you’re someone who thoroughly enjoys the blast of flavor that Thai food is best known for, then Papaya won’t do you wrong. The restaurant, located in the busy Diamond Jamboree center in Irvine, has everything [...]
Boiling Point
Boiling Point is a Taiwanese hot pot restaurant located on Culver Dr. in Irvine. This restaurant doesn’t just offer a large pot to share with everyone in your party, but serves individual hot pots to everyone. With the choice from seven different hot pots, filled with different types of vegetables, seafood, and meats, customizing didn’t [...]
Casa Inka: A Taste of Peru
Casa Inka, located near the corner of Warner and Newland, aims to bring to the table authentic Peruvian cuisine at a fairly decent price, and for the most part, the establishment succeeds in doing so. Just recently, I dined at Casa Inka with a party of friends to celebrate the coming of my birthday. This [...]
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