NOW OPEN:
An “Asian-Latin Street Food” restaurant called Pango has opened in Fountain Valley. Asian tacos such as chashu pork, calamari curry and Korean BBQ are on the menu, but also ones with a Peruvian lomo saltado and chile verde. Elote and guacamole are also served.
16161 Brookhurst Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 92708
So far, Gen Korean BBQ is well-known for two things: its AYCE Korean BBQ and the long waits in order to get it. Now it may get famous for being the first Korean BBQ in OC to offer home delivery. Orders can be placed online at www.GenDelivers.com. If you're wondering how this would work if you don't have the equipment at home, the restaurant also sells electric grills for $34.99.
A new truck called Mix International is now roaming the streets of OC. It serves everything from bacon cheeseburgers to Chinese BBQ pork sliders, to crispy potato latkes to savory chicken taquitos.
COMING SOON:
Spoleto, which is most easily described as the Italian food answer to Chipotle, is being planned for University Center across from UC Irvine. Currently at the three existing locations is Florida, customers build their meals from a base of pasta, flatbread, or salad; then add proteins and sauces.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.