Oak and Coal is a new yakitori joint serving traditional Japanese coal-roasted skewers of meat and veggies. The Costa Mesa restaurant also offers housemade kimchi dumplings and hot soba noodles.
333 E 17th St Ste 2, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Crazy Chi Mac, which I’ve reviewed before, has now become Ssal Chicken #2, the second outpost of the Korean chicken restaurant that previously just existed inside the AR Mart supermarket in Fullerton as a stall. The fried chicken purveyor advertises a rice flour batter instead of wheat flour.
2895 W Lincoln Ave, Anaheim, CA 92801
As we’ve posted before, Red Envelope, which is headed by ex-Anchor Hitch’s chef Michael Pham, has opened in 4th Street Market. Shaken beef nachos and pho are on the menu.
201 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Also at 4th Street Market, Wingman Kitchen at has opened serving permutations of fried chicken, filling a void that PFC left behind.
201 E 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Gourmet Burger, which used to be a tenant at Palm Food Court in Irvine before it was turned into TRADE, has reopened in Santa Ana.
2431 N Tustin Ave, Santa Ana, CA 92705
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.
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