If you're Filipino or married to one and you live in triangle enclosed by the 55, the 5, and the 405, then the big opening last month was that of Seafood City in Irvine. Along with it came the first outpost of Jollibee, Red Ribbon, and Valerios in the Irvine area–all of which are staples of Pinoy communities elsewhere. But there were other notable openings we wrote about, too.
Here's our list of open-and-shut cases we chronicled on these here pages we call a food blog.
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RESTAURANT/VENUES OPENED IN NOVEMBER:
Blaze Pizza, Newport Beach
Blaze Pizza, Santa Ana
ST Pâtisserie Chocolat, Costa Mesa
Poke Etc., Long Beach
Temakira, Costa Mesa
Seafood City (and Jollibee, and Red Ribbon, and Valerios), Irvine
ChocXO Coffee and Chocolate Roaster, Irvine
TLT Foods, Irvine
Bulgogi House, La Palma
Dough Exchange, Santa Ana
Cismontane Brewing Tasting Room, Costa Mesa
Wafting Fragrance Noodle House, Anaheim
Big Fish Tavern, Laguna Beach
RESTAURANT/VENUES CLOSED IN NOVEMBER:
369 Noodle House, Anaheim
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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.