The Costa Mesa Marukai has transformed into a new market called Tokyo Central. The old food court has now been replaced by specialty food bars that serve noodles and islands with ready-made sushi. If it weren't for the gigantic cartoon-y signs, it looks like the Japanese version of the Whole Foods food court. The market opened last Thursday.
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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.