A Hard-to-Beat Dinner Deal at Asian Tapas in Irvine

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • December 16, 2010
If you haven't tried Asian Tapas, our Best Of Issue winner for Best Chinese, this is the time to go (particularly if you're one of the ones that voted P.F. Chang's to win Reader's Choice). As I promised earlier this week in the Drunk After Work...
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