Eat This Now: Cheesecake at L’uxweet

I admit I was wrong. In more than a couple of posts here and on my personal blog, when I noticed the boba milk scene stagnating in the aughts, I prematurely pronounced that the boba milk tea craze was finally dead or dying. Even as the old...

“Please let it be terrible.” When I heard that a new boba tea shop had opened in Costa Mesa in the same overcrowded complex as Kitakata Ramen Ban Nai, that’s the thought that immediately rang through my head: “Please let it be terrible.” It’s not...

So the second Class 302 just opened in Irvine. This is the one we said would replace Dumpling Noodle House, next to Yogurtland and Thai Spice. They still offer their specialities: shaved snow and Taiwanese comfort food packed in metal lunch tins....

Tea and boba joints open all the time, all over, but not as often in South County. Recently, a new tea and boba joint called Harmony Tea Bar opened in Mission Viejo, which joins just a scant number other boba joints and tea shops in the area....

There are currently four Din Tai Fungs in California. Only two have liquor licenses. One of them is the Din Tai Fung at South Coast Plaza, which also happens to be the only Din Tai Fung in Orange County. Apart from the option of having something...