Four Sea's Wake-Up Call

Four Sea, the Chinese breakfast purveyor that we said would open at the plaza where Sushilicious closed last year, has now opened. As expected it serves hot soy milk, deep fried crullers and all the wonderful starchy things that a billion or so...

If it's true that Taiwanese cuisine is “disproportionately popular” in California, Irvine has to be the epicenter of that popularity. In OC's unofficial Taiwan Town, there are more Taiwanese eateries than there are McDonald's and Taco Bells...

Anne Marie broke the news that Sushilicious in Irvine closed suddenly earlier this week. But just as that concept fizzled, a tipster told me about another restaurant that's close to opening across the same parking lot. ] Four Sea Restaurant is a...

It's Saturday morning around nine-o-clock. I'm at Champion Food in Fountain Valley, sitting in a plastic chair, resting my elbows on a fold-out table, waiting for my order to be prepared. In the corner, with a commanding view of the room, next to...

Vivian Ku’s first two restaurants, Pine & Crane in Silver Lake and Joy in Highland Park, became neighborhood fixtures through their fast-casual airiness and the evident lightness of the Taiwanese dishes they serve. The subtlety of flavors and...