Koko's: A Hong Kong-Style Café Finally Opens in Orange County

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • November 16, 2011
I posited the question last May: Why aren't there any Hong Kong-style cafés in Orange County? In that post, I said that the last Hong Kong-style café to grace our dining scene was O'Shine in Irvine, which then became Red Onion, a similarly styled...
The full article can be read on the OC Weekly website.

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