The Geniuses Behind Sup Noodle Bar and the Vox Kitchen Dazzle With Gem Dining

The cart rolls up to the edge of my table at Gem in Fountain Valley, bringing with it a swoosh of air tinged with saline. “Can I offer you an oyster?” a young waitress asks, her voice filled with glee.  “Tonight we’re featuring kumamoto and...

Photo from @chungchun_irvine Instagram Chunchung Rice Hotdogs, a purveyor of Korean-style corndogs, has opened inside the Zion Market in Irvine. Among the specials are dogs filled with cheese and squid ink. 4800 Irvine Blvd, Ste 101, Irvine, CA...

When reviewing a place like Song Long Restaurant, we must dedicate at least one sentence to explaining how its existence contradicts its surroundings. We must use the words “tucked away” and “strip mall,” not because our thesaurus is in the other...

I nearly choked on my water when a tablemate called his dish of spaghetti with ground beef, bacon and a fried egg “trailer-park food.” Since he devoured it and left not a speck on the plate, I knew he meant it in the nicest possible way. But he...

Here we are at the Mall of Fortune, the vast strip mall that many people consider the heart of Vietnamese Garden Grove. There are sprawling noodle complexes, a crowded bakery and a seven-courses-of-beef restaurant that seems as large as a soccer...