Tokyo Table Pops the Culinary Cherry of Irvine's Diamond Jamboree Shopping Center

No two bowls of ramen noodle soup are alike. Even when two competing restaurants claim lineage to the exact same Japanese village known for a specific type of tonkotsu or shoyu or shio or whatever, each kitchen ultimately prides itself on its own...

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“Are you on Yelp?” the waitress at Mizuki asked when she noticed my camera on the table. “No,” I replied. “We’re getting pounded on there,” she said and sighed, a pained expression clouding her once-bright smile. I pretended like I had no idea,...

Grills of Your DreamsYour essential summertime list of top local keepers of the barbecue flame Barbecue: If thereNs a more loaded word in the culinary dictionary, I donNt know it. It is a catch-all term meaning different things to different...

The first secret to a good egg sandwich is to start with good bread. And the brioche that gets sliced to order, then buttered and toasted for sandwiches at Flippoly in Irvine (and Buena Park) is really, really good bread. The freshly baked loaves...

NOW OPEN: The Q Joint BBQ is a new vendor at the Saturday Farmers Market at SOCO. The pitmaster is Benny Chang, a former Certified BBQ Judge. 3315 Hyland Ave., SoCo Farmers Market, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 A new Indian restaurant called India Table...