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  • The Habit Burger in Irvine

    The Habit finally opened in Irvine. I kept hearing some of my friends rave about it. Finally got a chance to try it out. The Habit is nice. Even though prices are comparable to fast food places… or even less expensive, the decor and ambiance is more upscale than your average fast food joint. They…

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  • Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sandwich

    My wife is pregnant, as you guys know. She is due early December and we’re very excited about this. Her pregnancy has been a breeze so far. None of the horror stories that people have told me happened to me. No crazy cravings at 3 in the morning for some impossible to find food item.…

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  • Chronic Tacos Monster Burrito

    This was a video I shot for one of my pet projects, Orange County Reviews and some blogposts I’ve shared over there. There are more coming but I’ve been working on this site and other client work. Chronic Tacos in Irvine is great and I highly recommend you stop by. I have a few more…

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  • The Burger Review: Umami Burger Costa Mesa location

    Got a chance to visit with two of my good friends, Steve and David. We grabbed lunch at Umami Burger in Costa Mesa. The place has been making a lot of waves in the burger joint channels in Orange County. People talk about the delicious scrumptious burgers you can get here. They say “Five Guys’…

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  • Boiling Crab, Eating messy and tasty cajun seafood in Orange County

    Boiling Crab, with locations in Orange County, is one of my favorite places to eat seafood. Even though a new place called kicking crab near South Coast Plaza is really good, I still like Boiling Crab the best. Here’s a video about Boiling Crab food and one of my many visits to the place. This…

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  • Table At Pho Ba Co

    table at pho bac shared on Instagram I’ve been going to Pho Bac Co since 2003 or 2004 I think and for a long time, it was the only Vietnamese restaurant I’d ever been to. I now go regularly with my Wife, or to hang out with John Chow for Dot Com Pho. This is…

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  • Katsu Don at Fukada

    Katsu Don at Fukada shared on Instagram Fukada is in Irvine, near the Irvine Spectrum Shopping Center. You can find it at Irvine Center Drive and Research Drive. It’s a Japanese restaurant with some delicious food. This is the Katsu Don, which is pork cutlets, with (I think) panko crumbs and fried. They cook an…

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  • Pound of Wings at Tustin Roadhouse

    pound of wings at Tustin Roadhouse shared on Instagram Hmmm mmm! These wings from Tustin Roadhouse were awesome. A little spicy, but not too much. We expected that the “suicide” title would mean that they were actually hot and spicy but they weren’t. They were just right, served with the classic celery sticks and blue…

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  • Tustin Roadhouse. Old bottles and lack of branding. Hopefully food is good.

    New name but the old bottles. Old and lack of branding. Hopefully food is good. shared on Instagram I was surprised to see the old branding at this “new” place in Tustin. The “old” place had really bad reviews and tons of complaints on Yelp. Now with a new name, you would have thought that…

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  • Lampost goodness. Linebacker and veggies

    Lampost goodness. Linebacker and veggies shared on Instagram Lampost Pizza is one of my favorite pizzas of all time. It’s of course, our neighborhood pizza but they’re really really good, and I’ve had pizza everywhere. Toronto, Chicago, Seattle, Vancouver, Italy, New York, and this remains one of the best pizza’s I’ve ever tried. Ask for…

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