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Honda-Ya and Beyond: Three O.C. Izakayas That Prove Japanese Pub Culture Is Here to Stay
Overhead shot of izakaya at Honda-Ya. Photo by Edwin Goei, Culture OC It was 2003. Yelp did not exist yet. But a crude, text-only bulletin board system called Chowhound did. And it was there that I wrote and posted my very first restaurant review. To call it a review is a stretch. I started the piece with, “I just came back from Honda-Ya … and MAN! I LOVE THIS PLACE!” and then proceeded to list all the dishes I ate in numbered order.
The Udon Restaurant My Algorithm Influenced Me To Try
Edwin Goei 11 minutes ago 6 min read REVIEW: With its viral online popularity and well-executed dishes, Tsurukawa Udon may be the restaurant that finally breaks the curse of its location at The District in Tustin. Himokawa Cold Udon Set at Tsurukawa Udon in Tustin. Photo by Edwin Goei, Culture OC I eat what my algorithm feeds me. And I don’t mean that metaphorically. The constant and persuasive pull of my Instagram app has helped me decide, on many occasions, what or where I should be eating next.
In Search of the Perfect Fish Taco, Santa Ana Delivers
REVIEW: From a seafood truck to a surprising juice bar, three spots serve crisp, beer-battered fish tacos done right. Fish tacos at Taco Nazo in Santa Ana. Photo by Edwin Goei, Culture OC I was in the Cayman Islands when I ate the best fish taco of my life. It was made with lionfish, an invasive species that’s also poisonous — but one that happens to be quite tasty when it’s covered in beer batter, fried crisp and tucked into a warm flour tortilla with a heap of coleslaw.
Where Italy Meets Japan, and Lunch Comes at a Discount
Edwin Goei 28 minutes ago 5 min read REVIEW: Japanese-Italian fusion gets another spin in Fountain Valley at Momonoki, where a miso carbonara shines and a $28 lunch deal draws crowds. It’s Sunday morning in Fountain Valley and I’m standing in a strip mall anchored by a Grocery Outlet, waiting for Momonoki – Orange County’s newest Japanese-Italian restaurant – to open. And as the line behind me grows, I start to wonder: Why are there so many people here?
Keep Calm and Curry On at Chiang Rai
Edwin Goei 50 minutes ago 6 min read REVIEW: Chiang Rai, Long Beach’s Michelin-mentioned Thai restaurant, opened a Tustin branch that replaced my local Indonesian spot – but I’m not mad about it. When the new Chiang Rai opened in Tustin, I had a chip on my shoulder. Let me explain. It replaced another Thai eatery I liked called Rice & Noodle, which occupied the spot since 2021. Now, I’ll be the first to admit that Rice & Noodle wasn’t very good.
Tokyo Central’s Viral Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant Waka Sakura Arrives in Irvine
REVIEW: The reasonably priced sushi at Waka Sakura is worth the wait, even with a standby list that tests your patience and plating that sometimes feels rushed. If you’ve heard about the new conveyor belt sushi spot Waka Sakura in Irvine, you probably also know about the excruciating wait times – which can last up to and including two hours. But if you’ve been to the original Waka Sakura in Gardena, you know this isn’t unusual.
We've reached peak lantern festival mania. Experience these magical ones around SoCal
Is there anything more like a fairy tale than thousands of glowing lanterns floating heavenward into the night? Long before the luminescent spectacle awed viewers of Disney's 2010 film "Tangled," real-life lantern festivals have been taking place around the world. In China, sky lanterns were first used as a means of communication in warfare during the Eastern Han Dynasty more than 2,000 years ago.
The Omelet at the New Délice Breton in San Juan Capistrano Is Oeuf-ing Good
The cloud like omelet at Délice Breton. Photo by Edwin Goei Have you ever had an omelet so fluffy it feels weightless? Or one so moist and rich in the middle you’d swear it’s filled with molten cheese even though you ordered it plain? The omelet I had at Délice Breton in San Juan Capistrano was like this and more. It bore no resemblance to any omelet I’ve ever had. In fact, referring to it as an omelet seems as inadequate as calling Notre Dame a church.
Now Open: Little Onion in Irvine and MORE!
Photo from @littleonionmex IGSanta Ana’s Little Onion has opened a new sister restaurant in Irvine. The new eatery features a menu that mirrors the original, which was established in 1972. 14429 Culver Dr, Irvine, CA 92604 Chef’s Pho and Restaurant in Santa Ana has closed and is now Crawlicious, a Cajun-Vietnamese seafood house serving crawfish, shrimp and other shellfish much in the way others like Boiling Crab and Kickin Crab did before it.
Faka’s Island Grill Brings the Aloha to Santa Ana’s 4th Street Market
Best plate lunch around. Photo by Edwin Goei A scoop of rice. Macaroni salad. Fried chicken. Disassemble a typical Hawaiian plate lunch to its components and you’re left with things that, by themselves, aren’t very special. But put them together in a clamshell container, and something magical happens. They let you relive past Hawaiian vacations as if they are the Pensieve in Harry Potter, bringing back a flood of happy thoughts in a way that flipping through photos never could.
Now Open: An Agua Fresca-Based Restaurant and MORE!
Image Courtesy of OC FrescaA new restaurant centered around agua frescas has opened in San Clemente. Called OC Fresca, it features agua frescas as the base for cocktails and margaritas. Appetizers of ceviche, empanadas, and elote are served as well as mains of tacos and saltado. 1814 N El Camino Real, San Clemente, CA 92672 A Vietnamese restaurant called XT Cafe has opened in La Habra. Pho, garlic noodles, banh mi, and rice dishes are served.
Dine As If You’re in The Great Gatsby When at the Drake in Laguna Beach
A refined halibut. Photo by Edwin Goei Though it’s something I rarely wonder about when I’m dining somewhere, this time, I couldn’t shake it: How many investment bankers, lawyers and executives are in the room? Maybe it was because at the garage for the mandatory (but complimentary) valet, I saw more Audis than Toyotas. Or maybe it’s because now, more than when the place was Tabu Grill, the customers looked as though they just came off a Fortune magazine photo shoot.
Now Open: Cream Pan in Fountain Valley and MORE!
Cream Pan’s Strawberry CroissantCream Pan, the beloved Japanese bakery and Old Town Tustin landmark famous for their strawberry croissants, has opened its highly anticipated second outlet in Fountain Valley. The new building it occupies, previously a menswear store, has about 13,000 square feet of space. 15945 Harbor Blvd Fountain Valley, CA 92708 A new steakhouse called Old Brea Chophouse has opened in Brea, next to The Improv.
A Tsujita Acolyte Opens Ramen & Tsukemen TAO in Buena Park
Ready to fortify yourself for the harsh winter? Photo by Edwin Goei If you blindfolded me and fed me a strand of the noodles from the new Ramen & Tsukemen TAO in Buena Park, I’d tell you it was udon. These are the most bloated ramen noodles in Orange County. They have three times the line weight of the stuff I boiled in my college dorm room. Top Ramen is as distant a cousin to these noodles as Hamburger Helper is to a $100 steak at Mastro’s. This is most evident with the soup in which it floats.
Now Open: A New Moulin, a KBBQ Specializing in Intestines, and MORE!
Image coutesy of Moulin Moulin’s Artisan Pastry Lab will open tomorrow at Costa Mesa’s SOCO. Along with offering breakfast and other specialties, this fourth location of Moulin will also serve as commercial pastry kitchen for its other locations. 3303 Hyland Ave., Costa Mesa, CA 92626 A new Indian buffet called Royal India Grill has opened in the Westminster Mall. Prices start at $10.99.
Navarro’s Taqueria in Santa Ana Is Something to Taco ’Bout
Delicious times three. Photo by Edwin Goei Clack-clack-clack. Sizzle-sizzle-sizzle. As soon as I stepped into Navarro’s Taqueria, I heard the familiar and comforting noise of a metal spade pushing and scraping seasoned bits of fried meat across a hot griddle. I smelled the aroma, too, as it wafted through the room. Both triggered a Pavlovian response. My senses told me that I’m going to eat tacos—lots of them—and very soon.
Now Open: New Pasta Joint in Fashion Island and MORE!
Photo by Edwin Goei Makarun, a quick-serve pasta chain from Poland, has opened in Fashion Island’s food court. It offers build-your-own pasta bowls with sauces that include bolognese and carbonara. Pizza is also served. 401 Newport Center Dr, Ste A 106, Newport Beach, CA 92660 A Korean fried chicken joint called Fly to the Chicken has opened in Anaheim. Also on the menu: burgers and ramen. 2117 East Ball Rd, Anaheim, CA 92806 Jane’s Pizzeria, which serves vegan pizzas, has opened in Fountain Valley.
Sights From This Weekend’s OC Japan Fair
The OC Japan Fair is going on this weekend at The OC Fairgrounds until Sunday.
The Geniuses Behind Sup Noodle Bar and the Vox Kitchen Dazzle With Gem Dining
Photo by Edwin Goei It could be argued that other than AnQi—which lies beyond Little Saigon’s boundaries and thus doesn’t survive on what the community thinks of it—few upscale Vietnamese restaurants get very far in the enclave. Until, that is, the Vox Kitchen came to town and bucked the trend. On the menu, there’s a $78 steak that gives Mastro’s a run for its money. But if I had to guess why it succeeded in Little Saigon while others failed, it’s this: It doesn’t just serve Vietnamese food.
OC Japan Fair and The Taste This Weekend
OC Japan FairIf you like food festivals, Costa Mesa is the place to be this weekend. First, there’s OC Japan Fair at the OC Fair & Event Center. A more intimate and more Japanese-focused version of the OC Night Market, it brings dozens of vendors together for three days of food, music performances, and shopping. Admission is $8 for adults. Children 6 and under are free. Parking, $9. The Taste Also happening is the LA Times-hosted The Taste at The Met.
Now Open: The Blind Pig, Fogo de Chao, and MORE!
Rancho Santa Margarita’s The Blind Pig has opened a location in Yorba Linda. Menu items include Lobster Thermidor and hand-made gnocchi. 4975 Lakeview Ave, Yorba Linda, CA 92886 A new sandwich vendor called The Deli Station has opened at Santa Ana’s 4th Street Market. It takes over the stall formerly occupied by All Flavor No Grease. 201 East 4th St, Santa Ana, CA 92701 The Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chao has opened in Irvine Spectrum. The “Full Churrasco Experience” costs $62 for dinner.
The New Isla Cuban-Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar in La Palma Is Loud Enough for Earplugs
Mountain of mofongo, with shrimp. Photo by Edwin Goei At my count, there are, at best, seven Cuban restaurants spread out over Orange County. This is, after all, California, not Florida. We have no equivalent to Miami’s Calle Ocho, no dedicated Cuban epicenter where every other restaurant offers a media noche or a shot of café Cubano. Discounting Porto’s in Buena Park, Cuban food is a footnote when compared with our area’s abundance of Mexican and Vietnamese eateries.
Now Open: Rock & Brews in Tustin and MORE!
Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley’s rock-themed eatery Rock & Brews has opened a branch in Tustin in the space that was formerly Lonestar Steakhouse. 1222 Irvine Blvd, Tustin, CA 92780 Pikup Forx, an Asian fast-casual restaurant that sells rice bowls it calls “Rice Kups”, has opened in Lake Forest. Toppings include charbroiled chicken, cube steak, galbi, or lobster.
Two New Asian Hot Dog Vendors Continue the Advancement of the Sausage Arts
Sumo Dog. Photo by Edwin Goei Is there anything more American than taking what was originally from another culture and improving it a little? It allegedly happened with the hot dog in the early 1900s when a German sausage vendor in St. Louis lent white gloves to his customers so they could handle and eat his hot sausages. But they kept walking off with the gloves. So he decided to tuck his frankfurters inside bread instead. A couple of decades later in Texas, the corn dog followed.
Now Open: New Little Saigon Restaurants and MORE!
Quan Mii, the Little Saigon restaurant that also bottles its own brand of sauces, has opened a second location in Fountain Valley in the same parking lot as Brodard. 16031 Brookhurst St, Fountain Valley, CA 92708 A restaurant called Cup Bowl Chao Ech Singapore Dumpling has opened on Little Saigon’s main strip. The house specialty is frog porridge. 9600 Bolsa Ave Ste A&B, Westminster, CA 92683 Steelcraft, the Long Beach food hall made out of shipping containers, has opened its Garden Grove location.
Mario Marovic’s Lounge Group Transforms Newport Beach Brewing Co. Into Helmsman Ale House
The chicken schnitzel plate. Photo by Edwin Goei The logo for Newport Beach’s Helmsman Ale House is a sea captain with a beard of tentacles gripping a ship’s wheel. I don’t know what his official name is, but I can’t think of a better mascot for Mario Marovic’s Newport Beach-based Lounge Group. It reminds you that the company’s own tentacles reach as far as downtown Fullerton with Matador Cantina and steer as many as 11 restaurants throughout Orange County.
Now Open: Vibe Organic Kitchen in Dana Point and MORE!
Photo from @eatdrinkvibe InstagramNewport Beach’s Vibe Organic Kitchen & Juice, which serves gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free vegan food, has opened an outpost in Dana Point. Vegetarian burgers, avocado toasts, and breakfast are served as well as juices. 34255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Dana Point, CA 92629 Project Social, a cafe that serves beer, coffee, and food in the form of sandwiches, burritos, and bowls has opened in Dana Point.
The New Hole In the Wall Burger in Lake Forest Offers a Great Burger at a Great Price
Photo by Edwin Goei In Lake Forest, one the leafiest suburbs in Orange County, there’s a strip mall that looks as if it belongs in LA’s inner city. A seedy liquor store sits in one corner, with an auto-body shop in the other. Wedged between them in this low-rent piece of parking lot is a hole-in-the-wall burger joint actually called Hole In the Wall Burger. And it isn’t kidding: The restaurant is barely a restaurant.
Now Open: Social in Huntington Beach and MORE!
Photo courtesy Social Costa Mesa.Costa Mesa’s Social has opened a second outpost in Huntington Beach. It takes over the space of SeaSalt Woodfire Grill, the Santa Maria-style steakhouse by SeaLegs owner Alicia Whitney, which closed in April. 21214 Beach Blvd, Huntington Beach, CA 92648 The Vietnamese crepe called banh xeo is the specialty of the house at La Xanh, a new restaurant in Santa Ana that also serves a variety of rice vermicelli dishes.
Nova Kitchen & Bar in Garden Grove Was Built by Money . . . Lots of It
Photo by Edwin Goei I had no idea how massive Nova Kitchen & Bar in Garden Grove was until I swung open a front door so enormous it could hold back King Kong. Strolling into the largest of five dining areas, I saw a glass-encased wine room and bars illuminated with color-changing LEDs. In a private section with booths, a shimmering chandelier that looked designed specifically for the room dangled above me.
Now Open: Another Yang’s Braised Chicken Rice and MORE!
Yang’s Braised Chicken RiceYang’s Braised Chicken Rice has opened in Santa Ana’s Hutton Centre. It’s the fourth location for the Chinese chicken chain to open in Orange County. 2 Hutton Centre Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92707 Irvine’s I Can Barbecue, an all-you-can-eat Korean barbecue restaurant, has opened a location in Santa Ana in front of the Ronald Reagan Federal Building. 414 W 4th St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 A Hawaiian plate lunch joint called Faka’s Island Grill has opened in Santa Ana.
Discover the Next Level of Pho, Bánh Mì and Bún at These Little Saigon Spots
Pholicious. Photo by Edwin Goei Even if you’re a Vietnamese-food neophyte, you’re likely familiar with pho, bánh mì and bún. They are the primary colors of the Vietnamese-cuisine visible spectrum. As pizza, spaghetti and lasagna is to Italian food, the triumvirate is the culture’s food ambassador, and it’s slowly being woven into the fabric of mainstream America. This is the reason those dishes are on the menu of almost every generic Vietnamese restaurant outside of Little Saigon such as Sawleaf.
Now Open: A New Brunch Place in Brea and MORE!
Photo from @thedylan.brea InstagramThe people who brought you Toast in Whittier and Benediction by Toast in City of Industry has opened The Dylan by Toast in Brea. Like its predecessors the menu at Dylan is full of breakfast and brunch standards such as Benedicts, avocado toasts, steak, and mimosas. 190 S State College Blvd, Brea, CA 92821 Hui Lau Shan, a chain based out of Hong Kong that’s famous for its mango-based desserts, has opened in Irvine, its first store in Southern California.
Costa Brings Upscale Peruvian to Costa Mesa’s Theater and Arts District
Photo by Edwin Goei I was 20 when I first discovered Peruvian cuisine. It was at a restaurant called El Pollo Inka in Lawndale, and a friend who’d snagged a job at Northrop Grumman in nearby El Segundo had told me about it. Everyone in her office ate there, she said. When I finally tried it myself, I was blown away. How is it possible that Chinese-style stir-fries and fried rice existed on the same menu as ceviche and arroz con pollo?
Now Open: Nashville Hot Chicken in Santa Ana and MORE!
Image from @hottieschicken InstagramA new Nashville hot chicken joint called Hotties has opened in Santa Ana’s 4th Street Market. It takes the space formerly occupied by All Flavor No Grease. 4th St Market, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Ramen Hajime of Anaheim, which makes its noodles and soup in-house, has expanded to a branch in Tustin. It took over the spot that was formerly DIY Sushi. 14071 Newport Ave, Ste 91, Tustin, CA 92780 The high-end Vietnamese restaurant called Bosava in Garden Grove has closed.
Banana Leaf Kitchen in Huntington Beach Offers Laotian by the Ocean
Chicken satay at Banana Leaf Kitchen Photo by Shannon Aguiar In every part of Banana Leaf Kitchen’s name, there’s truth in advertising. As it’s first and foremost a takeout joint designed for GrubHub orders, the Huntington Beach eatery’s kitchen takes up nearly 80 percent of the floor space. There are no public restrooms, and all the food is packed in to-go containers, so they’re ready for pick up by customers who aren’t staying very long.
Now Open: A Korean Rice Hotdog Joint in Irvine and MORE!
Photo from @chungchun_irvine InstagramChunchung 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 92620 The Port of Peri Peri in Fullerton is a specialist in flame grilled chicken marinated with peri peri, the African bird chile. The chicken is sold by the piece, on platters, or as wraps, pitas, and sandwiches.
Food Truck El Cevichazo Brings Its Shrimp-Centric Sinaloan Seafood Dishes to a Garden Grove Brick-and-Mortar
You MUST order the camarones Culichis. Photo by Edwin Goei “What kind of beer would you like for your michelada?” the waitress asked. I told her Modelo, but I only said so because I remembered it was the beer of choice the last time I was in a Sinaloan mariscos joint similar to El Cevichazo. The truth is I had no idea. Even though I’ve sampled micheladas in miniscule amounts at food festivals, I haven’t really had enough to know whether I was going to like it as a full-sized serving.
Now Open: Two New Cuban Restaurants and MORE!
Photo from Papo’s Cuban Kitchen InstagramA new Cuban restaurant has opened in Anaheim’s Platinum Triangle neighborhood. Papo’s Cuban Kitchen serves the usual specialties of Cubano sandwiches and ropa vieja, but also guizo de maiz and sopa fideo with either chicken or fish. 2422 E Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92806 Isla Cuban-Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar has opened in La Palma. The menu for this new Cuban restaurant includes mofongo served with your choice of meat.
Anaheim’s Chicken Hero Kho Ga Makes a Great Jerky and a Good Pho
Rich, glorious pho. Photo by Shannon Aguiar The first things you encounter as you walk into Chicken Hero in Anaheim are the vacuum-packed pouches with labels that have a winking anthropomorphic chicken giving a thumbs-up.
Now Open: Marugame Udon in South Coast Plaza and MORE!
Photo from South Coast Plaza IG @southcoastplaza.Marugame Udon, which has branches in Beverly Grove, Downtown LA, and Glendale Galleria, has opened in South Coast Plaza next to Casa Barilla on the lower floor of what was previously the Sears wing. 3333 Bristol St, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 A new all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant that’s appropriately called AYCE Sushi has opened in the part of Santa Ana unofficially called South Coast Metro.
Tony Esnault’s Highly Anticipated Knife Pleat Arrives at South Coast Plaza
Fancy vegetables. Photo by Anne Watson Photography Have you ever noticed that South Coast Plaza’s Nordstrom wing has a distinctive aroma of freshly pressed linen? To me, it smells like opulence and wealth. It is in this rarefied air that a new, highly anticipated French restaurant takes residence in Marche Moderne’s old spot on the highest floor.
Now Open: Culichi Town in Santa Ana and MORE!
Photo from Culichi Town’s IG @culichitownA restaurant chain that specializes in the foods of Sinaloa has opened a branch in Santa Ana. Culichi Town’s menu includes sushi rolls, seafood ceviches, and tacos gobernador. 2158 S Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA 92704 Hole in the Wall Burger has opened in Lake Forest. Burgers are made from 100% chuck roast. Carne asada and pollo asado tacos are also served.
Fullerton’s Heartful Made Makes Korean Food That’s Perfect for Summer Picnics or Netflix Binging
Photo by Edwin Goei I’m in Fullerton on Commonwealth near Gilbert. It’s a neighborhood that’s at least several blocks removed from the city’s central business district. This is the town’s backstreets. There’s a 7-Eleven on one corner and a 76 gas station on the other. Go in either direction, and there are auto-repair shops, self-storage units and a smattering of apartments. But on this quiet strip of road, Hangul script is on the signage of more than half the businesses.
Now Open: Whitestone in Dana Point and MORE!
Photo courtesy of Whitestone RestaurantThe space that was formerly Two Left Forks in Dana Point is now Whitestone, a restaurant by Pizza e Vino owner Steve Dickus. The menu includes wild boar ragu over pappardelle and brown butter scallops with hijiki seaweed and togarashi. 34212 Pacific Coast Hwy, Dana Point, CA 92629 La Casita Olvera has opened a restaurant in Lake Forest. Along with Mexican specialities such as enchiladas, it offers a Sunday brunch buffet with bottomless mimosas.
The New Sal’s Pizzeria in Foothill Ranch Offers a Long Island Specialty Called a Grandma Pie
We love all the ‘za! Photo by Edwin Goei So far, I’ve been to New York only three times. And of those three visits, I managed to have a proper New York pizza just once. It was from a no-name shop that advertised a $2 slice on its window. I wouldn’t be able to relocate the place if I tried, but since it was a memorable trip, that pizza remains one of the best experiences of my life.
Now Open: Benchmark in Santa Ana and MORE!
Image from Benchmark’s IG @benchmark.restaurantBenchmark has taken up the space of Dear Lacy, which closed earlier this year. The menu includes a shareable pork al pastor, a main entree of gochujang fried chicken, and mac and cheese for the kids. 601 E Santa Ana Blvd, Santa Ana, CA 92701 The menu at the new Seoul Street in Irvine features fusion takes on Korean food with bulgogi, spicy pork, chicken or tofu paired with fries or stuffed into tacos, burritos, and burgers.
AYCE Chain Shabuya Opens Its First OC Restaurant
Ready to swish-swish. Photo by Edwin Goei There’s regular shabu-shabu restaurants, and then there’s Shabuya, the all-you-can-eat buffet chain of all the things you’d ever want to boil, simmer and swish in your own roiling vat of broth. I first encountered the brand in La Mirada two years ago, and in the time since, it has become the shabu-shabu model that others in this growing genre could ever hope to imitate. It’s the Amazon.com of shabu.
Now Open: New Ramen in Cypress and MORE!
Photo from Ichitaru Ramen Instagram @ichitaruraRamen Zetton in Cypress has closed. A new ramen joint called Ichitaru Ramen has taken over with a menu that includes bentos, tsukemen, and a variety of ramen such as “Garlic Bomb Ramen” and a wonton ramen. 5721 Lincoln Ave, Ste F, Cypress, CA 90630 A Vietnamese restaurant that specializes in all things chicken has opened in Anaheim. The menu at Chicken Hero Kho Ga features varieties of chicken pho, chicken fried rice, and chicken wings.
The New Casablanca The Restaurant Is Different in All the Ways That Matter From the Moroccan Establishment It Replaced
Tasty pastry. Photo by Shannon Aguiar When I included the new Moroccan place in Costa Mesa called Casablanca The Restaurant in my weekly blog roundup of new eateries a few months ago, I had no intention of reviewing it. It was previously another Moroccan restaurant, one that I’ve featured numerous times in these pages. Although it changed hands, from what I saw of Casablanca’s menu, it looked as if it served the same kind of meals I remembered having at the old establishment.
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