Earlier in the week, the Fast Food Maven, Nancy Luna of the Orange County Register, posted an article about the first casualty on the Orange County food truck scene, Brooklyn Boy’s Deli, and how the market here is a whole different animal from that of LA. Orange County has always been a different market from LA […]
Restaurants
Love a Loaf of Tillamook
I’m proud to say that I’ve been part of the “Loaf Love” Tour! I’m also willing to wager that you’re wondering what the heck is the “Loaf Love” tour? It starts in Tillamook, Oregon with these adorable little orange mini buses fabricated from a 1966 Standard VW Microbus and ends with bringing tasty Tillamook cheese […]
Crushin’ it at Z’Tejas
Last week we had an all-around fantastic OC BlogCrush meet-up at Z’Tejas in South Coast Plaza. Hosted by the ebullient Frank Groff, bloggers were greeted with chilled, lip-smacking-good blended Chambord Margaritas. We had a chance to mingle and chat with bloggers from all around Orange County while the kitchen, headed by Chef Danny Stevens, kept rolling out […]
The Evolution of Sushi
Being part of a tweetup at the recently opened Sushilicious in Irvine, was as much about conviviality and good times as it was about the sushi – for us anyway 🙂 And when I sat down to write this post, I started wondering about the origins of sushi – we all know it came from […]
AnQi
Another restaurant I visited during Orange County Restaurant Week was AnQi, at Bloomingdales in South Coast Plaza, where I met Tanya of Design Action Studios for lunch. Considering it was only 11:30 a.m., we refrained from ordering the Pink Lotus martini but savored every bit of the three course lunch. The first course was a Roasted […]
Zimzala at the Shorebreak Hotel
Last week was Orange County Restaurant Week so there wasn’t much cooking going on in the She’s Cookin’ Kitchen. OC Restaurant Week gives local foodies a chance to enjoy specially priced prix fixe menus for lunch and dinner at over 100 participating restaurants. The specialty menus usually consisted of three courses at lunch for $10, […]
In the Dog House
SIT, STAY, EAT The motto of the Lazy Dog Cafe expresses the simple pleasure of taking things a little slower and sharing food with those you love. The whimsical doggie-themed decor has instant appeal and the creative rustic design has been described as “Frank Lloyd Wright meets Ralph Lauren”, inspired by owner Chris Simms’ summers […]
An Underground Dinner
Don’t feel bad, I didn’t really know what an underground dinner was either; but whatever it was, the name was intriguing, it sounded exciting, and count me IN. My invitation to the underground dinner was most graciously extended by Toni Purry, founder and CEO of Purry Communications, who I met at the Hyatt Regency Resort […]