Cisco's Cioppino with Linguine (shrimp, clams and calamari with spicy sausage and pink sauce) - Mama D's pink sauce is magical and delicious. Mama D's Italian Kitchen probably has the friendliest waitstaff of any waitstaff that ever waited staffs.... | More →
Fried chicken prepared southern style with gravy on the side I went to Roscoe's at a different location years ago but I don't remember it being this good. Maybe I was too young and afraid of being shot at... | More →
Goober Doober (chocolate chip & brownie / mint chip & vanilla bean) Considering I have the palate of an 8-year old and think Carnation ice cream sandwiches are the greatest thing ever invented, you'd think a food truck specializing... | More →
USDA Prime Top Sirloin & Fries with Chimichurri (their signature dish) Give me a plate of meat and potatoes and I'll give you back an empty plate that used to have a pile of meat and potatoes on it.... | More →
Award winning ceviche $10 (blue crab, bay scallops, baby shrimp, cilantro, fresh chips) - The ceviche is good, but honestly it tastes like almost every other ceviche I've ever had. I guess it's impressive that it came out of... | More →
Spicy lamb - Tastes like a hybrid of Szechuan cuisine and Mongolian lamb skewers. And it's every bit as delicious as that sounds. If you've never had Szechuan food, you might not be familiar with the numbing, cooling sensation... | More →
Beef Noodle Soup Liang's Kitchen is another Taiwanese small eats restaurant in Orange County. Now I consider myself a bit of a beef noodle soup connoisseur, so when I say this is one of my favorite beef noodle soup... | More →
Thousand year old egg with tofu - This is the good stuff, baby. Mmm... I normally come to this place to binge on the beef noodle soup, but I decided to go the Taiwanese breakfast route this time. Irvine... | More →
Beef Culotte (bacon-wrapped, coffee & chocolate crusted, dijon smashed potatoes) I don't know what's up with the name Chapter One: the Modern Local, but I don't really care. I love good gastropubs and this is a good gastropub. The... | More →
The Omar Special (Egg whites scrambled with cheese, green onions and tomatoes. Topped with grilled chicken & mushrooms and served with brown rice & a drizzle of pesto and avocado sauce.) Mission Coffee Cup is a cozy little place... | More →
If you don't like spicy food, you can go ahead and just skip this whole thing, because what makes this Mongolian hot pot so delicious is their spicy soup base. It's similar to the Schezuan style of spice, in... | More →
Award-Winning Beef Shank, Tendon & Tripe with Noodle in Soup $9.95 - I'd recommend checking the box to add extra chili because otherwise it's not spicy at all. I don't mean the spice level is mild, I mean there's... | More →
Chicken Di Giorgio (crusted escalope of chicken topped with a fresh tomato/garlic/basil sautee and buffalo mozzarella) Is there anything better than a good sandwich? I mean, besides a sports car. Or a puppy. Or, well, a whole of other... | More →
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