Marian the Foodie, a fellow blogger and James Tea, managing partner of Capital Seafood, invited a group of media to come in and sample an incredible 11-course dinner. The restaurant, the second Irvine location for this family-owned business, is modernly designed with mixed finishes of wood, metals and an impressive, all-glass wine room. It has [...]
Save your appetite and stay on budget during The Sixth Annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week kicking off this Friday, January 20 through Sunday, January 29, 2012. For the first time ever, this beloved annual citywide culinary celebration will be extended to nine days, including two full weekends of bargain gourmet dining! Nearly 70 of Newport’s [...]
I was first introduced to Justin Wines by a friend of mine. Every time she had a get together she would serve wines from Paso Robles, and so through her, I became quite a fan of Justin as well as other Paso wines. Jason and I kept telling ourselves that we needed to make a [...]
Are you ready for the upcoming New Year’s Eve Block Party at the OC Fair and Event Center? There will be live music, a bunch of gourmet food trucks, drinks, dancing, casino and carnival rides. We were able to go last year and had a spectacular time. Click here is our wrap-up form that event. [...]
Preview Party Will Feature Gourmet Food Trucks, Toy Drive & Music The OC Fair & Event Center is throwing a preview party to give guests a taste of the official OC Fair New Year’s Eve Block Party on December 31. The preview party will feature free admission and parking, plus gourmet food trucks, a DJ [...]
This Friday, December 9 at Best Buy Fullerton with Truck Squad, Chunk-n-Chip will have the finals of their Cookie Challenge. They will be picking out two judges from the crowd to join Kim and I along with a couple more professionals! Come cheer on the finalists and maybe you can stuff your face with cookies [...]
Kim and I have a saying, “life is too short for bad alcohol”. You know what we mean if you’ve ever gone to a bar and they serve some concoction made with vodka that tastes like rubbing alcohol and a syrup made mostly of artificial flavorings and color. It is a bunch of wasted calories [...]
Tonight Kim and I got to visit The Playground in Downtown Santa Ana as part of the friends and family pre-opening event. We were lucky enough to try a number of their dishes and as you would expect from owner and executive chef Jason Quinn, he did not disappoint. The restaurant concept is based around [...]
In late October Memphis at the Santora in Downtown Santa Ana, announced Executive Chef Diego Velasco’s newest fall menu item, the Memphis Crawfish Boil. The Crawfish Boil includes 1.5lbs of fresh crawfish, smoked sausage, corn on the cob, potatoes, cornbread muffins, salad and one Dixie Lager per guest, all served on traditional New Orleans butcher [...]
If you are a Southern California gourmet food truck lover then there is a good chance that you have eaten at or at least heard of the Lime Truck in Orange County. They have won numerous accolades for their inventive California, ingredient-driven cuisine, most notably Season 2 winners of the Food Network’s “The Great Food [...]
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