Tabu Shabu is the new restaurant concept from Jeff Chon, the force behind reviving The Alley, a Newport Beach restaurant and bar. If you’ve never had shabu, it doesn’t have to be intimidating. It is a Japanese hot pot, where you cook your own food in front of you. It’s similar to fondue, where you [...]
To celebrate the launch of its Best of Orange Country restaurants issue, Orange Coast Magazine hosted a party at Fixtures Living at South Coast Collection (aka SoCo) in Costa Mesa, Calif. Orange County’s best dressed were in full effect at this OC soiree. I felt a little out of place because I was not sporting [...]
Somewhere in the Twitterverse, I found out about a place called Vault Martini. It is a martini lounge that offers over 140 specialty martinis. Yes, that’s right 140. They also offer 44 takes on the classic martini. For someone that has spent the last 10 years trying to create new martinis from scratch, this place [...]
I was a bit cynical to try yet another Korean-Mexican “fusion” place, due to the oversaturation of wannabes that have popped up and greatly disappointed me, but none of the other carts in this particular Portland pod were tempting my palette on this day. I ordered pan-fried vegetable potstickers and chicken Kogi tacos. Wow, was [...]
When we took a second foodie trip to Portland, on the top of my “must-do” list was Teardrop Cocktail Lounge. Located in the Pearl District, it is a hip but dimly lit lounge with concrete walls and gray velvet curtains. The large bar is situated in the center of the room allowing many patrons to [...]
Every once in awhile I get a craving for donuts. The problem is most donut shops out there have terrible donuts. They are usually old, heavy, stale and sometimes just greasy. Yuck! Every once in awhile you hear about a place that people just rave about and it will either be really good or it [...]
This Easter Sunday, LUCCA will feature a lavish brunch buffet and offer a special deal for children under 12 by allowing them to pay according to their age! The popular Easter brunch buffet, offered on Sunday, April 8 from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will feature a full buffet with a wide variety of options, including items from an [...]
Come celebrate Spring at the SoCo Farmers’ Market this Saturday, and Newport Beach Farmers’ Market this Sunday! SoCo Farmers Market Saturday 9-2 3315 Hyland, Costa Mesa, CA Giveaways 9:00-2:00 Front Porch Pops will be offering free samplers of Springy flavors including Sweet Limeade Market Tours 9:30-11:30 Chef Bridget from Fixtures Living hosts a Sourcing Saturday, [...]
Officials at Citizens Business Bank Arena and Hispanic Business Alliance have announced the dates for a 2 day community event on May 5 and 6, 2012. “The success of the Food Truck Fests last year has resulted in the planning of not only an IE Food Truck Fest but the addition of the IE Dixie [...]
We love spicy food; we love shrimp, clams and other seafood. Put those together and you have an addiction that we’ve had to feed every week for the last two months. It started about a year ago when someone turned us onto a place called Boiling Crab in Garden Grove. This place was good but [...]
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