OC Food Blogs: China Garden, Irvine

China Garden, Irvine

As much as I love cooking, I don’t do it on a daily basis. When I don’t cook, there are a few restaurants that I always frequent in Orange County, and one of them is certainly China Garden.

Serving authentic Cantonese cuisine (you have to know what to order though), China Garden has never failed my high expectations…

This is my first post to OC Food Blogs, to read the complete post and find out what I had for dinner plus the delectable pictures, click here now.

上海鼎 Shanghai Ding House of Dumplings, Queensbay

上海鼎 Shanghai Ding House of Dumplings, Queensbay

Shanghai Ding is a Shanghainese restaurant in Penang. I love Shanghainese food and couldn’t pass up the opportunity to try the food at Shanghai Ding. I took my whole family there and sampled a lot of great dumplings, dim sum, and rice and noodles. Penang is not Shanghai, but I was very pleased with the quality of food there. I…

Belacan Grill, Redondo Beach, California

Belacan Grill, Redondo Beach, California

(Please view the gallery above for some of the popular dishes served at Belacan Grill.)
I am a food snob when it comes to Malaysian food or Penang food. It’s hard not to be one when you were born and raised in Penang. We are just too lucky as great foods are plentiful.
There are more and more Malaysian restaurants in the…

Tropika Malaysian Restaurant, Tustin, California

Tropika Malaysian Restaurant, Tustin, California

A friend of mine at work told me about Tropika, a new Malaysian restaurant in Orange County. After reading a couple of good reviews on the internet, I’ve decided to give it a try and below is my verdict after two visits to the restaurant.
First Visit
We ordered Nasi Lemak, Assam Laksa, and Ice Kacang / ABC (a popular Malaysian desert…

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