Chinese Food Costa Mesa/Irvine?

[Michael Palero]

Why do you need service when you're cooking the food yourself?

I still need someone to refill my beers & soju, and I need someone to do it in a timely fashion.

[Michael Palero]

Noodle World is fun ... LOTS of Variety ... we've got three up here ... none down there:

http://www.noodleworld.com/

What thinks Palero ... have you tried them?

Noodle World is great. I would go there FREQUENTLY during finals week. The Alhambra location is open late and seats plenty of people. Food is great-- plenty of thai dishes (Thai World is one of their brands) and you can't go wrong with any one of their numerous rice and noodle (wet or dry) dishes.

I've also tried the San Marino Noodle World. Same prices & food, but you can actually use credit card at that location.
Noodle World is safe bet if you're looking for something casual.

[Greg Peng]

Why do you need service when you're cooking the food yourself?

I still need someone to refill my beers & soju, and I need someone to do it in a timely fashion.

Well, then, you should've gone there with a Korean.

[Lily Liu]

I still need someone to refill my beers & soju, and I need someone to do it in a timely fashion.

That's why "yo-gi-oh" is a good thing to know. Also that little button on the table...

[Larry Andrews]

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Obviously not Chinese - but great food in a beautiful place that's not too pricey at lunch if you like Japanese. Crying shame that Mitae Ramen went out not long after G-ma left us. Super Corokke went out also. I think Anjin is still there...too bad the closest yakitori shop is in Gardena.

I think my point is that there's a lot of really, really good Japanese food in the area. Chinese is mostly so-so and the only really good Thai is down at the beach - Royal Thai.

[Will Kalman]

There's a cat the kettle at the Peking Moon....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmXxrMC5Pv4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Kurt Rahn]

http://www.kitayamarestaurant.com/


Obviously not Chinese - but great food in a beautiful place that's not too pricey at lunch if you like Japanese. Crying shame that Mitae Ramen went out not long after G-ma left us. Super Corokke went out also. I think Anjin is still there...too bad the closest yakitori shop is in Gardena.

I think my point is that there's a lot of really, really good Japanese food in the area. Chinese is mostly so-so and the only really good Thai is down at the beach - Royal Thai.

In the SG valley, we don't have much good Japanese (love yakitori, and I wish we had more) but we have the best of everything else. Alhambra, Temple City, etc....yummy!!

[Dennis R. Brown, DDS]

Hey Katy,

Sam Woo's is just a block away from where I live in Irvine:

http://www.samwooirvine.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

It's one of those big traditional dining room places.


If you're feeling brave, I prefer this small and slightly scary place in Fountain Valley, called Foo Wing Low:

http://www.letseatoc.com/info/fuwinglow.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If you go, tell Kenny I said hi!

I agree with several others, Sam Woo. You can't go wrong. Go to the one off of Culver instead of the one off of Jeffery. If you are in the mood for quick Japanese, I suggest Curry House. In fact, we just had Curry House last night, and Sam Woo today.

[Dennis R. Brown, DDS]

One of my former Times' bosses used to go to Chinatown and order without a menu. Chicken's feet and the like. Glad I never accompanied him.

Ah yes, nothing like Dim Sum. I believe that chicken feet dish is called Phon Jau (writing it in phonetics). I like the Ha Fun (shrimp in rice noodles), Ow Fun (beef in rice noodles), Ha Gao Sui Mei (shrimp, pork, leek, etc., shaped in a ball with either a rice noodle or bean curd wrapper). There are so many great dishes, and at the same time there are so many dishes it's better not to know what it is. I hate eating any type of organ meat, like liver and small intestine, so I know what to avoid. Luckily with my wife being from Hong Kong, being able to read and speak Chinese more proficiently than me, and having similar culinary tastes as me, it is much easier to avoid the dishes that would have been at home on Fear Factor.