Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar in Newport Beach

We came to this steakhouse to celebrate my new job. A nice posh restaurant with great delicious food. We had a 8:15pm booking and arrived on time, but the place was so packed and we stilll had to wait for a further half an hour before we got our table. The food was delicious, and it's worth the wait. Service was good too and our waiter was particularly helpful. We ordered prime rib-eye steaks as well lobster tail with veal chop (around $40 mark each). The rib-eye steak was definitely better than the veal chop. We also had 2 side orders, the sweetcorn with jalapeno was creamy and tasty. We finished off with desert - a yummy chocolate souffle which took 15min to prepare. All in all a good dinner place, will definitely return some day!

To Bang (트방) Korean Restaurant in Fullerton

My wife likes this place especially their pancakes. Thin, crispy and... oily. The small side dishes were fresh too. Lunch was reasonably cheap, around $14 for 2 people. This restaurant isn't big, 8 tables and can seat 40 people at most. Open between 11am-12am. A great place to grab a quick bite.

Korea House BBQ Restaurant in Irvine

As we are not too happy with the service we got last time at Arirang  and Shik Do Rak always has a long queue, we decided to try a new Korean BBQ restaurant in Irvine today. This restaurant is closed to the University of Irvine, with many tables and private rooms. I was immediately attracted to the unlimited BBQ for $19.99 per person - choice of 5 types of meat (chicken, pork and beef). The quality of meat wasn't good (not nicely cut) and the small Korean side dishes weren't freshed. Plus on occassion I could smell odor coming from the restroom. The only good point about this restaurant - great friendly customer service! Doubt we will return though.

City Cafe (都市美食) in Monterey Park

Another Hong Kong style cafe in Monterey Park, very similar to 'Harbor Kitchen'. New and spacious with wall-mounted flat screen TVs in the premise. Parking is at the back. Food was okay, nothing special, reasonable pricing. Around $8 a dish. We had Korean marinated T-bone beef (not enough favor), baked seafood rice (creamy and nice) and beef brisket. All dishes came with a choice of spaghetti or rice.

Elite Restaurant (名流山莊) in Monterey Park

We came to this restaurant for my aunt's birthday and we had the private room with 2 tables. There was also a karaoke machine, but we didn't sing. Food was good and pretty large portion. Loved the fish in the picture.

Ka Ju Tofu (가주순두부) Restaurant in Garden Grove

This is another Korean restaurant named Ka Ju. It has the same logo as the one in Irvine, so I can only presume they are the same chain. This small tofu house is in the same complex as H-mart, and has nice decoration. Unlike most restaurant, it opens even after regular lunch hour (i.e. 3pm). The food was okay but my wife didn't feel too well afterwards. They must have used quite a bit of MSG. Also when we asked the waitress whether we could order the tofu sets with lunch pricing, she said yes... but when we received the bill, the sets were charged at dinner pricing. We weren't impressed, and won't go back there.