Sagan (사긴) Korean Restaurant in Buena Park

A Korean and Japanese cuisine restaurant. They have sushi bar at the front and Korean BBQ at the back. The restaurant was big in size and look kind of posh. We turned up at the restaurant around 9-ish but they closed at 10pm, so we were one of the few remaining tables. We spent just a little less than 100 dollar on dinner for 3 people, which include BBQ meat and beer. Food was okay, nothing spectcular, not worth the amount we paid for. The waitresses were so keen to go home and close down, they hurried us to pay the bill and asked us to wait at the door when my wife went to restroom. Definitely poor service!

Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant

A typical US diner. Always want to try out as food on their TV ad look tasty. We had Old timer burger with cheese, shrimp taco, blackberry ice tea, etc. Looks good but taste was ordinary. When we first arrived, the waitress gave us pieces of paper for coloring/drawing, apparently they were collecting donation for the St Jude Children's Research Hospital. The finished artworks were hanged on the ceiling as part of the deco.

Green Island Asian Fusion Restaurant in Monterey Park

A typical HK style cafe located in the new Atlantic Blvd plaza. Loved the free underground parking and flat screen tv for each table seatings. The portions are pretty big and each lunch special comes with either beef fried rice or eels fried rice. They also have daily special entrees for $4.99.

Gourmet Vegetarian (御素坊) in San Gabriel

Vegetarian food has never been my cup of tea. Located at San Gabriel Valley. Portion is in decent size. Apart from that, there is nothing much I can comment.

The Olde Ship in Santa Ana

This pub has all the favourite British dishes on the menu. I had fish and chips - the chips were fresh and crispy, just like those in the UK. The fish wasn't as deep fried as I would have hope for. Nonetheless it was a proper fish and chips portion, not like the US diners which serve fish fingers instead of cod. My wife had lamp shank, portion was huge and it was very tasty. I loved the mash potatoes with gravy that came with lamp shank. We also ordered custard toffee pudding, the custard was nice and warm. They have another pub in Fullerton, 709 N. Harbor Blvd.

Koba Tofu Grill in Irvine

This restaurant locates in the Heritage Plaza, off 5 freeway. The plaza's undergoing renovation at the time of our visit. We ordered a seafood combo to share, it came with fish, BBQ beef, seafood tofu, stone pot rice. It is same style as BCD Tofu House. The beef smell really good. Other than that, nothing special about this place. They have 3 other branches, one in south Irvine (UCI campus), one in Fullerton and one in Diamond Bar.

Buca di beppo in Irvine

An Italian restaurant recommended by my brother, located in Irvine, close proximity to Tustin Marketplace. When we first entered the restaurant, we had to go through the kitchen area before you arrived at our table - that's certainly a different experience. Decor is kind of European style, with Italian photos and artefacts on the walls as well as inside the restrooms. They had 2 portions size for most dishes - small (feeds up to 3 ppl) and large (feeds up to 5 ppl). They used sweet red peppers cans as stands for pizza plates. In fact these cans ain't empty, wonder whether red peppers are actually inside or not. We ordered margarita pizza and seafood linguine to share, plus a small cesear salad. Food was tasty, cost us $44. Likely to go back for more.