Gyu-Kaku (牛角) Japanese BBQ in Tustin

This restaurant has some good reviews in Yelp, so we came here to try out. We ordered a few of their signature dishes, e.g. Harami miso, prime ribeye ribs, shrimp garlic and chicken garlic noodle. My wife liked the spicy cold tofu and harami skirt steak miso. Garlic mushroom and garlic chicken noodle were both a bit too salty.

They do happy hour all day on Monday, and 11:30-6:30 & 8:30-Closing everyday, food are almost half price. This restaurant has 9 other branches across LA and Orange County.

Overall food was not bad and service was pretty good, but this place was rather noisy, kind of a mood killer, maybe other branches are different. $46 for two people.

Myungdong Kalguksu in Tustin

This restaurant is famous for noodles, and its most popular dish is Kalguksu. We also ordered dumplings called Mandu. Kimchi was fresh and garlicy, we both loved it. Customer services was good too. Dinner cost $35 for 3 people. Reasonably priced and definitely worth coming back.

Freshia Market in Tustin

Freshia Market is a Korean supermarket in Tustin and Torrance. Things are generally cheaper than H-mart and they have over the counter marinated meat for sale. Within the same complex, there is a small food court, a boutique shop and a mobile phone shop. Korean beer also seems to be cheaper here.

Henry's Farmer Market in Tustin

A good fresh food/organic supermarket in Tustin. Compare to The Whole Food Market, it is much smaller in size. But everything is so easy to find and the staff are extremely helpful. While we were shopping inside, one of the staff was wheeling a trolly of freshly baked french bread and offered to customers... which I think it's a very nice touch. Price is also inexpensive, we will definitely shop here more often from now on.

Honda-Ya Japanese Restaurant in Tustin

We tried out this popular Japanese restaurant at Tustin this evening - as recommended by my brother. There's usually queuing at this restaurant but not today though, maybe because it's a Monday. We had yakitori, salmon avocado, grilled Shishamo (Willow Leaf Fish), chawanmushi and more. We were most impressed with a dish called Avocado Volcano... it's not only delicious, but it also look the part (see photo). Service was good. Two people for just less than $70. We would come back for more at this cozy looking place.

California Pizza Kitchen in Tustin's Market Place

After watching a movie at the Edward Cinema Tustin Market Place, we had dinner in the nearby restaurant called California Pizza Kitchen (aka CPK). Price is okay, 3 people for $40 - 1 starter to share and 3 main dishes. We were given a 'Thank You Card', basically a prize winning ticket inside, it could be anything from a 4-night stay at the Four Seasons Hotel at Beverly Hills to cash reward. However, the catch is... you cannot open the envelope and reveal the prize yourself as it becomes null and void; so you have to go back to the restaurant to let the CPK manager to open it for you in your next visit. So tempting to tear it open!