Tom's Foodie Blog

Orange County Restaurant Week 2013 start this week! From February 24th to March you will have the opportunity to experience generous prix fixe menus at a set price of $20, $30, and $40. With a list of over 100 participating restaurants, I find it hard to decide which restaurants to try during Restaurant Week.  When [...]

Watch out Joey Chestnut, the Black Widow and Adam Richman, you may have just met your match. J.T. Schmid’s restaurant just released a burger than can make any competition eater break into a cold sweat; it is called the “Bader Asser Burger.”  This burger was literally bigger than my head! The entire burger weighs in [...]

Ever tried churrascaria? Do you even know how to pronounce it (it’s pronounced chew-ruh-scare-ee-uh, and it’s Spanish for “to singe,” if you were wondering)? Although this style of cooking and serving is most popular in other countries, a fine churrascaria restaurant has arrived in Orange County: Agora Churrascaria of Irvine. A churrascaria is a Brazilian [...]

Deemer’s is probably one of the more underappreciated burger place you don’t know about. Tucked away in Laguna Niguel at the border of Aliso Viejo, this is the burger place that has slipped below the radar during the recent “Gourmet Burger Revival” in L.A. and Orange County. Although Deemer’s doesn’t have the glitz and glam [...]

The true gems of Hawaii are not the “big white tablecloth” restaurants, but rather the small, family-owned businesses that struggle to stay afloat. These businesses rely on good word of mouth from locals and tourists who are willing to step outside their comfort zone. This blog post will cover some of my favorite discoveries on [...]