Event: Orange County Restaurant Week 2015 Coming soon!

Orange County Restaurant Week 2015 – March 1-7th

Mark your calendars for the Orange County Restaurant Week 2015, which is expected to go big this year from March 1-7th. The Orange County Restaurant Association indicated that all the openings for participating restaurants are full. Visit the Orange County Restaurant Week Website for a full listing of participating restaurants.

See Tom’s Foodie Blog Orange County Restaurant Week Top Picks

Orange County Restaurant Week mark’s it’s 7^th year and it growing quickly in participation.  For the restaurants, it is a great opportunity to showcase their best items. For LA, IE and OC Foodies, it is a chance try full course meals from some of Orange County’s best restaurant at a discount. During Orange County restaurant week 2015, I look forward to trying out new restaurants and older restaurants that I have yet to visit. It is a great time to see if the restaurants put their best foot forward.

The Orange County Restaurant Week menus will be available during lunch and dinner at many restaurants. The lunch menu is priced at $10, $15, or $20. Dinner menu is priced at $20, $30, $40, or $50 for each prix fixe menu. Typically the OC restaurants at the higher end of the cost scale are offering more sophisticated dishes.

Last week I attended a preview of a couple participating restaurants at the Sub-Zero and Wolf Showroom, which included Blue C Sushi, Fig & Olive, Maro Wood Grill, Slapfish, Casey’s Cupcakes. Included below are some of the dishes they will be featuring.

Blue C Sushi –  Spicy Tuna on Crispy Rice and Tuna Nigiri

Blue C Sushi – Spicy Tuna on crispy rice and Tuna Nigiri

Maro Wood Grill – Chicken, beef, mushroom ,and spinach empanadas

Orange County Restaurant Week preview Marrow Wood Fire Grill Empenadas

Slapfish –  Butter poached lobster rolls 

Slapfish Lobster Rolls

Fig and Olive – Dishes included, octopus carpaccio, sugar cookie with mascarpone cheese and dark cherries, Tuna TarTare

Fig & Olive dishes

Casey’s Cupcake –  Heavenly Cupcake, it was heaven in the mouth with notes of vanilla bean riding high on the palate.

Casey’s Cupcakes Heavenly Cupcake

Visit the Orange County Restaurant Week Website for more details. Keep an eye out for my top picks from Orange County Restaurant Week in late February.