Tom's Foodie Blog

For the past couple months the social media space has been abuzz about a restaurant opening in Orange County, ARC.  Even TomsFoodieBlog.com posted a news story about their opening. Very little was known about this restaurant except that they would focus on locally sourced fresh ingredients,  scratch cooking, and craft cocktails. The front men of [...]

I think I have mentioned this in a couple other food blog posts, but my wife has a serious obsession with buying Groupons. The one big advantage is that they are good for trying new restaurants, this is the case for the Groupon for the Rooftop Lounge/K’Ya at the Casa de Camino Hotel. This location is a boutique [...]

  Back Side of the Tasting Spoon Truck I was driving back from another food truck lot and noticed a new bightly colored truck there called “Chef Joe Youkhan’s Tasting Spoon”.  I actually pulled over,  just to check it out.The truck was very fancy, with a colorful mural painted on the truck. The truck also featured a very [...]

Like any Friday at 11:00  in the afternoon, I am already thinking about what food I am going to eat for lunch.  So what does any good foodie do when he has a hankering for a Friday afternoon guilty food pleasure? The answer, scour social media for food truck met ups. My friend Alex was bragging, on Facebook, [...]

Review of Nory’s Peruvian Restaurant and some Interesting information about Peruvian Restaurants One of the things I like to do is try new restaurants and even recommend restaurants to others, this is especially true when I have out-of-town consultants working with me.  One of my newer consultants is Kevin from Flint Michigan. He is a true [...]