Tom's Foodie Blog

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 [...]

A couple of months ago I was invited to do a media visit on one of the first Gourmet Food Trucks to emerge in Orange County, Spudrunners. This blog post will provide an unbiased and candor review of this food truck and highlight some things they do really well and highlight a couple of areas [...]

(Update: 11/28/2012): I have had multiple readers tell me that food quality has significantly decreased in the past couple months. I can not independently verify this information; although, I do trust my readers informed opinions.  I will be revisiting Makino in the next month and report back to you. If you have been there recently, PLEASE leave a comments with [...]

  I had the pleasure of being invited to the soft opening of the P.F. Chang’s at the Irvine Spectrum, which has a revamped Pan-Asian menu and completely remodeled interior. This event was very exciting to attend as I was able to chat with some of the major players of the restaurant chain including, Mr. Philip Chiang, for whom [...]

Would you eat oysters from a Food Truck? This is the same decision I faced when presented the opportunity to eat live shell fish at a food truck lot.  But let me back up for a minute, I was on my way home and had a serious hankering for Gourmet Food Truck Fare. To my luck, it was Wednesday [...]