Tom's Foodie Blog

Our group buying purchases led us on another chase  through Southern California. This time we purchased a two for one wine tasting at a new winery called, the “Orange Coast Winery.”  After wandering around a warehouse district in Newport Beach, we pull open the  back door of a non-descript warehouse to discover one of Orange County’s newest  hidden gems, “The Orange [...]

I really love fresh seafood. Although if I want really fresh seafood, I have to go to an expensive restaurant where they call me Sir and scoop up my breadcrumbs between courses.  I like fancy smancy restaurant service, although I dont always want to sit through the two hour dinner experience to get a nice piece of fish. [...]

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, [...]

  “The Chippy- Fish and Chips” 2222 Michelson Dr. #216 Irvine, CA 92612 I am guilty of occasionally craving deep-fried food, also known as “Friedaphilia” (this is not a real condition, nor do I play a Doctor on T.V.). When I get this craving, I usually want something really good. When I say good, I am [...]

 Review of Dos Chinos Food Truck – The Stoner Burrito and the Garden Grove Taco I have been hitting the food truck stops in Orange County for the past year and have tried most of the trucks which stop at the Teller Food Truck Summit on Teller Avenue in Irvine (“AKA the Teller Cluster Truck”) on Teller Avenue [...]