[Laguna Niguel] [Chinese] Golden Dragon Chinese Food

Golden Dragon Chinese Food
27311 La Paz Rd #G
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
(949) 362-4739

I've been searching for Chinese food around where we live.  From one of those coupon books I got in the mail, I found Golden Dragon Chinese Food.  It's a small eatery that caters mostly for takeout.  While I was waiting for the food, I had a little chat with the owner.  She came from China, and moved down to south Orange County to open this Chinese restaurant about 9 years ago.  She told me that most of their dishes are catered for American people.  Since majority of the customers here are Americans, she had to adjust the dishes to have a sweeter flavor for American palates.  She said that even for herself, she has to go up to Irvine area for authentic Chinese food.  I like her, and really appreciate her honesty about their food.


House Special Beef ($4.95)

Their lunch special has really good price.  Each order was enough for me to have for 2 meals.  I like their eggroll.  House Special Beef had a somewhat sweet brown sauce.  The beef was good.  I like how it had a lot of vegetables in it.

[Lanuga Beach] [American] K'ya Bistro & Bar

K'ya Bistro & Bar
1287 S Coast Hwy
Laguna Beach, CA 92651
(949) 376-9718
http://www.kyarestaurant.com/laguna/index_laguna.html

Sister came to visit me down in Orange County.  I want to take to a really good place for dinner.  After looking through my old blog entries, I thought she would like K'ya Bistro.  The food is delicious there, and price is more than reasonable.  We went on a Sunday evening.  Laguna Beach was super busy, but we were lucky to find street parking.


Saddle Rock Chardonnay

It also happened to be OC Restaurant Week.  (This was way back in September....)  The Restaurant Week menu was the same as previous year's.  I wanted to try more new dishes, so we order one OC Restaurant Week set and some other dishes to share.  The Restaurant Week deal was $20 for 3 course with a glass of wine.  Really good deal!

Mayfair Secretary Trunk

Sister and I went to Fashion Island. We went into Restoration Hardware and I thought the most beautiful "desk" ever!



This "trunk" desk is so unique.  I love the design.  You can adjust the opened angle, or even close the trunk if you want.

[Tustin] [Sandwiches] Sandwich World

Sandwich World
2941 El Camino Real
Tustin, CA 92782
(714) 730.9338
http://www.sandwichworld.net

The girls from work wanted to order lunch from Sandwich World.  They said the sandwiches there are much better than Subway's.


Chicken Parmesan Sandwich ($8.90)

I ordered from the Hot Sandwiches section, and picked Chicken Parmesan Sandwich.  I got a full order, which looked more like two full orders.

[Aliso Viejo] [Japanese] Kanpai Sushi

Kanpai Sushi
26601 Aliso Creek Rd # A
Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
(949) 360-8883
http://www.kanpaisushi.net

We were in the mood for Japanese, but didn't want to go too far away.  Our house is about 5 minutes away from Aliso Viejo Town Center.  We decided to give Kanpai Sushi in the Town Center a try.  If we like it, then sushi is only 5 minutes away.



Kanpai Sushi is a small place.  The two sushi chefs looked like they are Japanese.  The rest of the waitstaff are all Hispanics.

[Irvine] [Ice Cream] Boardwalk Ice Cream Co

Boardwalk Ice Cream Co
31 Fortune Dr #604
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 453-0414

We passed by Boardwalk Ice Cream Co at Irvine Specturm.



Dip and roll!  Looks good.  Let's go in to check it out.

Giant Wheel at Irvine Spectrum

After dinner, we went to Irvine Spectrum. Dr. P went to Nordstrom to return something, and I went to Anthropologie next door. Then Dr. P came in to Anthropologie, found me, and was like "let's go let's go". Go where? He grabbed my hand and took me the Giant Wheel right outside of Anthropologie.



He said, "Would you like to go on the Giant Wheel?"  Then he took out 2 tickets that he already bought!  What a surprise!!