S.W. Seafood & BBQ

> Location : 5406 Walnut Ave., Irvine,
California 92604, U.S.A.
> Cuisine : Canton (Chinese)
> Tel. # : N/A
> Website : N/A

In the city of irvine, there aren't a lot of big chinese restaurants around. there's the one in the same plaza as tako (it's right by jeffery). there's also sam woo on culver and deerfield. those are the more major chains around.

however, besides those two, s.w. seafood & bbq makes an interesting splash among the chinese cusine mix in irvine. like the user above said, the service is good. usually in traditional chinese places, it's about going to a restaurant often and people gettin to know you. it's not about good services for everybody.

the amont of food you get + the quality + the price is probably the best thing at this place. the food isn't super super good but it's well above average. the pricing isn't a lot. you can probably feed like 4 people and it'll cost you 20 ish the most during lunch. just a little bit more for dinner. the place isn't totally geared towards seafood but it's acceptable nonetheless. a lot of the dishes are pretty much cantonese style since the people running the restaurant are all pretty much cantonese. my favorite dishes has to be the beef, turnip hot pot (something to that extent, i don't know the specific english title) and the chicken with taro hot pot. i've tried many of their other dishes and most are safely above average.

i almost forgot about phoenix on culver and walnut. i think besides phoenix and s.w. seafood & bbq, the rest can be left out unless you wanna travel further to the asian cities (rowland heights, monterary park, etc). definitely a good place to go to for most chinese food eaters.

* these short reviews by me can also be found on www.yelp.com

< 4 out of 5 >

A & J's

> Location : 14805 Jeffrey Rd., Irvine,
California 92620, U.S.A.
> Cuisine : Simple Northern Chinese
> Tel. # : N/A
> Website : N/A

It's definitely not a bad place for simple northern chinese food. a&j is a nice small simple restaurant order using a piece of paper kinda like ordering sushi at a sushi joint.

the fried meat bun, spicy or non spicy beef noodles, ja ja mien, potstickers, thounsand layer pancake and a lot of stuff are all very acceptable. definitely a different type of chinese food if you want to get away from the southern, canton style type of chinese food.

if u're vegetarian or just tryin to get healthy, their vegetarian delight is good too. comes with soup, rice, bean curd, vegetable, black fungus, mushrooms and other stuff. it has a good taste to it yet it's light and healthy

they also have a lot of small dishes to choose from like cucumbers, seaweed. they are a bit sweet but mostly sour cold dishes if u know what i'm talkin about. good to open up your appetite (sour things, especially food mixed with vinegar helps your appetite).

the pricing is normal and just right. the service is fine. it's located near taiko and right next to a hair salon on jeffery/walnut. help this helps!

* these short reviews by me can also be found on www.yelp.com

< 3 1/2 out of 5 >