Good things do happen in Irvine, even if it's going to make traffic even more hellish. It's called Diamond Jamboree Center, a sprawling shopping complex you might have seen being built on the corner of Alton and Jamboree Rd.
So far, just the signs are up. Finishing touches are still being made. But already you can tell, this is going to be interesting. I'm rubbing my hands as I type this. (Well, not at the same time, obviously.)
First there's H-Mart, a Korean grocer. And then Tokyo Tabl
For about a few weeks in 2006, Irvine had its own outpost of BCD Tofu House, part of the empire built on boiling cauldrons of Korean soft tofu soup called sundubu jjigae. Then, like the Red October, there was a defection. BCD became Koba Tofu Grill (if there's any two words that sound weird together it's "tofu" and "grill"), and Irvine was BCD-less...until now, with the new BCD at Diamond Jamboree.
It opened yesterday, with a balloon arch and what looked like red carpet. But that's just part
Edwin GoeiAs I said before, the folks at the now-open Bon Epi Patisserie and Cafe must have a set of giant cojones to open their shop within sight of 85 Degrees Celsius at Irvine's Diamond Jamboree. The latter is still arguably the most popular bakery to hit Irvine in well, ever.But hey, this is America. And monopolies should only belong on board games. So when I noticed that Bon Epi quietly opened last week, I thought, "Way to go giant cojones"...and today, I surveyed their offerin
