Sometimes a sign can say it all. The photo above was taken by our friend Craig, who has been quietly observing the remodel of China Palace in Newport Beach on PCH for months.
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To have a bit of context, the old China Palace did Mandarin Chinese food and sushi..
But judging by the sign, they've KFC'd the name to just CP, and they're adding burgers! And seafood?
I'm hoping that what it's offering is Mandarin sushi burgers, with seafood on the side.
Before becoming an award-winning restaurant critic for OC Weekly in 2007, Edwin Goei went by the alias “elmomonster” on his blog Monster Munching, in which he once wrote a whole review in haiku.