Dee Nguyen's Laguna Hills breakfast-and-brunch spot has won many accolades over the years for its magnificent food, and its crowds have grown even bigger since moving from one end of the Oakbrook Village Shopping Center to another. But this year, Nguyen has put the rest of OC's dining scene on check by hosting multicourse pop-up dinners that are more intricate than DNA code yet fill you up better than two double-doubles. Make sure to follow him on Instagram: The chingón chinito offers these pop-ups whenever he feels like, each one selling out within hours of him revealing it.
