Tay Thuong – Garden Grove – 714-530-7077

Tay Thuong – Garden Grove – 714-530-7077  –  9904 Westminster Ave, CA 92844

Tues to Sun 9am to 9pm, closed on Mondays. The beef noodle soup Bun Bo Hue (Boon Baw Way) and yellow noodle salad soup Mi Quang (Me Kwan) is good here.

Trieu Chau Restaurant – (714) 537-2433 – Garden Grove

New Trieu Chau Restaurant – (714) 537-2433 – Garden Grove – 9902 Westminster Ave, 92844

open 7 days a week, dungy little place that is good for the Chinese style egg noodle soup Mi (Me) and Hu Tieu (Who Deal) – pork broth rice noodle soup popular with seafood like scallop, shrimp, pork, crab meat.

Thang Long Restaurant – Westminster – (714) 531-9400

Thang Long Restaurant – Westminster – (714) 531-9400, 9550 Bolsa Ave #115A, 92683 Mon-Sun 9am-3am.

This took the place of the fancy Saigon Restaurant which didn’t do very well. Bright green walls and modern white chairs, no real specialties here but the Com Ca Salmon – Salmon and Rice dish is grilled and tasty. Small portions, not very crowded but spacious.

Todai – Westminster (714) 891-0081

Todai – Westminster (714)891-0081 – 2008A Westminster Mall, 92683

This is a seafood buffet that has an unlimited sushi bar and crab/shrimp/n’ various sea creatures that seafood lovers love. There’s also the typical Chinese non-seafood stuff like fried rice, orange chicken, miso soup for land animal eaters only like myself. There will be something for everyone but the biggest enjoyment will be for seafood/sushi lovers. They have an excellent dessert selection with made-to-order crepes.

Tacos Chavitos – Huntington Beach – (714)939-6332

Tacos Chavitos – Huntington Beach – (714) 939-6332 – This catering truck parks on on Morgan Lane cross-street Slater Ave during lunch time M,W,Th,F. On Sat & Sun, Queens Lane and Koledo Lane. Can’t beat the price of 50 cents a taco.

Chavitos Headquarters: 201 S Mountain Ave, Santa Ana 92704. Tacos – Carnita style (small tortilla rounds with meat, onion, and cilantro)

Tacos Chavitos gives you a free pineapple juice while waiting – agua fresca de pina and radishes/carrots with your taco order. Pollo, Asada, Lengua, Carnita, Chicharron are just a few of the many types of tacos you can order

Newport Seafood Restaurant – Tan Cang – Santa Ana (714) 531-5146

Newport Seafood Restaurant – Tan Cang – Santa Ana (714) 531-5146 or (714) 531-1009 – 4411 W. First St, 92703

Tom Hum (Toam Hoom) – Lobster in a savory sauce. There are a number of Chinese-Vietnamese restaurants serving large family style banquet meals with a majority of the specialty in seafood dishes

Thanh Restaurant – Irvine – 949-559-7788

Thanh Restaurant – Irvine – 949-559-7788 – www.thanhrestaurant.com  15315 Culver Drive #140, 92604

Very clean and nicely decorated upscale restaurant befitting of it’s Irvine location.

Com Tam (Gum Tum) – translates to broken rice. A filling meal of rice with delicious grilled meat or seafood, served with pickled vegetables, sometimes with egg-foo-young patty or a fried egg. Drizzle the fish sauce all over and you’ve got a pretty tasty rice dish.

I like the Com Ga (Gum Gaah) – Chicken Rice from the Thanh (Ton)  restaurant in Irvine. They put these tasty thin onion ring-like strips over a generous portion of the salad.

Thanh Restaurant – Westminster (714) 531-3888

Thanh Restaurant – Westminster (714) 531-3888 – www.thanhrestaurant.com 9872 Bolsa Ave

Com Tam (Gum Tum) – translates to broken rice. A filling meal of rice with delicious grilled meat or seafood, served with pickled vegetables, sometimes with egg-foo-young patty or a fried egg. Drizzle the fish sauce all over and you’ve got a pretty tasty rice dish. 

Bun Vit Sao Mang (Boon Veet Sal Mong) is also good here – light chicken broth soup that has noodles, bamboo shoots, and imitation soy duck served on a bed of shredded cabbage. I like the Hu Tieu (Who Tew) soup with Wontons at this place as well.

Tan Mi A Dong – Fountain Valley (714) 839-2286

Tan Mi A Dong – Fountain Valley (714) 839-2286 – 16175 Brookhurst St, 92708

Mi A Dong (Me ah Dung) – Asian Noodle soup – a savory soup with thin yellow noodles with seafood and meat. The Hu Tieu and Wonton soup is good here too. Rarely crowded and lots of parking spaces available, in the Albertson’s shopping center.

Tai Buu Paris – Garden Grove – (714)534-6114

Tai Buu Paris – Garden Grove – (714)534-6114 – 9684 Westminster Blvd, 92844

Bo Luc Lac (Baw Luke Luck) – Diced cubed beef with salad. At Saigon Bistro they serve it with red or white rice. Besides Bo Luc Lac, you’ll find steak filets and chicken with wine sauce meals as well as traditional Vietnamese dishes. Com Ga Roti is also popular, a crispy skinned quail or chicken piece served with tomato rice.