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There are some food rules that you don't mess with. Don't order Mexican food at Denny's. If you can help it, don't go to Denny's in the first place. Today, I tempted fate by having shabu-shabu at The Block in Orange.
A little background: When I was a kid, the outdoor mall was called The City. As bigger, indoor shopping areas rose to prominence, it dried up. So in the '90s, it was given a makeover. There's no Sears, Nordstrom, or Macy's to serve as anchor; the biggest tenant is the Vans skatepark. Hilo Hattie's and Ron Jon's Surf Shop also stand out in the "extreme" shopping center.
When Adriana and Michael from Imaginasian TV and I walked into the Japanese joint after the press screening of Journey From The Fall, we were Asians in a super-Oriental-looking place being served by white folks. But it wasn't bad--probably because the cooks were Asian. If the food sucked, we had no one to blame but ourselves.
A little background: When I was a kid, the outdoor mall was called The City. As bigger, indoor shopping areas rose to prominence, it dried up. So in the '90s, it was given a makeover. There's no Sears, Nordstrom, or Macy's to serve as anchor; the biggest tenant is the Vans skatepark. Hilo Hattie's and Ron Jon's Surf Shop also stand out in the "extreme" shopping center.
When Adriana and Michael from Imaginasian TV and I walked into the Japanese joint after the press screening of Journey From The Fall, we were Asians in a super-Oriental-looking place being served by white folks. But it wasn't bad--probably because the cooks were Asian. If the food sucked, we had no one to blame but ourselves.
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