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bmwracer wrote:
And going downhill on Hawthorne or Crenshaw is a speed trap as well: there seems to be always a cop lurking on a side street. :sweat:

They ain't got nuthin' else to friekin' do up there! They can't even go to the 7-11 late at night...it closes!

:hehe:

20 stores, eateries, etc. to open at new Asian Irvine center

A slew of businesses plan to soon open at the 114,000-square-foot Asian-themed center in Irvine called Diamond Jamboree.

Already, Chae Bahn, a Korean restaurant, and Shinhan Bank America, are open at the two-story center at the corner of Jamboree Road and Alton Parkway. Chae Bahn's menu includes dishes like beef, vegetables and rice in a hot stone bowl for $11.25. It's the owner's first restaurant.
Unless otherwise specified, planned opening dates below, which may change, were provided by Alethea Hsu, president of Diamond Jamboree Ltd.
Tenants that plan to open by Sept. 27:

H-Mart Supermarket — a 25,000-square-foot grocery chain to open its first location in O.C. On its Web site, it says its products include spaghetti, tortillas, kimchi and fermented bean paste.

Aura Nail Spa — a nail salon that also provides massages and threading, where eyebrow hairs, for example, are plucked by thread.

Palace Beauty Supplies — a beauty supply store

Campus Video and Mail Center — a video store that also rents out mailboxes

Guppy Tea House Cafe — the chain, which also has a location in Anaheim, sells a small hot Boba green milk tea for $2.99 and a small hot coconut milk tea for $3.50.

BCD Tofu House — The small 12-year-old Korean chain sells hot tofu
soups as well as BBQ ribs and spicy pickled crab. Its Los Angeles and Garden Grove locations are open 24 hours. The Irvine location hopes to open 24 hours as well.

Tokyo Table — For specific opening date, menu items and special deals for the first few days, CLICK HERE.

85 C Bakery Cafe — The "Starbucks of Taiwan"

BBQ Chicken USA — Menu includes grilled and fried chicken, according to manager Joanne Kang.

Sticki Picki Photo Sticker Studio

Other businesses that plan to open soon:

Ajisen Ramen (menu includes beef curry ramen, eel ramen and fried chicken ramen) — October

Greek Islands Cuisine — October

CeFiore (self-serve frozen yogurt) — early October, according to store manager Shaun Ito.

Balcony Grill & Bar (serves yakitori and has a wine bar) — November
Capital Seafood (menu includes dim sum) — November

Nuribom Acupuncture — November

Crepes de Paris (serves breakfast crepes as well as vegetable and meat
crepes) — by November

Spectrum Optometry — October or November

T-Mobile — November

Cosmedi Spa (medical walk-in) — November

The center, which is roughly 85 percent leased, is also negotiating with a karaoke operator and baguette sandwich shop. It plans to fill its remaining space with services by dentists, lawyers, doctors, CPAs and real-estate agents.

bah, another Ajisen...

Tu_triky wrote:tortillas, and fermented bean paste

[/list:u] I guess this is another alternative energy source. You eat those two, you won't need a car to get home. :beaten:

gaijinmark wrote:[/list:u] I guess this is another alternative energy source. You eat those two, you won't need a car to get home. :beaten:

:rofl:

Biodiesel. :sweat:

krim wrote:bah, another Ajisen...

Yeah I heard (even from tabana) it was that good.

Tu_triky wrote:20 stores, eateries, etc. to open at new Asian Irvine center

So they're renaming UCI?? :beaten: :hehe:

bmwracer wrote:
So they're renaming UCI?? :beaten: :hehe:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Tu_triky wrote:

Yeah I heard (even from tabana) it was that good.

really? if it's the same chain as the one in san gabriel, it's chinese own/run and it's no where near as good as the japanese places.

my parents loved it, but they didn't like Shinsengumi... take that for what it is.

krim wrote:

really? if it's the same chain as the one in san gabriel, it's chinese own/run and it's no where near as good as the japanese places.

my parents loved it, but they didn't like Shinsengumi... take that for what it is.

Correction. My apologies...I meant to say NOT as good. I agree with your sentiment...Chinese run Japanese restaurants are not as good as ones owned by Japanese proprietors...same goes for Korean owned sushi restaurants...those are the pits.

Salute to Akira Kurosawa at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Currently ongoing.

gAkira Kurosawa: Film Artisth

@ Grand Lobby and Fourth Floor Galleries
September 19 through December 14

Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Weekends, noon to 6 p.m.

Admission: Free and open to the public

8949 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

http://www.oscars.org/events/kurosawa/index_exhibition.html

If anyone missed it, they're marathoning the Japanland documentary on KCET Digital Channel 28-4 til 10pm.

krim wrote:If anyone missed it, they're marathoning the Japanland documentary on KCET Digital Channel 28-4 til 10pm.

For some odd reason, TitanTV doesn't list KCET 28.4..... :headscratch:

i know, you have to have an OC zip code to get it i think.

krim wrote:i know, you have to have an OC zip code to get it i think.

That's queer. :grumble:

it's an OC station... you wouldn't expect to get SF channels would you? :shakehead: :shakehead:

krim wrote:it's an OC station... you wouldn't expect to get SF channels would you? :shakehead: :shakehead:

Yeah, but I can pick up 28.4, so at least it should be available for me to access.

And if you looked at a map, the OC is within 50 miles of Torrance, well within the broadcast range of most transmitters, whereas SF is 300+ miles. :P

i get a channel from Colorado Springs, CO. That's farther away than SF.

So there.

krim wrote:i get a channel from Colorado Springs, CO. That's farther away than SF.

So there.

Hmm, you might want to readjust your antenna: http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx

krim wrote:i get a channel from Colorado Springs, CO.

I haven't seen an episode of Lifestyles of Inbred Rednecks in a long time. [/list:u]