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BCD (Irvine)

by howieju Posted on February 10, 2012

2700 Alton Pkwy Ste 135 Irvine, CA 92606 – map

Seafood Soon Do Bu
$8.99 + tax

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Price: 1
Yumminess: 1
Service: 1
Authenticity & Uniqueness: 2
Recommendability: 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 7

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 8

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Final Rating (average):

7.5

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Blurb: “I highly recommend this shop in Irvine just because it’s opened 24hrs. In Irvine, everything closes before 10pm, but this shop is always opened so it’s the go-to place after 10pm. It gets really busy so the service is bleh. The price is ok and the food is good, but not astonishing.… Read the rest

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Ano Hana

by howieju Posted on February 6, 2012

Ano Hana (2011)

# of Episodes: 11
Spoken Language: Japanese

Video Stream: WATCH

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Story: 1
Over Arcing Message: 0
Characters Development: 1
Acting & Scripting: 2
Cinema & Sound : 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 6

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 6

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Final Rating (average):

6.0

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Blurb: “I’m not really into ghost stories.. But the ending had a good moment when everyone was calling out. The ghost girl is really cute.. but nothing about this anime series caught my heart. Good thing it was only 11 episodes.. or else this anime really would had dragged on.”… Read the rest

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Orange Roll & Sushi

by howieju Posted on February 2, 2012

311 N Euclid St., Fullerton, CA 92832 – map

O.C.
$9.95 + tax

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Price: 1
Yumminess: 2
Service: 2
Authenticity & Uniqueness: 1
Recommendability: 1

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 7

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 7

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Final Rating (average):

7.0

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Blurb: “The food is good and it’s average priced. The air quality was really stuffy, I didn’t like that. I liked the slice of lemon on top of the salmon.”… Read the rest

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X-Men: First Class

by howieju Posted on January 29, 2012

X-Men: First Class (2011)

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Story: 2
Over Arcing Message: 2
Characters Development: 2
Acting & Scripting: 2
Cinema & Sound : 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 10

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 10

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Final Rating (average):

10.0

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Blurb: “The only thing I didn’t like about this movie was the lame girl with the dragonfly wings. The Red Teleporter is much more bad ass than X-2′s Nightcrawler. Xavier has a really cool house. If I had a mutant power, I’d want to be Hiro Nakamura but with infinite supply of mana.”… Read the rest

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Moo Dae Po (Fullerton)

by howieju Posted on January 21, 2012

1841 Orangethorpe Ave., Fullerton, CA 92833 – map

Set A – All you can eat
$19.99 + tax

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Price: 1
Yumminess: 2
Service: 1
Authenticity & Uniqueness: 2
Recommendability: 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 8

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 9

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Final Rating (average):

8.5

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Blurb: “Trendiest and biggest Korean BBQ buffet ever. There’s a wine tasting dispenser which is really cool, slide credit card and taste dozens of different types of wine. It’s a great place for group of 4~6. It’s loud and festive. They blast KPOP music and project K MVs on the walls.… Read the rest

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Gran Torino

by howieju Posted on January 19, 2012

Gran Torino (2008)

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Story: 2
Over Arcing Message: 2
Characters Development: 2
Acting & Scripting: 2
Cinema & Sound : 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 10

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 10

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Final Rating (average):

10.0

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Blurb: “Two words. BAD ASS.”… Read the rest

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Who’s The One

by howieju Posted on January 16, 2012

Who’s The One (2011)

# of Episodes: 13
Spoken Language: Taiwanese Mandarin & Taiwanese

Video Stream: WATCH

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Story: 2
Over Arcing Message: 2
Characters Development: 2
Acting & Scripting: 2
Cinema & Sound : 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 10

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 10

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Final Rating (average):

10.0

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Blurb: “My first complete Asian drama, so this sets the bar for all future Asian dramas. I got sucked into this series, stayed up until 4~5am in the morning couple times x_x. Perfect amount of episodes, 13 of them.. If anymore episodes, this would had caused me to quit my work and live inside the drama.… Read the rest

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Pho Bac (Irvine)

by howieju Posted on January 14, 2012

4250 Barranca Pkwy Ste K, Irvine, CA 92604 – map

Pho – Special Combo
$7.50 + tax

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Price: 1
Yumminess: 2
Service: 2
Authenticity & Uniqueness: 2
Recommendability: 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 9

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 8

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Final Rating (average):

8.5

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Blurb: “Best PHO in Irvine. Only thing I would improve would be the beef.”… Read the rest

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Mitsuwa (Irvine) – Misasa

by howieju Posted on January 11, 2012

14230 Culver Dr., Irvine, CA 92604 – map

Pork Cutlet Curry
$6.75 + tax

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Price: 2
Yumminess: 2
Service: 1
Authenticity & Uniqueness: 2
Recommendability: 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 9

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 8

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Final Rating (average):

8.5

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Blurb: “My favorite food court comes to my hometown, Irvine. Food is great, but the court not so much.”… Read the rest

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Men In Black

by howieju Posted on January 7, 2012

Men In Black (1997)

Technical Rating (integer range 0-2):

Story: 2
Over Arcing Message: 2
Characters Development: 2
Acting & Scripting: 1
Cinema & Sound : 2

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Sum Of Technical Rating: 9

Gut Rating (integer range 0-10): 8

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Final Rating (average):

8.5

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Blurb: “Truly the best classic sci-fi movie ever made in the 90′s.”… Read the rest

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