The Dose

Hawaiian Joy!

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By Greer Wylder
February 22, 2012

Celebrate any event of the season with Hawaiian-fusion cuisine at one of our favorite restaurants, Roy's Newport Beach and Roy's Anaheim Garden Walk. Ever since Chef Roy Yamaguchi founded the first Roy’s in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1988, each Roy’s Restaurant continues to serve his beloved culinary creations combining freshest local ingredients, European sauces, Asian spices, with a focus on fresh seafood. Yamaguchi has mentored and attracted top chefs like Chef Edgar Agbayani at Roy’s Newport Beach and Chef Ron Plata at Roy’s Anaheim who both take pride in serving Asian inspired infused cuisine and unforgettable signature cocktails such as martinis made…

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Tread Lightly

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By Greer Wylder
February 21, 2012

When it comes to finding the best in eco-friendly wares, the Road Less Traveled in Santa Ana can’t be beat. It’s Orange County’s original and definitive source for green home, kitchen, mother/child, beauty and more under one roof. Owner Delilah Snell just relocated to a fantastic new location at the Grand Central Art Center in Downtown Santa Ana. She’s also collaborated with Belly Sprout, to provide hard-to-find European natural and nontoxic head to toe beauty products, and mommy and baby essentials. Popular items at Road Less Traveled include our favorite Relight hand poured soy candles in soda and beer cans…

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Tasti in Tustin!

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By Greer Wylder
February 17, 2012

It’s not ice cream and it’s not fro-yo, it’s Tasti D-Lite, a “creamy delicious, dairy dessert” that first took New York by storm more than 20 years ago, and now Orange County boasts its first shop in Tustin. It didn’t hurt either that Tasti D-Lite was featured on “Sex and the City” and “The Apprentice.” The skinny on Tasti D-Lite is that it’s not technically ice cream, which requires at least 10% butterfat, and minus its Tart 'n Tasti flavors, there isn’t any fermented yogurt culture either—so it’s not frozen yogurt. Tasti D-Lite is a dairy-based soft serve frozen dessert…

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Greer’s OC Weekend: Global Bites

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By Greer Wylder
February 16, 2012

Chef/owner Azmin Ghahreman of Sapphire Restaurant and Pantry in Laguna Beach is celebrating five years by offering specials through February to say “thank you” for five incredible years. Join Sapphire for sunset hour offered daily from 5 to 6 p.m. You can stop by for complimentary little bites, and select drinks cost just $5 each including Prosecco, Verdejo, Malbec, Hinano Lager, Ketel One cocktails on the rocks. Also, join Sapphire Pantry from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. daily for breakfast tacos with a cup of freshly brewed organic coffee for just $5. Sapphire Laguna specializes in comfort food inspired by…

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Tacos Y Amor!

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By Greer Wylder
February 15, 2012

Taco Rosa is celebrating Valentine’s Day with a week of love and a special menu de amor 3-course chefs dinner served through Monday. Whether you take your sweetheart to the original Newport Beach location, or the Irvine Taco Rosa, you can both enjoy a dinner for two for $29. The family run restaurant specializes in Mexico City inspired cuisine influenced by Spanish, European and Southwestern flavors, and what’s not to love about a chocolate fountain, and some of the best fresh churros we’ve ever tasted? The menu starts with guacamole, chips and salsa, and then you can choose an entrée…

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