Kirbie's Cravings

HiroNori Craft Ramen

HiroNori is a new ramen shop that opened in Irvine recently and is my current favorite ramen spot. Their tonkotsu ramen is the best I’ve had outside of Japan.

Baked Buttermilk Pancake Muffins

Fluffy buttermilk pancakes baked in the oven! You can make a large quantity at the same time and you do not need to hover over the stove.

Zucchini Pizza Muffins

These zucchini pizza muffins are a healthier version of regular pizza muffins, using zucchini as the base. It’s also a fun way to eat zucchini.

Sheet Pan Cauliflower Tacos

Cauliflower tacos are a healthy way to get a taco fix plus the flavorful meatless taco filling cooks on a sheet pan for easy clean-up. Top your cauliflower tacos with all of your favorite...

Fung Fung Yuen

Fung Fung Yuen, a new all-day dim sum restaurant, softly opened last week. The large restaurant occupies 10,000 square feet of space and serves dim sum with traditional food carts.

Rice Cooker Japanese Cheesecake

Fluffy, Japanese-style cheesecake cooked in a rice cooker. It’s especially great for when you don’t have access to or don’t want to use the oven.

Trader Joe’s August Edition

It’s that time again! I stopped by Trader Joe’s to pick up some of their new and featured items. Even though there hasn’t been a Fearless Flyer since June, they have debuted several new...

Sesame Cucumber Noodles

This is an easy, Chinese-style cucumber dish. Spiralized cucumber noodles are tossed in a simple sesame oil dressing for a light and refreshing cucumber noodle salad.

overhead photo of sheet pan chicken fajitas

Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas

This chicken fajitas recipe is so easy. The chicken, peppers and onions cook on one sheet pan for an easy 30-minute dinner with minimal clean-up. Serve the fajitas with tortillas and all of your...

Uniboil

Uniboil, a popular hot pot chain from Los Angeles, recently opened a location in San Diego. The restaurant serves individual Chinese-style hot pots and aims for a higher quality experience by using ingredients like Kurobuta...

August Favorites

Sharing some of my favorite food and non-food discoveries this month. Since it’s only the beginning of August, these are technically my favorites from July which I planned on posting at the end of...

Cold Brew Coffee Latte Ice Pops

These cold brew coffee latte ice pops have a layer of sweetened cold brew coffee and a layer of sweetened cream. They are a refreshing summer treat with a caffeine boost!