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April Showers brings May Flowers, do you know what May Flowers bring? Baseball and the start of the Night Market Season, my  two favorite Spring activities. First one of the season,   OC Night Market (May 13 - 15, 2016) the weather was a bit on the cool side. But it was a good kick-off to the  Night Market season and to see NM friends... Here's some of what I enjoyed at the May 2016 OC Night Market  Checking out  Square Ice Cream with their Square Donuts. Can't decide? Tried them all... Of course I was waiting for this one... The Rainbow Tacos from Oh Thit! A grilled lemongrass pork with cabbage and Oh Thit! sauce. One of my all time night market favorites. Oh Thit! also make a great filet mignon skewer and grilled corn with scallion oil. Speaking of tacos... The Okamoto Kitchen truck introduced their Pork Chashu Tacos A slow-cooked Japanese style pork b...

 One of the most anticipated openings in Southern California... The Halal Guys are Here! On Opening Day (October 2, 2015), the line was 4 hours long. I was there on a mid-week afternoon, the wait was about an  hour and a half . Yes, that famous New York City original is now in Southern California!  So, what do you order at the Halal Guys?  Known for their gyros, chicken with rice, and lots and lots of white sauce. See What Jay Eats...  The Halal Classic Platter with chicken & gyro and all of the fixings. One thing I learned from my visit, each ingredient is of the highest quality, each piece of chicken is inspected before cooking, rice is constantly being cooked to ensure quality throughout  the day, and fries are  made to order. By looking at it, you might say, it's so simple, just chicken  and rice in an aluminum container.  But if you don't  do it...

My foodie / food event friend, Kristie Hang , mentioned she was asked to judge a chef competition for charity. The competition will be at Scott's Restaurant in Costa Mesa, I had met  Executive Chef Michael Doctulero at the Taste of South Coast Plaza, hosted by Kristie Hang , so I knew it would be great and needed to invite myself.  Beautiful Plumeria trees as you enter the restaurant. Chef Michael says there are about 10 Plumeria trees. You won't see these colors on the mainland.   Now for the Chef Competition Kitchen Stadium (aka Scott's Restaurant)  Tonight's Main Ingredient Albacore! (L) Chef Aron Habiger from Northleft and  Chef de Cuisine from Scott's Restaurant  Allez Cuisine! Breaking down the albacore. Chef Aron Habiger of Northleft in Santa Ana  is now plating. See What Jay Eats... Chef Aron Habiger's Albacore There's nothing better than a ...