Home to some of SoCal\’s chicest boutiques and luxury department stores, South Coast Plaza is a shopper\’s paradise—and set right within this glittering ground zero is AnQi. Naturally, this dining room is the perfect complement to its fashion-forward setting; an exclusive and sexy vibe simply adds to the lure. Yet, the space is as welcoming […]
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NOODS Partners from left to right: Alex Georgy, Dimitri Kambur, Selena Chavez, Chef Helene \”Mama\” … [+] TDOT MILLS Chef Helene An is often recognized as the “mother of fusion cuisine.” Most famously known for her Beverly Hills institution and its legendary Secret Kitchen where An\’s Famous Garlic Noodles are made, her Asian-American story actually
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By ANNE VALDESPINO | avaldespino@scng.com | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: January 17, 2020 at 1:09 p.m. | UPDATED: January 17, 2020 at 1:09 p.m. Celebrating Lunar New Year with a feast at a Vietnamese restaurant? These days we take for granted how many such noodle houses, coffee bars and fine dining rooms there are in Southern California. But we don’t often stop to think
By JENNIFER TANAKA | jenn@coastmagazine.com | Orange County Register PUBLISHED: August 4, 2019 at 10:20 p.m. | UPDATED: August 4, 2019 at 10:29 p.m. Helene An’s signature dish, crab with garlic noodles, is ubiquitous in Asian-American cuisine. It’s imitated on countless menus across the country. You see it so often that you forget it’s not even a classic Vietnamese dish. Rather than
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The Face of Fine Asian Cuisine Nestled next to Bloomingdale’s at South Coast Plaza, AnQi by House of An has been blazing culinary trails for nearly a decade. Owner Elizabeth An envisioned the gourmet bistro as a dining destination that would marry her unique Vietnamese culture with the heartbeat of urban Orange County. The concept
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By ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER January 20, 2017 at 3:55 p.m. “I grew up listening to the stories of my mother’s childhood in Vietnam: the adventures, the dangers and the elegance of a lost world.” So begins “An: To Eat,” and as you sit back in Proustian languor to thumb through this big, heavy, handsomely illustrated book,
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AnQi The San Francisco Chronicle crowned her “the mother of fusion cuisine.” But Helene An never set out to create a whole new category of food. It was an evolution, and initially a matter of survival. When Saigon fell in 1975, Helene and Danny An fled Vietnam with three young daughters, leaving behind their fortunes.
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By CAITLIN YOSHIKO KANDIL JUNE 24, 2016 1:51 PM Jacqueline An grew up with a family motto: “If you’re going to eat, you might as well eat well.” “Food has always been such a huge part of my family,” said An, whose mother, Helene, is the chef behind AnQi, a gourmet bistro and noodle bar at
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By LISA LIDDANE | Orange County Register April 15, 2014 at 8:00 a.m. At AnQi Gourmet Bistro at South Coast Plaza, among the most coveted spots are two rows of plush cushions ensconced on an elevated glass platform, providing a prime view of the dining room scene. But at least four to six times a year, the
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By B.W. COOK | JUNE 19, 2015 Costa Mesa’s glamorous restaurateur Elizabeth An, of South Coast Plaza’s AnQi, was invited to present its signature Asian fusion cuisine at the James Beard House in New York. Known as the “Carnegie Hall of cuisine,” the James Beard House and its society are considered the most influential culinary arbiters in
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