AnQi

3333 Bristol Street

Costa Mesa, CA 92626

714.557.5679

AnQi, the creators of Crustacean, offers a more casual dining experience for the people of Orange County with a Euro-Asian flare. The décor of the restaurant is very, how do you say, Asian. Well, aside from the obvious the space is clean, mysterious, and modern. The menu had a list of hot and cold tapas, entrées, as well as a prix fixe menu. Though the prix fixe menu looked appetizing we went with the garlic noodles, 2 tapas dish and an entrée to share. 

An’s famous garlic noodle was basically noodle with garlic. There wasn’t anything special about the noodles. In fact, I thought the noodle tastes too floury.

Filet mignon potstickers was nothing out of the ordinary. The quality of the meat filling was better than a normal but for $12 I’m sure I can find something better tasting at a lower cost.

Bun Bao. There was too much bun and not enough pork. I thought that this dish lacked flavor. It needed more ginger hoisin. The little bit of pork that I did have was at least moist.

Misoyaki Black cod was good. I love cod and as long as you prepare it correctly you can’t go wrong. The cod was moist and tender. The glaze was sweet but not overpowering. 

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