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14805 Jeffrey Road Irvine, CA 92618

949-786-3585

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Best Taiwanese Comfort Dishes
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Chinese

Hours: Sun,Sat 10am-9pm, Mon-Fri 11:30am-9pm

Price: $$

Payment Types: cash
Attire: casual

Features: Kid Friendly, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Lot Available

Description

A & J Restaurant is a bustling cafe that's part of a massive Beijing-based chain known for fast, hot, cheap, delicious northern Chinese food: heavy wheat noodles, meats in scalding soups, pork dumplings with broth inside the transparent casing. But it's salted soymilk-a pungent, oily, viscous, pretty funky, type of porridge-that brings in the customers.

2011 | Best Taiwanese Comfort Dishes

A&J is like a pair of old sneakers. There are newer, shinier ones out there, but something keeps drawing us back to what we know and love. In the case of this tiny, always-busy, cash-only Irvine deli, it's the broad yet solid roster of traditional Taiwanese dishes at fast-food prices: juicy, pan-fried beef buns, scallion pancakes, crispy pork chops, pungent porridge, wontons drowning in red chili oil. The apex of comfort food is the hearty niu ro mien (beef noodle soup), pho's rebellious... More »

No. 43: Spicy Wontons at A & J Restaurant

By Michelle Woo | Tue, August 16, 2011

Welcome to the Weekly's list of our 100 Favorite Dishes for 2011! Tune in every day until we get to numero uno! Now, on to the latest entry. . . .Let's cut to the chase. The wontons are good--dollops ... More »
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By Jessica Ford | Fri, March 11, 2011

When your drink is served in a fishbowl, you know you're going to have a good time. Buster's Beach House manages to combine classy waterfront dining with a lively bar scene by sectioning off the bar f... More »
Fast, Hot, Cheap, Delicious

By BONNIE YUET-YEN HO | Thu, October 06, 2005

Photo by Matt OttoSalted soymilk isn't the most attractive breakfast. Neither solid nor liquid, it's a clumpy porridge of oatmeal and herbs. The orange hue comes from the dried shrimp, soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar and pork flakes that mingle and... More »

Main Menu

Appetizers

$4.55

Pot Sticker(8)

$3.65

Pan Fried Beef Bun (2)

$3.65

Pan Fried Vegetarian Bun (2)

$2.35

Onion Pan Cakes

$2.35

Thousand Layers Pan Cake

Soup

$5.60

Pork & Vegetable Wonton Soup

$2.35

Wonton Soup

$2.95

Hot & Spicy Beef Soup

$2.95

Beef Soup

$2.95

Beef Tripe Soup

Noodle & Rice

$6.00

Hot & Spicy Beef Noodle Soup

$6.00

Beef Noodle Soup

$6.00

Hot & Spicy Beef Tendon Noodle Soup

$3.95

Noodle With Hot Sour Soup

$5.60

Rice With Fry Pork Chop

Cold Plates

$4.25

Beef Tendon
with garlic sauce

$3.45

Smoke Chicken

$3.45

Sliced Minced Beef

$3.45

Sliced Minced Pork

$2.95

Beef Tripe
with hot oil sauce

A La Carte

$7.00

House Special Mu-shu Pork

$7.00

Szechwan Shredded Pork

$7.00

Shredded Pork With Dry Bean Curd

$7.00

Pork Chop Imperial

$7.00

Sauteed Pork Chop

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A & J Restaurant

14805 Jeffrey Road Irvine, CA 92618

949-786-3585

Description

2011 | Best Taiwanese Comfort Dishes

By Michelle Woo | Tue, August 16, 2011

By Jessica Ford | Fri, March 11, 2011

By BONNIE YUET-YEN HO | Thu, October 06, 2005