Newport
Explore Newport Beach's active outdoor scene. Balboa Peninsula is famous for its amazing body-boarding hot spot called "The Wedge." Cast a line on the pier to get front-row seats to the crashing waves and breathtaking landscape. Catch a boat charter over to the Avalon in the Catalina Islands and explore an out-of-the-way town built to seamlessly tie amazing architecture with its natural beauty. While taking in Newport, check out Tan Cang Newport Seafood Restaurant. This Vietnamese restaurant has been providing locals with dishes like frog legs in spicy sauce, shark's fin and crab soup, lobster in black bean sauce and house steamed duck for more than 20 years. All of its fish is flown in every day and prepared with the utmost care. The atmosphere itself lends a homey environment free of pretension, yet with high-quality food. It provides the perfect ending to a magical day breathing in the salt air.
Tan Cang Newport Seafood Restaurant
4411 W. 1st St.
Santa Ana, CA 92703
(714) 531-5146
www.tancangnewportseafood.com
Santa Ana
Spend the day trekking up the Santa Ana Mountains for unbeatable views of the area. Challenge yourself with a trip up to Elsinore Peak. From the peak you are able to see Lake Elsinore, Mount Baldy, Santiago Peak, Palomar Mountains and the Pacific Coast. Hiking to the peak does not need to be a challenge. There is a service road that takes you just shy of a half-mile to the peak and the rest is an climb to the top. Relax after a day of hiking by eating delicious Vietnamese food. Pho Tau Bay L.t.t Restaurant is a cozy place to rest your feet and have an intimate dining experience. One of its most popular dishes, bahn cuon, is famous for the thin consistency of the crepes filled with a meat and mushroom mixture. Other items on the menu consist of pho, bahn cuon nhan thit and bahn uot. Find your own favorite among their menu and rest up for your next adventure.
Pho Tau Bay L.t.t Resturant
3610 W. 1st St. Ste C
Santa Ana, CA 92703
(714) 531-6634
Orange
Enjoy the numerous hiking and biking trails located within Santiago Oaks Regional Park. This sprawling terrain showcases a variety of natural flora and wildlife. In 2007, much of the park was destroyed by wildfires. However, there are still many amentites the park has to offer like barbecue areas, a botanical preserve, equestrian trails, interpretive center, playgrounds and amphitheater. Delight your taste buds a short drive away at Tan Hoang Huong Pho. This resturant serves numerous pho dishes, boba drinks and a variety of beef entrees.
Tan Hoang Huong Pho
3132 E. Chapman Ave.
Orange, CA 92869
(714) 997-2916
