Irvine｜Min Chef – Northern Chinese Home-Style Food, Just Like Home

📍 Min Chef – 13834 Red Hill Ave, Tustin, CA 92780 🌟 Perfect if you don’t cook often Small menu—seems like dishes the chef truly masters. Fits the “Northern home-style” label accurately—what you see is what you get. Flavor profiles are similar across dishes, varying mainly in sugar and vinegar levels. At least it’s not pre-made food! 🥢 Sesame Cold Skin Noodles Not much sesame paste flavor—more garlicky, sour, and slightly sweet. Seasoning is stronger than typical, making it feel more like a side dish than a main. Ironically, it was the most rice-friendly dish on the table 😅 🥔 Vinegar-Sautéed Shredded Potatoes Normal texture, leans sweet with very mild sourness. 🐟 Home-Style Braised Sea Fish The tofu wasn’t braised long enough. Glass noodles soaked up too much sauce—overly sweet and not tasty. Savory with a hint of sourness, but overall too sweet and mild in seasoning. Without the sauce, the fish itself is light. The steamed buns served with it were okay with other dishes, but didn’t pair well with this fish. #IrvineFood #IrvineDining #IrvineChinese #MinChef #LAFood #StudentEats #HomeStyleFood