The Fresh Roll House — Restaurant in Irvine

My sister and I were craving kimbap and this place delivered. Because of the prices we thought the serving sizes would be small but it was very generous and filling. I really liked the beef vegetable and the spicy tuna which definitely had a kick but was tasty. But we also tried the spicy fish cake which we enjoyed more than expected (was not fishy at all which is what we were worried about but also wasn’t really spicy). Overall loved it all and the person who helped us was very kind and quick with the order. It is in the grocery store and we ate at home but I think there is some places to sit outside. Not much of an atmosphere for this place but the coffee shop next door...

Located inside Zion market, I usually grab a box of kimbap for an on-the-go lunch. The rolls are fairly large and more than enough for me. I've tried the beef, tuna and spicy tuna. Beef and tuna are not spicy, but the spicy tuna surprised me with an unexpected kick.

Anyway, they stuff the rolls with perilla leaves (which is amazing!), pickled radish, carrots, rolled egg and other vegetables packed neatly in dried seaweed. They give you chopsticks, but when you're on the run, I just pop em like chips. It's a mouthful sometimes, but that's the only way to eat them if you want a bite...

Very fresh Korean seaweed rice rolls. You can watch them make the rolls. I tried the spicy tuna, fish cake, regular tuna, and fish cake with tuna. They were all delicious. My favorite was probably regular tuna or fish cake. Because the tuna is from the can, not the fresh uncooked fish like in sushi places, the spicy tuna took some getting used to. It doesn't mean it was not tasty. It just means that I was not used to the flavor of spicy canned tuna. The prices were reasonable. The lady helping...