Tan Cang Newport Seafood

Best lobster I have ever ate! The mussels were good too. If you are close to Santa Ana this is a highly recommended restaurant. You shouldn't miss it. There are so many Vietnamese dishes to choose from. Don't miss out on the lobster! It tastes so amazing!

The food was decent overall—flavors were enjoyable, but nothing particularly stood out as exceptional. It’s a good spot for a casual meal, especially if you’re in the mood for seafood. The dishes were presented nicely, and there were a variety of options to choose from. The service could use a little improvement. While the wait staff were efficient, they came across as a bit on the rough side. A warmer and more attentive approach would definitely enhance the overall dining experience. All in all, it’s a fine choice for a simple meal if you’re not expecting anything over the top.

Last weekend we went down to OC for Tet festival and we got to visit this favorite Chinese Seafood Restaurant, specialize in everything LOL. I haven't been here for almost 20 years. Didn't know it's still alive and well. I believe it's the same owner, now must be in the 70s. It's at the same location off the little Saigon strip Asian Garden Mall (Phuoc Loc Tho). The parking is not very big with another famous noodle house and other businesses so it's a little hard to find a parking space in the day time, but we came on Sunday's evening, it's not so bad and we found our spot. The servers here are extremely pleasant, attentive and humorous, we had fun chatting with them. He knows how to take group pictures too. Great photographer. My favorite dish is elephant clam steam and deep fried. The body is steamed and the head is deep fried, so crispy and tasty with both body and head. Everyone loved it. The deep fried tofu here is second to none. I tried to cook this at home but never succeed and couldn't find any place in the Bay Area to match. The hardest part is using silken tofu (extremely soft) and fried to crispy outside, soft inside without being broken. The Lobsters are to die for, we ordered 2 small ones (they're huge), one with special sauce and one with Ginger and scallions. Both are excellent but everyone preferred the Ginger over the special, because the special sauce is a little sweeter than Ginger. Octopus sautee is delicious in it's own way with the vegetable dish is so good that my wife loves so much. Mongolian Beef is cooked with perfection, just right amount of tasty sauce. My wife kept asking me why not to take her here more often. The answer is with 2 people, we can't share all the good dishes as with many people. She insists that we eat here again next time we come down to OC because there are so many dishes she haven't tried.

4 of us order a 4.5-5 lbs lobster, clams with basil, crab asparagus soup. The crab asparagus soup is no good , there are no eggs in it, and it is very watery. The clams with basil also no good, some part is hot other part is cold made me think they cook the clams already and tossed in the wok for a quick warm up. The lobster with noodles . They told me the lobster weighed 5.5 lbs. Who knows how much it weighs? There is no verification for this. Overall, the bill came out $295, not including tips yet. I don't think we will come back here again. It's not worth all the hype.

Love their lobster noodle. The lobster meat is fresh juicy tender. The taste if the noodle is so good too. Expensive but worth to try.