Tan Cang Newport Seafood
Seafood restaurant · Santa Ana ·
Signature wok-fried lobster with garlic noodles and shaking beef
Signature wok-fried lobster with garlic noodles and shaking beef
"Located in Santa Ana, Tan Cang is a classic seafood restaurant and home to the most epic dish in all of Little Saigon - the Newport Special Lobster. There are restaurants all over Orange County trying to imitate this dish, but Tan Cang is the originator (it’s been open since 1988) and the best. The gigantic platter of lobster comes spiced and sauced in a secret combination that they probably keep locked in an air-tight safe, but just know it’s going to be one of the best plates of seafood you’ve ever eaten. Ordering noodles underneath might seem like overkill, but it’s a good change of texture and the way the noodles soak up the sauce from the lobster is a borderline spiritual experience. Bring as many friends as you can." - Brant Cox
"Some people will say the pinnacle of a seafood feast is digging through a plastic bag of boiled shrimp in Cajun seasoning. Those people have clearly never been to Newport Seafood. This Chinese-Vietnamese restaurant has been hosting rowdy birthday gatherings and family-sized banquets for decades. And if there’s one constant on every lazy susan in its gleaming dining room, it's their famous house special lobster: a four-plus pound behemoth that’s wok-fried and drenched in a rich, buttery sauce with scallions, jalapeños, and ginger. But Newport Seafood isn’t just a one-hit wonder—the fried rice, clams, and shaking beef are also fantastic staples." - cathy park, sylvio martins, brant cox, andrew ryce
"If there was an SGV Hall of Fame, Newport Seafood would have had its jersey hung from the rafters decades ago. This upscale Cantonese seafood spot has seen more birthdays, wedding banquets, and graduation celebrations than all the for-hire clowns in Southern California, and it’s still the place to mark a grand occasion with a table packed with fantastic seafood, stir-fries, and rice dishes. Just make sure the house special lobster is part of your order—wok-fried, weighing at least four pounds, and smothered in scallions, jalapeño, ginger, and butter, you’ll see it on every single table. Shellfish aside, the peppery, slightly sweet beef lak lok is a winner, too." - sylvio martins, brant cox, garrett snyder, cathy park
"Newport Seafood is an SGV classic. It’s an upscale restaurant, popular with families out for a nice (read: expensive) Sunday lunch. And when you’re out for a nice Sunday lunch here, you should be ordering the whole lobster. It’s covered in spring onions, chilis, and ginger, and the smallest one you’ll be offered will be at least four pounds, which means you should come with reinforcements or just arrive really hungry. Although the lobster is the clear signature, that doesn’t mean you should ignore the rest of the menu—we love the salt and pepper squid and the clams in spicy hot sauce, in particular." - brant cox, sylvio martins
"If there was an SGV Hall of Fame, Newport Seafood would have had its jersey hung from the rafters years ago. This upscale Cantonese seafood spot has seen more birthdays, wedding banquets, and graduation celebrations than all the for-hire clowns in Southern California, and it’s still the place to mark a grand occasion with a table packed with fantastic seafood, stir-fries, and noodles. Just make sure the house special lobster is part of your order—wok-fried, weighing at least four pounds, and smothered in scallions, jalapeño, ginger, and butter, you’ll see it on every table in the dining room. Newport special lobster, beef loc lac, clams with spicy hot sauce" - brant cox, cathy park, garrett snyder, sylvio martins
