{"id":270233,"date":"2026-04-16T04:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270233\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T04:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T04:48:09","slug":"qua-fountain-valley-restaurant-contemporary-chinese-cuisine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/270233\/","title":{"rendered":"QUA Fountain Valley Restaurant Contemporary Chinese Cuisine"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"RIGHT: DONG PO BRAISED PORK BELLY
RIGHT: PAN-FRIED PANCAKE SHRIMPCredit: Carla Rhea<\/p>\n

The young, talented team at Kei Concepts (that\u2019s the group behind this gem) is no stranger to success\u2014it seems as though everything they touch turns to gold. INI Ristorante\u2014an eclectic blend of Asian-inspired Italian cuisine\u2014earned a spot on Orange Coast\u2019s list of Best New Restaurants in 2023. And Kei\u2019s other concepts\u2014there are six, some with multiple locations\u2014all quickly gained a following.<\/p>\n

For QUA, Executive Chef Viet Nguyen turned to his family roots\u2014more specifically, his grandmother\u2019s kitchen\u2014when crafting the menu of authentic Chinese and Vietnamese offerings like Dong Po pork belly, a classic dish from China\u2019s Hangzhou region. Two sizeable squares of the cut are braised in a salty-sweet mixture, and served with baby bok choy, a bowl of jasmine rice, and a pair of kitchen shears to cut the soft, jiggly layers of meat and fat. A house specialty, it\u2019s rich and luscious and unlike your average pork belly offering.<\/p>\n

The crab roe is another signature. A thick, flavorsome blue crab stew, it comes with a choice of clear wide noodles, wheat noodles, or rice, and small bowls filled with marinated wood ear mushrooms, pickled cabbage, and slivers of ginger that you mix together to suit your taste. Another must-try: the abalone in XO sauce, the latter being a complex concoction that originated in Hong Kong back in the 1980s. Slices of toasted baguette are served on the side\u2014perfect for soaking up that sauce.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve dined here, you\u2019ll want to try Kei\u2019s other concepts\u2014INI Ristorante, KIN Craft Ramen & Izakaya, NEP Cafe, ROL Hand Roll Bar, SUP Noodle Bar, VOX Kitchen, and Kei Coffee House.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RIGHT: DONG PO BRAISED PORK BELLYRIGHT: PAN-FRIED PANCAKE SHRIMPCredit: Carla Rhea The young, talented team at Kei Concepts…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":270234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[163,165,164,64184],"class_list":["post-270233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-best-new-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=270233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/270234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}