Irvine-based Urban Seoul will open this month at the Irvine Spectrum.
The restaurant makes “Korean fusion” dishes that blend Asian food with cuisine from other cultures represented in Orange County.
Some of its work, for instance, melds Asian and Mexican food and couples it with “street scene” fare popularized by food trucks, producing items such as Korean pork tacos, chorizo fried rice, and quesadillas that swap out the tortilla for a spicy kimchi pancake.
The Spectrum has added several restaurants in recent months, including an Umami Burger location licensed to the operators of the Los Angeles-based Improv Comedy Club; Del Frisco’s Grille, a casual bar-and-grill concept of upscale Del Frisco’s in Southlake, Texas; and Brio Tuscan Grille, an Italian restaurant owned by Columbus, Ohio-based Bravo Brio Restaurant Group Inc.
It’s the second location for Urban Seoul; the other is also in Irvine.
