A slew of businesses plan to soon open at the 114,000-square-foot Asian-themed center in Irvine called Diamond Jamboree.

Already, Chae Bahn, a Korean restaurant, and Shinhan Bank America, are open at the two-story center at the corner of Jamboree Road and Alton Parkway.  Chae Bahn’s menu includes dishes like beef, vegetables and rice in a hot stone bowl for $11.25. It’s the owner’s first restaurant.

Unless otherwise specified, planned opening dates below, which may change, were provided by Alethea Hsu, president of Diamond Jamboree Ltd.

Tenants that plan to open by Sept. 27:

• H-Mart Supermarket — a 25,000-square-foot grocery chain to open its first location in O.C.  On its Web site, it says its products include spaghetti, tortillas, kimchi and fermented bean paste.
• Aura Nail Spa — a nail salon that also provides massages and threading, where eyebrow hairs, for example, are plucked by thread.
• Palace Beauty Supplies — a beauty supply store
• Campus Video and Mail Center — a video store that also rents out mailboxes
• Guppy Tea House Cafe — the chain, which also has a location in Anaheim, sells a small hot Boba green milk tea for $2.99 and a small hot coconut milk tea for $3.50.
• BCD Tofu House — The small 12-year-old Korean chain sells hot tofu soups as well as BBQ ribs and spicy pickled crab. Its Los Angeles and Garden Grove locations are open 24 hours. The Irvine location hopes to open 24 hours as well.
• Tokyo Table — For specific opening date, menu items and special deals for the first few days, CLICK HERE.
• 85 C Bakery Cafe — To read more about this “Starbucks of Taiwan,” CLICK HERE.
• BBQ Chicken USA — Menu includes grilled and fried chicken (pictured above), according to manager Joanne Kang.
• Sticki Picki Photo Sticker Studio — Customers take pictures of themselves in one of nine photo booths. They then choose from more than 300 backgrounds such as rainbows and flowers to decorate the images that print out as stickers. The cost ranges from $7 to $10. It’s popular in Japan where it originated and has spread to Korea and Taiwan, said owner Paul Kim. From opening until Dec. 31, all customers get a free key chain.

Other businesses that plan to open soon:

• Ajisen Ramen (menu includes beef curry ramen, eel ramen and fried chicken ramen) — October
• Greek Islands Cuisine — October
• CeFiore (self-serve frozen yogurt) — early October, according to store manager Shaun Ito.
• Balcony Grill & Bar (serves yakitori and has a wine bar) — November
• Capital Seafood (menu includes dim sum) — November
• Nuribom Acupuncture — November
• Crepes De Paris (serves breakfast crepes as well as vegetable and meat crepes) — by November
• Spectrum Optometry — October or November
• T-Mobile — November
• Cosmedi Spa (medical walk-in) — November

The center, which is roughly 85 percent leased, is also negotiating with a karaoke operator and baguette sandwich shop. It plans to fill its remaining space with services by dentists, lawyers, doctors, CPAs and real-estate agents.

To read more about the tenants, CLICK HERE. To see an interactive map, CLICK HERE.

(Photo from BBQ Chicken Web site.)

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