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1. #JAPANESE KARAOKE CLUB IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA PLUS#
2. #JAPANESE KARAOKE CLUB IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA TV#

The Plus offers French fries, onion rings, cheese sticks and Korean favorites such as ramen, yangnyeom (seasoned fried) chicken, dried squid and tteokbokki (hot and spicy rice cake). Some noraebangs, like Imperial/The Plus and Ziller Karaoke & Bar in Fullerton, serve alcohol (beer, wine and soju) and a wide variety of Korean and American snacks. Their inhibitions are gone, and so for that matter, that pushes me to just break out and stop being so self-conscious about myself.” “It’s a little obnoxious, but I can appreciate the fact that they don’t care. And frankly, there’s loud people singing. There’s night deejay lights going on in all the rooms. The walls are bright, highlighter orange. “The most interesting thing about it is just the atmosphere,” said Dandre Ignacio, 26, of Fullerton while taking a break at Imperial/The Plus Karaoke in La Habra.

And some venues push the prices higher during peak, high-demand times, though half-off happy hour discounts are also available.įor most people, it’s innocent fun, though for-hire party girls, or “doumi girls,” sometimes linked to prostitution, have been known to frequent noraebangs in Los Angeles’ Koreatown. Those rates don’t include drinks and food. Visitors are charged from $20 an hour for a small room for four to $80 for a large room (13 to 25 people). Jackie Gallegos, left, and Stephany Rudd sing karaoke at Cafeoke Ding Dong Dang in Garden Grove on Feb. One of the most popular gathering places is the noraebang, where visitors can sing with the help of an amplified sound system to their hearts’ content until 2 a.m. With the growth of the Korean Business District in Garden Grove - known unofficially as “Little Seoul” - as well as burgeoning Korean populations in Fullerton, La Habra, Buena Park, La Palma and Irvine, Asian-themed entertainment, food and beverage offerings have also been on the rise. In Korean, “noraebang” literally translates to “song room.” This is the noraebang, or private karaoke singing room. “Hey now, you’re a rock star, get the show on, get paid…" Within minutes, several of the students are singing and shouting “All Star” by Smash Mouth, and almost magically, that week’s stress melts away. The lyrics run on the bottom of the screen, she sings at the top of her lungs, and a weird, totally unrelated video plays on the TV. One of the students plunks a song choice in a Korean-lettered remote control, and the background music chimes in, without the vocals.

#JAPANESE KARAOKE CLUB IN ORANGE COUNTY CALIFORNIA TV#

A large widescreen TV beckons, and several thick, black songbooks are nearly bursting with melodic possibilities in Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese and English. It’s a Friday night in Garden Grove, and Cafeoke Ding Dong Dang is hopping.Ī lively group of 20-something Orange Coast College students wait in the lobby, and then manager Howie Lee escorts them to a large, darkened room with an extended vinyl couch and a multicolored disco ball on the ceiling.