41, Newport Beach ... Co-founded Wahoo’s...
41, Newport Beach ... Co-founded Wahoo’s Fish Tacos with his
brothers Ed and Mingo Lee in 1988, instead of taking over their
parents’ business ... Lam’s parents had opened the first Chinese
restaurant in Brazil and had run Shanghai Pine Garden on Balboa
Island ... Chose the name “Wahoo’s” because they like the fish by the
same name and they wanted something different ... Opened five more
Wahoo’s in the past year, which makes the total 27 throughout Orange
County, Los Angeles, San Diego and Colorado ... Wahoo’s will be
featured on the Food Network in early December as a local eatery ...
The segment was shot a month ago ... Ernst & Young named him
Entrepreneur of the Year for Orange and Riverside counties last year
... Last year’s ranking: 7
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