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