The man in the beanie cap and frayed sweater rolled up in his late-model SUV, leaning out the window on the driver’s side.
“They told us to come here for the food. Is this the right place?” Tan Nguyen asked as he surveyed the high school volunteer handing out hot lunches at the Recess Room restaurant in Fountain Valley.
He and his wife, Susan Tran, live alone and are sheltering in Santa Ana. He’s 81, and Susan is 84. She’s fallen on her hip and has dizzy spells, so cooking is a challenge. But a westernized meal service isn’t an option for them. They said they don’t eat macaroni or cream of mushroom soup preserved with plenty of sodium.