Friday, July 31, 2009

Chicken Curry


My brother loves to eat curry... You can feed him curry everyday and he is fine with it. Every time I cook curry he can finish a whole pot himself! I love cooking curry cuz easy and tasty! This time I put mushrooms, whole mushrooms (too lazy to chop), corn, potatoes, and carrots.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Contact Lenses

How much contact lenses do I need in a year??? This is how much I need!!! 24 packs with 30 contacts each pack!!! My new eye dr. said I should wear the 1 Day Acuve contacts!!! Better for my eyes plus OCTA covers it all!!! Believe it or not I only paid $50 for a year supply of contacts and I can also get $100 rebate too! SWEET!!! Getting one yr. of supply for FREE plus $50 back!

Lawry's Carvery

Lawry's Carvery... yummy place! I love coming here for Prime Ribs w/salad! For only $13 dollars I can eat prime ribs made from LAWRY'S plus it's at South Coast Plaza... Plus + Plus +!!!
Another favorite of mine is the cream corn. $2.99 for the sweet corn and it's prefect!!!

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Ruby's @ Irvine Spectrum

Went to Ruby's for late dinner. Ruby's atmosphere is like diner around the 60s. I been here many time but never took photos of my food. I guess they are famous for burger and shake! I think they got nice shakes, as for burger...In & Out is better!

I ordered Mushrooms Swiss Burger (Middle left photo), and asked them to cut in half so FAFA and I can share. As for Yo-Long he ordered American Kobe Burger (Top right photo).
Joke of the Day
Dr. Yo-Long Lin thought American Kobe Burger is what Kobe Bryan (famous Lakers basketball player) would order whenever he comes he so Ruby's name this burger after him. hehehehe wrong~ wrong~ wrong~ The reason why this burger is called Kobe cuz they use American Kobe Beef.

Saturday, July 25, 2009

OBON FESTIVAL @ LITTLE TOKYO

Went to the OBON FEST. @ Little Tokyo this afternoon. Man, it was hot and humid outside!
Not really sure what OBON stands for but I know when there is a festival, there is food and games!

Simple Cooking

Doing some simple cooking for lunch today~
Stir fry string beans, pork with mushrooms, and teriyaki chicken~

Since the weather is too hot for soup I made myself two cups of fresh watermelon juice. No sugar nor honey added. 100% SWEET WATERMELON juice. Watermelon is in season...cheap and super sweet! I love it~

Friday, July 24, 2009

Newport Seafood Restaurant

I love coming here for Asian style Lobsters! I ordered house lobster which is everyone’s favorite! Very well seasoned with tons of green onions and black pepper as its base. Best of all there are so much lobster eggs! Also ordered clams with basil sauce, the portions was huge! Clams were fresh and BIG!!!! Elephant clam was another thing I ordered. One big elephant clam was serve in two dish… Body of the elephant clam was stir fry in house special sauce. The head was served in soup. Fried Tofu, lightly fried and the soy sauce accompaniment is just right! The french-style beef was very tender and flavorful. I love coming here but it’s not cheap!!! Thanks to my aunt this time!!! She gave me a $200 budget but I totally went OVER the hill~~
Newport Seafood Restaurant!
The famous dish Lobster with house special sauce. It's $17 dollars a lb. We ordered 5-6 lbs lobster today Very pricy but worth it!
Giant Clams in Basil Sauce $10 Good! The clams are so big & juicy!
Elephant Clam... One of my favorite seafood! Stir fry elephant clam. Price... mmn, let's not talk about price on this dish
Elephant Clam's head cooked in soup~ The soup was tasty! Love it!
Fried Tofu... mmn this dish is good but not worth $10. I like Siam Taste of Asia's Fried Tofu more!!!
French Style Beef... extremely good!!! $12
Picture of the girls... Ignore the empty plates in front of us... We girls didn't eat that now!!!
My friends and I... One in the middle is FaFa. He is freaking funny! One in the right is Yo-Long, we call him Uncle Pinocchio now! Believe or not both of them got no idea what Elephant Clam is!!! Damn, PhD students are not so smart overall ba.. wahahaha
18441 Colima Rd
Rowland Heights, CA 91748
(626) 839-1239

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Deadly Crash on 57 Freeway

While heading to Rowland Heights last night I was an extremely scary truck overturn. The crash occurred near Chapman Avenue and Cal State Fullerton about 7 p.m. The semi-truck was carrying a load of meat products and was traveling southbound on the 57 when it collided with another vehicle. It was crazy, I saw the big huge black flames 5+ miles away. I was SCARED!!! FaFa was saying that since it’s burning badly now it will pop (more fire) more. Lucky us, when we drove next to the turn it even made few big popping noises & extra flames come out! Some stupid people just parked on the side of the freeway and take photos. As for me, I just wanna out out out!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Pasta Pomodoro

Pasta Pomodoro…I love going here for simple tasty Italian food! It’s on the hill of Newport Coast (5mins away from home). I came here with two other friends. It’s their first time there to they got no idea what to order. Our waiter suggested them to order Gemeli. Gemeli is a tightly twirled piece of pasta. Think of how your phone cord at work looks when you forget to unravel the receiver. That thing was GOOD! Another order something he pick…mmn, I gotta say after one bite I didn’t ask for second bite. (not good plus kinda weird). As for me I get my usual the fruittie de mari (not s
Pasta Pomodoro
Very trendy & relax feeling inside. Big selection of wines~~~ Still Ice Water for me PLEASE~
Bread with Pesto & Olive Oil...yum~ You can ask for me if you are done with it!
Gemeli - FaFa ordered this one... good! I will order this next time~

21133 Newport Coast Dr
Newport Coast, CA 92657
(949) 759-1303

Monday, July 20, 2009

Siam Taste of Asia

I found out about this place from yelp.com and other’s website. It’s my first time been to this place, and I thought it wasn’t too bad. But I am not a big fan for Thai food. Just like what everyone says this restaurant is located very very ghetto of Santa Ana. Very tiny little Thai restaurant in the middle of Mexican area. Well, bad day for us to come cuz their A/C was out!!! I ordered Thai Ice…crap I didn’t know there is no refills…I was done with my drink way before my meal was serve. Ended up asking for ICE WATER!!!
Since I was still waiting for my friend who runs late all the time… we ordered their famous Fried Garlic Tofu.
Man, the tofu was BURNING hot when it came out. I was going to leave 5 pieces for my friend but we ended up eating it all..wahahaha It was very crispy outside and soft juicy tofu inside and the dipping sauce is delicious too! I have to say it’s better than the fried tofu at Chinese restaurant! Definitely a must have coming here.
Grilled Beef Salad… mmn everyone said it’s a must order item really??? Hong and I thought it’s just like Carne Asada without the tortilla. The beef is soft but no big WOW for us.
Pad Thai Chicken. I thought it was decent. But to Hong and Sunil, you can get better ones else where plus bigger plate.
We also ordered the Sea Bass with tamarind sauce. It was this tiny little fried fish that cost 10 bucks and have to pay 1 dollar for rice to go with it. Not worth it. I think McDonald’s Fillet o Fish is better! I didn’t like the Tamarind sauce too much thos, too heavy for me.

Few other things but forgot to take photos of it...
Overall we spend $45 on dinner
Coming back here...na I rather go some where else

Siam Taste of Asia
3520 W 1st St
Santa Ana, CA 92703
(714) 418-9678

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Chong King Chinese Restaurant

I don’t know what to say about this restaurant… I heard a lot of good reviews about it but after I tried it myself I thinking I don't really wanna come here in the future. The food wasn’t good good. With that price I think Nice Time Deli or Chief Chen (next door) is 100% better. Chong King Chinese Restaurant is new to the Jeffrey Plaza. I heard from others that this place is really spicy and tasty! Every time I am at this plaza this restaurant is packed with people inside & out. Since its just Hong and I here for a light dinner we only order 3 appetizers and 1 entrée. The appetizers are all looks red and spicy but it’s not spicy at all. As for the entree, pork stir fry with bamboo it’s not good at all. The bamboo has a smell and sour taste to it. Oh, but I heard their spicy lamb soup is good…maybe I will go there and try if any of my friends wanna try it with me.
Grand Opening!
Interior looks like typical cheap Chinese food restaurant.
3 Appetizers... Looks spicy but it's not at all. The only good one is the spicy pig ear in the middle. Others so so.
Pork Stir Fry with Bamboo. The Bamboo taste weird... Didn't like it that much~

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Porto's Bakery @ Glendale

When you walk in Porto’s.. The lines is as long as like you're at Disneyland! However, they got so many servers that the lines moves fairly fast and efficient sort of as if you had a fast pass in your hand. Disneyland is like you are going to the Happiest place on earth (BS… I just got food poison from there), Porto is like you are going to food heaven! Uncle Kris told me about this place… I went online and did a search myself. Wowow LORD!!! Over 500 reviews from yelp.com~~~ yes yes! I gotta try this place out! I can’t missed the this chance! Since I did my homework, I thought it would be easy for me to order the food. But NO… When I am up at the counter I was shocked with all the pastries and desserts… I didn’t know what to order. At the end, I ordered the very famous meat pie, potato ball, chicken empanada, spinach croissant and so much other things that I got no idea what is it. I even order Cuban sodas; one is call INKA COLA (sweet!), another one is IRONBEER (not good). Price at this bakery is not a problem…Everything is so freaking cheap here!!! Told you that coming here is like going to food heaven! Cheaper than going to McDonald’s!!! Well, I left this bakery with more food than I intended. P.S. after Uncle Kris me took me there for lunch, I came back again (the same day), with my friend. Wahahaha I love this place~ I guess if you can’t find me in the future, I am at Porto’s! Burbank3614 W Magnolia Blvd Burbank, CA 91504 (818) 846-9100
All the hot food! So fresh and hot! Meat Pie, Potato Balls, Chicken Pie so others that I go not idea what they are. But most of them taste good!
Bakery section~
Croissants- Spinach & Cheese, Strawberry & Cheese, and Almond ones... So cheap too, like $1.50 each.
Spinach & Cheese... I heard this one is super good!

Potato Ball, Meat Pie, and other things that I got no idea what they are...
Quesadilla Cake - looks good but taste so so. Kinda like sponge cake with cheese flavor
Tarimisu - so so only~
Inca Cola - Good~ A bite sweet to me.
IronBeer - GROSS taste like CARBONATED LIQUID MEDICINE.

Friday, July 17, 2009

Sushi Deli 2

Cheap sushi. The sushi is alright, but the price is amazing! I was there around 11:30 a.m. man, so many people waiting in line already~ Take a look at my photos...
So many people waiting to be seated.
Pretty trendy looking restaurant.
Sushi Combo $13. 4 different types of sushi rolls and 4 piece each roll. Taste so so.. Fish has fishy smells

July special $7 dollar... taste so so too.
I realized that they make good fried items thos.. I wanna go back there and try their fried chicken. Looks so yummy~
135 Broadway
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
San Diego, CA 92101

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Americana @ Brand

I heard about this hip trendy place before but never had the chance to visit here. I always thought Glendale is far far away from me. Wrong, it's like 30 mins away from Rowland Heights ba. Well, Thanks to Uncle Kris, I was able to visit Glendale without getting lost. What I heard is that the owner (builder) of The Grove made so much $$$, he decided to build similar plaza and name it Americana @ Brand. Both places has nice shopping and dinning area. I think The Grove is better but Americana is not bad too! Both has smiliar shops and restaurants too... Here are so photos.
Americana @ Brand!!!
Apartment @ Americana.. Starting as low as $400k
Fountain & Statues
Lobbey it's very cool!
So many people on Friday night!
Trolley very cute! The conductor even made engine noise with his mouth/noise~ Another view of the water Fountain
Water show every hour~ Behind it the colorful thing on the top left hand side is a little effiel tower. I guess the architect wanna build this plaza like Europe's court yard. Small and cute~
Gotta have a movie cinema & bookstores~
Good store.. ^_^~ I like it!!!