Phans 55 Vietnamese Bistro and Bar

Restaurant: Phans 55 Vietnamese Bistro and Bar is located off of Jamboree and Dupont. Very very expensive Vietnamese food!!! But the atmosphere is super good! Service was great too!
Location: 6000 Scholarship Dr. Irvine
Price: $$$$$ Super Expensive.
2 entrees with 1 starter for $45 before tips



Full of wines... Let's get drunk~~

Crispy Imperial Eggrolls... $7.95
(Overpriced!!! At Westminster they are 3 for $1)

Phans 55 Special - Stir Fry Noodle $12
@ Westerminster it's like $4.95 (OVER PRICED too)

7 oz. Rib Eyes Steak... Very tasty!!!
Sauce is perfect! Onion taste good too!
Surprised that I even dare to try the veg.
Shocking part is this entree is like $17.95
Man.... I can buy a big pack of super good T-Bone @ Vons!

But really the meat & veggie are very tasty!
I love it!!! But don't love the price~

Lucky~~~

Lucky loves riding the car instead of walking now...

If you leave any car door open he will jump in.

We always try to pull him down from the car...

But recently he learned... if he sits in the driver sit it’s harder for us to pull him down.

For him to fit in at the driver seat is hard!!

But very cute to see this

Lizarran Tapas Restaurant @ Fullerton

Lizarran is a fun place to go to pretend that you're in Spain and have tapas, sangria and listen to a little flamenco guitar music.
Plus you can get sampler for only $1.75 per toothpick/each.
They have great service.
I use my restaurant.com coupon so ended up only paying $18 (including tips) for the whole meal~
Yes~ Yes~ I will come back again!!!

Queen Mary

This month Cali Residents can go see Queen Mary for FREE!
Of course I gotta take the advantage of it!
Happy that the ticket is FREE cuz each ticket is $24.95 (EXPENSIVE~)

Exterior of the ship looks clean new but interior is dirty and old... >,<





Hallway to your room.. SCARY. 1st class room... errr no way I am not going to stay in here.

The shoping are~~ View of downtown Long Beach~

Yummy Seafood Stew

I made Seafood Stew for dinner tonight. Taste extremely good!!! The ingredients mentioned put 2 cups of white wine...well, I ended up putting the whole bottle (750ml). Overall the whole seafood stew cooking takes around 2.5 hrs. Long time but it’s worth it!!!

Ingredients

* 3 tablespoons good olive oil

* 1 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 small)

* 1 or 2 corns

* 2 teaspoons kosher salt

* 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

* 2 cups good white wine

* 1/2 (14-ounce) can plum tomatoes, chopped

* 1 quart Seafood Stock, recipe follows, or store-bought fish stock

* 1 tablespoon chopped garlic (3 cloves)

* 1 pound large shrimp, shelled and deveined (reserve the shells for the stock)

* 1 pound each halibut and bass fillets, cut in large chunks

* 24 mussels, cleaned

Directions

Heat the oil in a stockpot, add the onions, potatoes, salt, and pepper, and saute over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, until the onions begin to brown. Add the wine and scrape up the brown bits with a wooden spoon. Add the tomatoes with their juices, stock, garlic, and saffron to the pot, bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes, until the corn are tender. Add the shrimp, fish, and mussels, bring to a boil, then lower the heat, cover, and cook for 5 minutes. Turn off the heat and allow the pot to sit covered for another 5 minutes. The fish and shrimp should be cooked and the mussels opened. Discard any mussels that don't open.

Seafood Stock:

* 2 tablespoons good olive oil

* Shells from 1 pound large shrimp

* 2 cups chopped yellow onions (2 onions)

* 2 carrots, peeled and chopped

* 2 cloves garlic, minced

* 1 quarts water

* 4 cup good white wine

* 1/3 cup tomato paste

* 1 tablespoon kosher salt

* 1 1/2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper

Warm the oil in the pan over medium heat. Add the shrimp shells, onions, carrots, and celery over medium heat for 15 minutes, until lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook 2 more minutes. Add 1 quarts of water, the white wine, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour. Strain through a sieve, pressing the solids. You should have approximately 1 quart of stock. If not, you can make up the difference with water or white wine.

Cosmetic Give Away

Most major mall is giving away free cosmetic this week.
Well things will run out within first few hrs.
I got my freebies thos!!! Take a look!!! Over 25 items all for FREE.


http://www.cosmeticssettlement.com/

X'mas Photos

Went to Vegas this X'mas~~~
It was soooo dead!
It was super cold too!!!! What's going on with the weather???
Lucky is really happy when I told him let's take a photo.
PS I got no idea what was that little girl doing... but she seems like she gotta run badly!

New Blog

Dear Friends....
I have finally figured out how to make my own website by MAC...
here is my new link...
I am still working on it but I think it's better than blogger!!!

http://web.mac.com/angelin180

Crazy Shopper!!!

I went to shopping during lunch time with Maria.
Yup, just during lunch time I can spend $300 dollars!!!

Well, here all my goodies~
I got 5 pairs of shoes, 5 dresses and many cute new clothes!
Next time you see me don't be shocked!!!

Alrite, after spending this much $$$ on clothes & shoes I gotta bring my own lunch for a while~~~ sniff~ sniff~ sniff~






The Red Shoe is only $7 dollars!!! Original price is over $60 dollars~~~


This is my currnetly work shoe~~ Well, EX now~~~
I am replacing him with my 5 new pairs of shoes~
Sorry shoe but you got made of fun all the time, I gotta get rid of you!


This dress is for summer wedding~~~
Anyone getting marry this summer???
This will be my dress~~~ hahaha


Last year I bought a simliar one at Macy's for $200.
Sadly I don't fit into it so gotta return it...
But this one is only $11.50!!!!
I was going to buy all the color but Maria says NO NO NO.
Never buy same thing in different colors!!! Girls don't do that~


This one really cute!!!

Brea Improv.

Today I went to Brea Improv. Comedy show with my friend Maria.
I got cheap ticket... $3 dollars per person normally it's $15 dollars per ticket!
My friend totally dress me up and fixed my hair!!!
Take a look at my lovely pix.
Can't believe it that it's me huh???
I guess I do look pretty right???


Me with my new hair~~~


Maria and I~~~


Maria's bf and I...
Soon he will be my lunch boyfriend!!!
I just need to get a job at City of Irvine!!!!
He will be mine mine mine for a hour during lunch!

Free Jamba Juice!

Jamba Juice is giving out free drink today!!!
Of course I am there for the free event!
I got the Chunky Strawberry~~~

Taste Pretty good!!!

北美州台灣婦女會南加州分會2008 年會聚餐

北美州台灣婦女會南加州分會2008 年會聚餐
Big day for my mom...
She is the president of the 婦女會 this year!
yuppie for her!!!

GRIFFITH OBSERVATORY

Went to the Griffith Observatory today~
Very first time going there... I can't say I like it or dislike it.
Griffith Observatory is a place where you look at the STARS in the sky, but I went there early in the morning. I didn't see any stars....>,< I came early early in the morning~ I will come back to here again at NIGHT!

Well, I am glad that I am still here ALIVE~ I went to the observatory with the temple kids~~~ Man, young kids with no manners! I was stucked in a van with 11 kids. No good words came out of their mouths, more #$@$!@$ and @#$!$ and !#$@#$.
Now I know why none of their parents would like to join them for the event! The kids were dropped off at the lobby and off they RUN! No instruction nor guide~ SAD~~~ Glad I don't have to suffer with them anymore~




From the observatory you can see the HOLLYWOOD sign!


Model of the Griffith Observatory~


I took this picture just for you VICKY~~~
Thanks so much for your help during Chemistry class~




Got no clue what we can do with those but I know it's in the Chem. Chart


View of LA~~~

Another Year Old~~~

Today is my birthday~~~ Not telling you how old I am now~

No party this year~ hahaha really no party this year~~~
Maybe I'll have a birthday party next year~

I had to work today but it was an easy working day for me!
My boss even let me go an hour earlier!!! wahahahaha

Tommy and I went to see Flamenco Dance Show and Dinner tonight.
El Cid (http://www.elcidla.com/flamencoshow.html)
This place is extremely famous and popular 40 years ago.
Now it's a little run down but the food was extrellent!
Sorry forgot to take pictures of the food~~~


Monica, my co-worker, baked the cookies for me!!!
It's really good! Lucky loves it too!
She even made a piece with Lucky's name on it!!!
Just for Lucky~~~


My gift, ballon, and flower from Tommy~


My cake~~~ I didn't want big 8" cakes~~~
I been eating cakes all week at OCTA