March: Part 2

Coachella was this past weekend and Refinery29 has posted a bunch of pictures of stylish ladies from the show. Upon browsing, I was pleasantly surprised that there was a picture of a stylish pharmacist! Go pharmacists! :D Anywhos, onto more catch-up posts.





Mar. 13 (tues): 

Tanya's family was in town at Disneyland so I met with them after work for dinner at Ariel's Grotto inside California Adventure.

dessert tray

me and my cappuccino

twinsies for real

Mar. 15 (thurs):

Went to Kula Revolving Sushi Bar and Class 302 with Tony's cousin, Britani. We saw the craziest thing: two cars on fire! Fricken scary!

Mar. 16 (fri):

I actually had Friday off which was why Tony was in town. I had seen a couple of my sisters at Julienne and saw gorgeously delicious photos of their creme brulee french toasts so I had to go try it for myself. 

if you couldn't tell, the creme brulee french toasts were gynormous!! 

some of the best tasting potatoes i've ever had in life. seriously.

candied bacon. yumes to infinity. melt in your mouth goodness. 

We weren't sure what we wanted to do for the rest of the day but decided to (or at least attempted to) walk off all the food we had just consumed at the Arboretum. It's funny how some places are literally in your back yard and you never go. Living in LA there's tons of those places (basically all touristy places). Awhile back I watched one of the styling videos from Wendy's Lookbook and she was at the Arboretum and it looked really nice and I made a mental note to visit. Here are some highlights (we took WAY too many pictures lol).

After walking around the Arboretum for a few hours, we were pretty hungry. We decided to grab something close by at Nordstrom Cafe. Their food was decent. Besides the lack of plugs, it would be a pretty nice place to study... if I still did that stuff lol. We were stuffed afterwards so it was back to my house for a nice nap. 

For dinner we ended up Yelping another place to try. The Green Zone actually had some pretty high ratings and we were looking for some healthier options. Most of their food is organic so it was perfect. I was scared their food wouldn't be flavorful since it's "healthy" but it actually tasted really good. From the looks of their Yelp page, it looks like their Hainan Chicken is also a popular dish. I'll have to try that next time and see how it compares to Savoy. 

appetizer sampler for 2: shrimp rolls, prawn tofu wraps, and salmon triangles

sea bass salad

clam linguine (sautéed in white wine & garlic broth)

Mar. 17 (sat): Work

I had to work on Saturday but Tony decided to stay in LA for an extra day and just wait for me to get out of work. We were in a "try-new-food" kind of mood that whole weekend so we ended up Yelping another restaurant. This time we decided to go with 101 Noodle Express. I think what caught Tony's eye was their "Chinese burritos". The pictures on their Yelp page are actually quite old, especially the ones of the menu. Their new menu is actually really nice. Everything was super delicious. I would definitely come back to this place. The only pooper is that it's cash only :(. Darn those Asian places and their cash only policies! Reminds me of this 626 video lol.

i think these were the dan dan noodles

pork roll

spicy beef noodle soup

Mar. 18 (sun):

We had a lazy Sunday and didn't start heading out until a little after noon. We were going to Ray Ray to eat but they were closed. While trying to find other places to go, we stumbled upon another place... the name definitely sold us on the place... Honey Badger Cafe. We just had to go (especially since I do such a great rendition of the "honey badger don't care... honey badger don't give a sh**"). The place has sandwiches and some specialty drinks (they even have a durian smooth or some sort of durian drink! A must try for the next time I go!). Their food seems really fresh and healthy. It's also a nice spot to study. It was pretty packed when we were there. It seems like no one leaves and everyone is just studying but if you're able to get a table then I'd give it a try.

what a nice view ;)

i think this was the cuban roast pork

i want to say this was the spicy chipotle beef sandwich

That concludes that weekend. Twas a pretty eventful and foodie-adventure-filled weekend.


Hope everyone had a great weekend!