February 2012
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Restaurant #51
Gelato Bus Stop
San Diego, CA (Pacific Beach)
Strawberry sorbet and expresso gelato. Like having a strawberry pastry with a cup of coffee - and surprisingly, a perfect combination.
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Restaurant #50
Hash House A Go Go
San Diego, CA (Hillcrest)
Kiwi Watermelon Lemonade
Best lemonade I ever had? I think yes.
Hash House Original Benedict
This place sure lives up to its reputation of monstrous proportions and amazing food. I left feeling stuffed and with a boxful of leftovers.
Hearing that the typical wait ranges up to two hours, we decided to go at 7:30 on a Saturday morning. Got...
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Restaurant #49
World Curry
San Diego, CA (Pacific Beach)
Samosa
Chicken Keema Curry with Jasmine Rice
As long as you like curry, you’ll like this place. Curries range from Thai to Singaporean to Japanese to Indian.
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Restaurant #48
Half and Half Tea Express
Pasadena, CA
My drink: strawberry Iced Milk with Honey Boba and Pudding (or something like that).
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My First-World Problem of the Day
I accidentally switched to Facebook Timeline because I wanted to play Bejeweled Blitz…
and there’s no turning back now.
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Restaurant #47
Broken Yolk Cafe
San Diego, CA (Pacific Beach)
No Name (bacon, avocado, tomatoes) with hash browns and a biscuit
My favorite part? The warm, soft, buttery, fluffy biscuit.
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Restaurant #46
Five Guys
San Diego, CA (UTC)
Cheese Veggie Sandwich with everything
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Restaurant #45
Tea Garden
San Diego, CA (Kearny Mesa)
Passion Pomegranate Limonata with Boba for $3
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Restaurant #44
Mapo BBQ Korean Cuisine
San Diego, CA (Kearny Mesa)
Even though I’m paying $18.99 for a meal I easily got in Seoul for about $8, nothing is like eating samgyupsal til your heart’s content on a Saturday night.
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Restaurant #43
Pangea Bakery
San Diego, CA (Kearny Mesa)
Taro mochi bun, royal taro bread, and curry pastry.
I’ve been spoiled by the bakeries in LA. Though this place has really good bread, the prices just don’t cut it in my book.
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Restaurant #42
Pho T Cali
San Diego, CA (Kearny Mesa)
Grilled Pork Broken Rice
Portions are kind of small as I left feeling kind of hungry still…
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January 2012
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Restaurant #41
Extraordinary Desserts
San Diego, CA (Downtown)
Napoleon Devonshire
Even after spending a night in the fridge sitting in a take-out container this dessert was fantastic. It was just the perfect amount of sweetness and the tart strawberry sauce made it even better.
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Restaurant #40
La Villa
San Diego, CA (Little Italy)
It’s Restaurant Week part two!
Niman Ranch Pork Belly
Margherita Pizza
Caramelized Pear and Polenta Cake
The pork belly was hands down the best of the best that night.
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Restaurant #39
Crab Catcher
La Jolla, CA
It’s Restaurant Week in San Diego again!
Tomato Lobster Bisque
Blue Crab Stuffed Half Maine Lobster
Sundried Cherry White Chocolate Bread Pudding
My only dissatisfaction with this meal was the price tag. Although I didn’t really think it was worth $30, it was still a good meal. The lobster was very tender and went great together with the tarragon...
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Restaurant #38
Kim Ky Noodle House
Rosemead, CA
Fish Ball Egg Noodle (with the soup separated)
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Restaurant #37
Paris Baguette
Arcadia, CA
Bing Cherry (?) Pastry
I can’t believe they opened up one near where I live! There were Paris Baguettes on almost every street corner in Seoul so you can only imagine how excited I was to find one here.
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Restaurant #36
Supreme Vegetarian Cuisine
Arcadia, CA
Tofu and Bamboo
General Tso’s Chicken (Deep-fried button mushrooms)
Stir-fried A-choy
Oyster Pancake
The batter is made from some type of starch (maybe potato?) and the “oysters” are button mushrooms and vegetarian “meat” wrapped in nori. Also, I think the sauce is a combination of ketchup and soy sauce.
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Hospital Employee Posts Patient's Info on Facebook →
Long story short:
A hospital employee posted a patient’s medical information on his Facebook wall and this is how he responded to the backlash: “If some people can’t appreciate my humor than tough. And if you don’t like it too bad because it’s my wall and I’ll post what I want to.”
Great argument. Tell that to the judge when that patient takes you to...
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Creme Brulee Madness
My friend made really awesome creme brulee at our Christmas party. Pencil torch and all. Like a boss.
Voila!
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Restaurant #35
The Buffet at Aria
Las Vegas, NV
Round ONE
Round TWO
Round THREE
I would rank the Buffet at Aria right below Le Village Buffet at Paris simply for the variety. Nothing really stood out in terms of taste either.The flan was disappointing, but the crab legs made up for it as they tasted more than just salt water. What makes this place stand out is the atmosphere - clean and spacious....
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Restaurant #34
Veggie Delight
Las Vegas, NV
Vegetarian Taiwanese Beef Noodle Soup
In terms of vegetarian food, this place doesn’t cut it. All of the dishes my family ordered were either bland or overly seasoned in black pepper.
December 2011
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Restaurant #33
Tasty Garden
Arcadia, CA
Deep-fried Spicy Pork Chops
Wonton Soup
Szechuan Shrimp
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Restaurant #32
Fosselman’s Ice Cream
Alhambra, CA
Maple Walnut (1 Scoop for $2.50)
Old-school mom and pop ice cream shop. Though some people say this place is a bit too hyped-up, the ice cream is still pretty darn good.
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Restaurant #31
Boiling Crab
Alhambra, CA
2 lbs. of shrimp + 2 lbs. of crab
We were there at 3pm on a Monday afternoon and the place was packed.
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Restaurant #30
New Capital Seafood Restaurant
San Gabriel, CA
Let me start out with my least favorite part of every trip to this place: the waiting. I don’t mind waiting up to 1 hour for a table (which has happened before). I get it. It’s the holidays. It’s lunch. I do mind, however, the obnoxious people I have to wait with. When it gets crowded, you wait for your number to be called....
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Restaurant #29
Souplantation
Arcadia, CA
Round ONE
Round TWO
Round THREE
Round FOUR
I’m slightly ashamed because I usually eat more than this. I think my appetite got thrown off by whatever soup I got in round three - it was not good. Anyways, my favorite parts of the meal: the smoked turkey and spinach salad, the Wonton Chicken Happiness Salad, the whipped honey butter, and the pomegranate...
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Restaurant #28
Piccomolo Italian Ice Cream
Pasadena, CA
Salted Caramel and Tiramisu Gelato for $3.50
All it took was one glance into a window full of gelato.
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Woes of the Eldest.
I think anyone who is the oldest child in his or her family can relate to what I am about to say. I have lived my life planning every step and avoiding risks along the way. It’s been deeply engrained into my mindset that if I mess up, I will set a bad example for my younger sister to follow and bring shame and dishonor to my family. (Okay, maybe not that Mulan-extreme.) I’m always...
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Restaurant #27
McDonald’s
San Diego, CA (University City)
20 Pieces of McNuggets and Sweet Tea: my first real meal after finishing another stressful quarter.
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I Saw Breaking Dawn.
Major SPOILERS ahead. Just thought I’d let you know. Just in case you cared.
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Taylor Lautner takes off his shirt 30 seconds into the movie. I’d originally given him 5 minutes, but now even that seems too long.
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Friday Cafe
International Center
Maple-glazed chicken, green salad, mashed potatoes, and pouding au chomeur.
Friends of the International Center cook a delicious ethnic meal every Friday of the school year. All for $5!
I think this is why I deliberately arrange my schedule to work during Friday Cafe.
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Restaurant #26
Los Primos Mexican Food
San Diego, CA
Chipotle Chicken Fries $7.25
Chicken, cheese, potatoes, and beans. This item actually does not exist. It’s supposed to be Chipotle BACON Fries, but I really don’t think I can handle that much fatty goodness. I also added the pico de gallo myself because I wanted to make it “healthier”.
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Restaurant #25
Tapioca Express
San Diego, CA
Crispy Chicken Combo with Black Tea $6.75
This stuff is soooooo bad for you, but maybe that’s why it’s delicious.
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Restaurant #24
Tasty Garden
Monterey Park, CA
Orange Chicken (with an orange peel sauce)
Mixed Mushroom and Tofu Hot Pot
Tasty Garden (to be more specific, this particular branch) is my favorite restaurant. (Well, one of them at least.)
This must be everyone else’s favorite restaurant too because we had to wait an hour to get a table. Nonetheless, hordes of hungry families willing to stand outside...
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Normal Normative Norm
Facebook turns everyone into a stalker. I came across this comment on one of my friend’s posts.
(Don’t you love my feeble attempt to censor the person’s name?)
The context of this conversation doesn’t really matter. At first, I couldn’t figure out why this comment was bothering me so much. It wasn’t the first time someone has made this argument as his or...
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Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday to my sister!
Domies Bakery
San Gabriel, CA
November 2011
12 posts
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Restaurant #23
Sunday Cafe
Rosemead, CA
Yang Chow Fried Rice
Seafood Chow Mein and Vegetarian Fried Rice
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Ain't No Turkey in the House
What turkey? It’s hot pot for Thanksgiving at my house.
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Restaurant #22
Lorna’s Italian Kitchen
San Diego, CA (Clairemont)
Rosemary Chicken Pasta $12.75
Cute family-owned restaurant tucked in a strip mall. The restaurant is small but has many tables so you’re practically sitting at the same table as those around you.
The entrees come in large portions so this is almost three meals for me. The sun dried tomatoes and grilled onions go really well with...