Los Angeles & San Diego Trip PART I

I went to LA and SD for 3 days during x’mas. it was fun. I will like to share about what I ate.

Phoenix Food Boutique

500 N Atlantic Blvd
Monterey Park, CA 91754

(626) 458-9988

I believe this restaurant is franchise. I saw at least 3-5 phoenix restaurant in LA. I usually go to this place because there is a arcade and dolls machine store next to it.
Their food is not super great! the reason i like this place because you can get almost everything you want here. it is a good place to go with friends and family because they have dessert, herbal drink, milk tea, juice, many different kind of Chinese food, snack, and even bakery.
Their food is not bad. fast and hot! but some of them are little bit too salty.  price is decent. good for group, family, snack, and late dinner. ^_^
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01/10
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Purple Kow @ San Francisco

3620 Balboa St
(between 37th Ave & 38th Ave)
San Francisco, CA 94121
Neighborhood: Outer Richmond

(415) 387-9009

Hours:Mon-Thu, Sun 11 am – 10 pm

Fri-Sat 11 am – 12 am

 

It is small store next to a restaurant.  The decoration is pretty warm which i like it.

It is a young coconut with coconut pudding which cost $5.99 before tax. it is pretty good, but i don’t think one person can finish it all because it is kinda too heavy for me.

their menu is simple and nice in both english and chinese. price is cheap because the drink is bigger than regular milk tea cups.

i ordered their oolong tea and the grape fruit tea which they said it is made by real tea and real fruit. I love it so much…because they don’t put too much sugar inside the drink. many pearl tea place like to add a lot of sugar to make the drink taste good. when i drink the grape fruit drink, you can eat and taste the real fruit inside with the real fresh fruit meat.

Curry fish ball. it is a popular snack from HK. YUMMY~

 

I love this place because not many great milk tea places in SF with great quality. the only problem is this place takes too long to make a drink. if you want to buy a drink, it might take you like 15 to 30 mins wait which is tooooo long! i wish they can fix this problem ASAP.

2011
12/22
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Mizu Sushi Bar & Grill @ San Jose, CA

1035 S Winchester Blvd
San Jose, CA 95128

(408) 260-7200

Hours:

Mon-Sat 11:30 am – 2:30 pm

Mon-Thu, Sun 5 pm – 10 pm

Fri-Sat 5 pm – 11 pm

It is a pretty nice japanese restaurant. the way they decorate the food is very nice and colorful. price is not cheap but reasonable. many different kind of sushi and sashimi. you can also order the whole sushi boat or korean BBQ. the staffs are nice and friendly. many family went there to have dinner.

love their salad…sauce taste so good.

this is the appetizer i ordered call snow crab with cucumber wrap. love it!!! perfect for appetizer because it taste light and fresh.

Roe Special.  i ordered it because of its color. sooooo beautiful. the chief used different flavor of roe..you can try it out and find out what flavor they are. ^_^

Chicken Bul Gogi…kind of like korean bbq. taste very good and fresh! perfect with rice. =)

at the end, i ordered the fried green tea ice cream…looks perfect but i think the outside is not hot enough…doesn’t taste that fresh.

2011
12/12
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Wicked Spoon Brunch Buffet & Secret Pizza@ Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas

The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
3708 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Wicked Spoon Brunch Buffet

Hours:

Mon-Fri 8 am – 2 pm

Mon-Thu, Sun 5 pm – 9 pm

Fri-Sat 5 pm – 10 pm

Sat-Sun 8 am – 3 pm

Price: $22/person

Most of people know the buffets at Las Vegas are popular. Usually people will say the buffet at Bellagio and Wynn are the best.  I tried the Wynn and Bellagio dinner buffet which cost around $30-36 per person, but I felt like they are just OKAY.  It is little bit over price to me. My friend said Bellagio Buffet used to be very good, but not anymore. Only thing I like about Wynn buffet is their dessert and the restaurant design and decoration. they tried to make the place look very grand and high class, but the foods were just nothing surprise me. The sushi at Bellagio was worst. only few choices and looks like they made by a kid.

BUT the Wicked Spoon Brunch Buffet make me feel so satisfy. the price is only $22 per person. The brunch buffet from 8am to 2pm. It is inside of Cosmopolitan hotel and it is little far away from the casino and main restaurants.

I have to admitted this is a very nice place. it makes you feel happy and cozy.

I love their cocktail shrimp…. size is big and fresh!

beef taco

green curry clam

I love the way they present their food. they like to put the food into small container which is perfect fit to one person, and it won’t make the mess. it is just brunch, but they have shrimp, clam, and a lot of fish. they have a lot of fruits, food, breakfast, meat, and DESSERT~

Gelato

their dessert totally make me melt~ soooooo cute and nice! i was kinda disappointing at bellagio and wynn buffets, but cosmopolitan buffet totally make me feel surprise! haha… (by the way, i never get any benefit by saying all these.)

if you go to las vegas and you want to have some buffet, don’t miss this one =)

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Secret Pizza @ Cosmopolitan

Hours:

Mon, Fri-Sun 11 am – 5 am

Tue-Thu 11 am – 4 am

I can’t tell you where is it because it has no name and no sign. It locates on the 2nd floor of  Cosmopolitan. There is a long hall way you can find next to the Japanese Restaurant.

Price is not too bad. I saw a lot of people and employees come in and buy it for to go because there are not much seat inside.

We ordered a whole pizza which taste very good!!! fresh and hot! yum yum
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2011
11/10
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want some tea eggs? so easy~

Tea egg is a typical Chinese savory snack commonly sold by street vendors or in night markets in most Chinese communities throughout the world.

 

it is not that hard to make, but it takes few days to let the taste go into the egg~

1. get the ingredients from Chinese super market. I think most of them carry this, but just not same brand.

It has instruction on the back, but in Chinese

2. there are two set ingredients, one set is good for 20-30 eggs.

3. Cook the eggs with one set of ingredient together. the water should be cover all eggs. Remember add Salt and 3-5 Tsp Soy sauce to make it more tasty.

4. Boil the egg for 20 mins and make sure they are all cooked. Then, use spoon to crack the egg shell, but dun break the egg.

5. just soak the eggs in the sauce for 1-2 days, then it should be good to go. if you want more tasty, boil the egg everyday and let it soak for 3-4 days.

6. Enjoy the Chinese Tea EGG~

 

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11/10
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今集美食獵人yui 教你煮意大利雜菌飯Mushroom Risotto , Cupcakebaby 私房甜品食譜：香香芒果梳芙厘, 為食阿貓餐廳推介-多謝阿貓介紹Thienlong 特色越南餐廳, Kristie菜單:秘製蒸排骨！主持: Yui, Cupcakebaby, 阿貓,Kristie

http://www.openskyradio.com/viewtopic.php?t=1842

 

 

 

 

 

 

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11/02
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Nola @ Palo Alto, CA

535 Ramona St
Palo Alto, CA 94301

(650) 328-2722

Hours:

Mon-Fri 11:30 am – 1 am

Sat-Sun 5:30 pm – 1 am

visit openskyradio.com for the new ep of 金裝美食獵人。 介紹這餐廳!

http://www.openskyradio.com/viewtopic.php?t=1747

 

This restaurant locate at downtown Palo Alto, CA. the great thing is they open till 1am!!!

I really like its decoration and the building structure. it is like the old history restaurant and motel that we see in the chinese movie.  but actually it is a restaurant that serve Cajun food. =)

I don’t understand what is that for and why it relates to the restaurant, but i think it is pretty interesting!

The menu is simple and no picture~ but you can tell what is that by reading the description. price is okay and acceptable. =)

This drink call Hurricane. You can choose the one with alcohol or non-alcohol. it taste pretty good…

These are the appetizers we ordered. I love that taco a lot!

This is what i order. it has shrimp, craw fish, scallop, etc with rice! it was not too spicy, so taste pretty good.

Most of my friends ordered the skirt steak. i think this is the famous entree of Nola. It is good!!! the steak is very tasty =)

jambalaya!!! i think it is good, but a little bit tooo spicy. if you love spicy food, you should try this~

Dessert Menu

This is the bread puddin’ and I super love this one!!! you have to try~

This is the dessert sampler. you can try most of the dessert they have. very good deal~

2011
10/20
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Cha-Ya Vegetarian Japaneses Cuisine

762 Valencia St
(between 18th St & 19th St)
San Francisco, CA 94110
Neighborhood: Mission

(415) 252-7825

Hours:

Mon-Thu 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Tue-Thu 12 pm – 2 pm

Fri 5 am – 10 pm

 

When I tell people that I want to eat some vegetarian food, they usually will look at me with the weird feeling. that’s nth wrong to be a vegetarian. I am not a vegetarian, but I do respect vegetarians. people always have a wrong concept about Vegan food. They think Vegan foods are boring and no taste, but that’s totally wrong! Once awhile i love to eat at the vegetariant restaurant. This time, I found one in San Francisco~

I was the 1st customer on Saturday. It is a very nice place. So clean and organize. =)

 

Two of us ordered a lunch combination, noodle soup, and sushi. price is pretty decent~ both of us were very full and feel healthy =) all the staffs there are nice and friendly.

 

2011
09/27
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Singlebarrel (hidden special bar at San Jose Downtown)

43 W San Salvador St
San Jose, CA 95113 

(408) 792-7356

5 PM to 2 AM, Tuesday – Sunday

This place is on 1st and W. San Salvador st at San Jose Downtown which next to Motif lounge. This place has no sign beside a barrel on the top. you will see a door man who dress in old old fashion way. they have more Restriction than other bar and lounge.
1. no more than party of 6 to go in at once.
2. after you go in, you need to keep your voice down
3. no food serve, but welcome outside food.
4. you might need to wait in the line for long time if too crowded inside
they use different kind of alcohol
they use fresh fruit and vege to make drinks.
when you go down, you will go to the bar first. the bar tender will ask what you like. you can tell the bartender about u like fruity, sweet, citrus, salty, spicy, light, or heavy… they will think of a drink for you. i like a drink call bees knees and bramble. both drinks are light and sweet.
after you get your drink, you will get a sit and chill. =)
also, i talked about this place on openskyradio.com
2011
09/16
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Japanese Enoki Beef Rolls

What you need:

- Enoki mushroom

- slices beef (the one that use for hot pot or shabu shabu)

- soy sauce, oyster, cooking wine, garlic, sugar

EASY~

 

Let’ Start:

I bought a pack of slice beef for hot pot from chinese super market.

prepare the Enoki Mushroom.

mix the sauce. garlic, soy sauce, oyster sauce, sugar and little cooking wine.

you are ready to wrap. make sure the beef can wrap the mushroom 3 rounds, so it won’t fall off.

now you are ready to cook them~

cook it slowly and add the sauce if there is any left.

Enjoy~

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