The Great Battle: In-N-Out or Five Guys??

08Nov09

Ok, so you know it had to come down to this at some point, right?  I am originally from the East Coast, but now I’m living on the West Coast.  When I first moved out here and people found out how much I love to eat, the first thing I people asked was “Oh, have [...]

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Tags: Food, restaurant, washington dc, san francisco, burgers, In-n-Out, Five Guys, french fries, fast food, College Park

Cindy+Tom’s Beautiful Berkeley Wedding!

26Sep09

Cindy is the eldest cousin on my dad’s side.  She and Tom recently got married at Berkeley Gardens, and, as I said in my last entry, my father and my brother both flew out from the East Coast to join in the celebrations (unfortunately, the baby bro has just started high school, and so he [...]

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Tags: Adagia, Berkeley, Berkeley Gardens, cake, Cindy, East Bay, family, friends, photography, Redwood Grove, salmon, steak, Tom, wedding

Shik Do Rak – Irvine

25Aug09

Korean barbecue has a dear place in my heart.  I may not be Korean, but whenever my family has a barbecue in the summer, instead of the traditional burgers and hot dogs, we inevitably have kalbi and bulgogi (Korean beef ribs and thinly-sliced beef pieces respectively).  I mean, we generally have homemade potato salad, sometimes [...]

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Tags: barbecue, bulgogi, duk, duk bo sam, Food, friends, irvine, kalbi, korean, photography, restaurant, shik do rak

Habana – Costa Mesa

18Jul09

This was actually the second time I went to Habana, a restaurant featuring classy Cuban food which is located in The LAB, an “anti-mall” located in Costa Mesa.  My first time wandering into this hip little center was when my friend Priscilla and I went to dinner together after work.  I don’t remember what we [...]

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Tags: Costa Mesa, Food, friends, Habana, Pork, restaurant

Tasty Garden (Alhambra)

08Jul09

My friend Sara came to visit a couple weeks ago (for her friend’s wedding, I believe), and I headed over to her friends’ place to have lunch.  Her friends Cathy and Janie took us to Alhambra to eat at a restaurant called Tasty Garden.  It was quite tasty. The above dish was sauteed fish and [...]

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Tags: Alhambra, chinese, fish, friends, peppers, photography, shiitake, Tasty Garden, tofu