My cousin Waley got married yesterday. Congratulations! I thought my cousin was pretty, but his wife Sarah is so much prettier than he is.
Waley & Sarah
Zot Zot…
Rosalyn & Tracy
I’m like a giant…
CAKE!!!
Focusing on cutting the perfect slice of cake.
They are so cute.
We had a girls day outing today in the South Bay where it was nice and cool. It was great to leave the hot and humid 90 degree weather of the San Gabriel Valley and hang out near (not on) the beach. Dana, Grace, Lena and I watched an afternoon showing of Moonrise Kingdom, which was very good and then had dinner at MB Post. I’ve only had brunch here once so I was excited to finally try their dinner menu.
bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuit (w/maple butter) & fleur de sel pretzel
fee fi fo fum fries
soft shell blue crab lettuce wrap
roasted brussels sprouts (w/emmental, hazelnuts, sage)
asparagus and poached jidori egg
skirt steak w/ grilled broccolini & red chimichurri
vietnamese caramel pork jowl on papaya salad
steamed mussels w/ green curry, Chinese sausage, and rice
I just oh so love the bacon cheddar biscuit. The only thing that I didn’t like was the sausage in the green curry and the papaya salad (too much fish sauce). Actually I’m a little offended that there was Chinese sausage in the green curry. It’s just…wrong.
Manhattan Beach Post
1142 Manhattan Ave.
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
On Saturday, my cousins and I had dinner at Chotto, an izakaya located in the Marina area of San Francisco. I had wanted to try the food here since it opened (was it early or mid last year?). The dishes were on the pricier side compared to the izakayas in LA, but I was dining in the Marina. It shouldn’t have been a surprise. The food was good so I have no complaints. Okay that was a lie. I didn’t particularly care for the insane amount of cabbage that was sitting on the bottom of my bowl of ramen. Oh and was it weird that everyone in my family ordered their own bowl of ramen? I did quite enjoy the bacon mochi and the gyutan (it’s tongue, don’t judge me) though.
The lanterns separating our private room from the rest of the restaurant.
Hakate Sarada
Gyutan
Kushiyaki Sampler (kamo, kyu, negima, tontoro)
Bacon Mochi
Agedashi Tofu
Karamiso Tonkotsu – I added the egg.
I think I’m going to attempt to make the bacon mochi at home. Wish me luck.
3317 Steiner St. (btw Chestnut & Lombard)
San Francisco, CA 94123
415-441-2223
Amy and Travis tied the knot this weekend at the Gundlach Bundschu Vineyard in Sonoma. I loved how we had to walk through a cave full of wine barrels to get to the ceremony site. That was interesting. Then when you reached the end of the cave, there were pink umbrellas and strawberry lemonade waiting for all the guests. Yes there were wine too, but that had to wait until after the ceremony.
The bride and groom are pretty huh?
The food was delicious even if there was a minor bee problem.
I’m so glad that all the wedding cakes that I’ve been eating lately have all been really good. This one included. Although I’m a bit upset I didn’t get to try the chocolate layer.
There were a lot of dancing. Do you love the lanterns? I do!
I hope the cute couple wearing blue from my table will find a way to send me the bee video. Why didn’t I ask for their contact info?
Congratulations Amy and Travis. Thank you inviting me to celebrate this special day with you guys.
Thank you Louise for writing about your dining experience at Hui Tou Xiang and then accompanying me for my first meal there. We ordered a cold dish of marinated squid (小魷魚), pork soup dumplings (小籠包), the Hui Tou pork (回頭豬肉), and a pork and leek pancake (豬肉韭菜盒子). On top of serving good food, the restaurant staff were also very friendly, which is rare in a Chinese restaurant located in the San Gabriel Valley. Is it weird that I didn’t order any noodles? I think so. I’m going to have to go back very soon to try the noodles.
Hui Tou Xiang Noodle House
704 W. Las Tunas Dr. Ste 5
San Gabriel, CA 91776
(626) 281 – 91776
When I had mapped the time & distance from Millbrae to Paradise Ridge Winery, it was 68 miles and was only supposed to take an 1 hr & 10 mins to get there. That was so…not the case on a Friday afternoon. It took 3 very stressful hours. Luckily, we made it in time for Judy and Hubert’s wedding.
J & H drink a lot of wine.
Newlyweds – Mr. & Mrs. Lin!
The Wedding Party
I stole this picture from Jennifer’s FB 
Peianden
Cocktail hour + Margie photo bombing
Table 10 – We’re so cool!
Delicious!
I snapped a pic of my neighbor’s dish while he was away. Heehee.
Pasta!!!
The view from the winery was gorgeous. I love the lanterns.
3/5th of the Sisterhood
Photobooths are great.
A few weeks ago, I had dinner at Bizarra Capital with a couple of close friends. According to Jonathan Gold, they have fried huazontle here. We didn’t order it and I don’t remember seeing it on the menu either. I guess I should have read his article in the LA Times before my visit. Oh well, maybe next time. We did have mole fries though. Don’t judge me, but I don’t think I’m much of a mole fries type of girl. It looked and smelled delicious and my friends seem to really like it though. I hope to make it back to Bizarra again soon. There is so much on the menu that I still need to try.
Grace had two glasses. So I’m assuming this drink was good, whatever it was.
If you can’t take spicy food, don’t order this dish. All peppers and nothing else.
The fish tacos were delicious. I’m craving one right now.
