Date Night @ Old Town Pasadena

It says, "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words..." So, I am gonna leave the "talking" to these pictures : P

Pasadena Dumpling Festival at Pacific Asia Museum

Hmm, so let's see...

Pacific Asia Museum - I have been planning to go check it out since... forever.

And, Nope! Still haven't been there yet.

L.A. Food Trucks - Oh Yeah~ I am always up for trying new nomnoms!

Pacific Asia Museum + Dumpling Truck ?! = OooOooh! I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to go!

It's unfortunate that I won't be in town for that weekend. Awwwww... to those who are checking this event out, HAVE FUN & EAT MY SHARE FOR MEEEEE!!!

Pasadena Dumpling Festival at Pacific Asia Museum

Saturday, May 22. 4-6pm

@ The Pacific Asia Museum

46 North Los Robles Avenue,

Pasadena, California 91101

(626) 449-2742

"Join us Saturday afternoon to recognize an integral part of Asian culture through one of its main culinary staples-the dumpling. This event is free to the public and will feature music, games, and a dumpling eating contest, co-sponsored by Pacific Asia Museum and the Dumpling Station truck.

Enjoy fresh dumplings and drinks in the beautiful museum courtyard! Peruse the galleries, the museum store and check out the Special Exhibitions. Admission to the museum is free throughout the event.

The competition will feature six contestants who will try to finish 50 dumplings within two minutes. The winner will receive a $50 VISA gift card, tee shirt and Pacific Asia Museum membership. Four contestants will be pre-selected by Dumpling Station via random email selection and the remaining participants will be chosen on site via a raffle drawing. For more details or to submit an entry email, visit dumplingstation.com."

Why I LOVE the WORLD MARKET

I have heard about this place many months ago. We never had a chance to check it out until the most unexpected moment - when we were on our vacation in San Diego.

Wow! IT IS A GREEEATTT PLACE! I mean, this alone is just OMG AWESOME!



Haven't been back to this little heaven till 2 days ago, driven by the power of this coupon: Get $10 off for a $30 Purchase, I finally revisited this place.



$20, got me these, and more, as we have already eaten that marvelous jar of tikka masala sauce <3 and used 1/2 a bag of plain scone mix to make Walnut Scones :d

Whee~ Summer Time~

::*15 Billion Things* I ♥ to do for this Summer~::




♥ Plant some herb and succulent, Chicken wire my plants,

♥ harvest my plants, cook, buy organic.

♥ sleep before 11/12am, get up at 8/9am

♥ Get an Air Purifier,

♥ Potty Train Puppy, Hike with doggies, Go to Dog Parks regularly,

♥ Have a Reading Corner, Move my Books out to the Living Room, Have a desk/study area in the living/dinning room, find the perfect desk,

♥ change all bulbs to green bulbs, take out excess bulbs, green my house

♥ make my kitchen look like a cafe, maybe its time to start on coffee too...(?)

♥ Go to Norcal, Go to Canada(?),

♥ have fun in LA, flea markets, museums, BEACHES!

♥ Reach lvl 80 and get me some nice gears, lan party,

♥ sale/recycle excess belongings,

♥ start paying more attention to my appearance, Have a make up table in my room,

♥ look into my thesis topic, register for classes, full-time/part-time job for networking and make some MONEY!, research/practice,

♥ yoga, meditate, exercise

♥ paint, arts and craft, jewelry making,

♥ change my credit card, random errands.

♥ oh n WORLDDDDDDD CUPPPPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!

international pillow fight day~!

www.pillowfightday.com
: )

I can haz cheeseburger at B-Man's Teriyaki & Burgers!

B-man's teriyaki and burgers!
3007 Huntington Dr
Ste 102
Pasadena, CA 91107
(Heh, close enough to Arcadia)


I highly recommend this place's ABC burger! When you got avacado slides, teriyaki AND thousand island sauce in a cheeseburger, JUST. HOW. could this ever go wrong???



And, check out their curry fries, guys! They should have named it Japanese Chicken Curry Fries! The curry was not spicy and was toward the sweet side - Japanese style curry. And, yes! They got chicken pieces in there! This combination tasted kind of funky, the good kind of funky. : d..



Besides burgers and fries, B-man also got rice bowl items. Awesome enough, you could ask for brown rice!

A Rare Rainy Day in Downtown LA

: ) Raindrops are rare guests here in LA.

A Lazy Day in Downtown Culver City

[A side cafe inside of Indian Sweets and Spices in Culver City. They got yummy Mango Lassi, Samosa, and all kinds of Indian Sweets I have yet to try : D!]

[I bought these Indian Bottle Sodas and this Masala flavored Nissin instant noodle from the mini market! I don't plan on drinking those sodas. They look kind of good on my desk as decorations. As for the instant noodle, I will tell you all about its taste once I got a chance to try it~]

[Cheese Truck at the Culver City Farmer's Market!]

[ Restaurant Bar: My Father's Office. The Office's Burger Basket. Roasted Beef Marrow. : d...]

Late Night Taco Truck Run: Rosemead and Duarte

Have you ever noticed the Taco Truck parked in that gas station right at the Rosemead/Duarte intersection during the weekend nights? Yes, that same gas station that sells oil painting during the day.

We went to try it out the other night. It was more like a fun snack for us, didn't think too much of it.

Their chicken taco was not particular good. Don't think I am going to order it again. But, their Pork Taco was so juicy! Hmm~ Must be the lard! Heh! It must be very bad for me!

Asian American Expo

Last Saturday, I went to the Asian American Expo in Pomona Fairplex for the first time, after hearing all about it for as long as I have immigrated to the US. The expo was a hugh yearly local event among the Chinese-Americans. It was like the Chinese-American version of Traditional Chinese's New Year's Market hosted by the Chinese Consumer Yellow Pages. Hence, Exhibitors and attendants were mostly Chinese.

Pictures taken at the Expo:

[And, props to CCYP! Big red eco-friendly shopping bags with the "Fu" Chinese character were given out at the entrance! Yay! Go green!]

[Lots of Food Venders there with their colorfully decorated booths were giving out free samples here and promotion gifts there. The Beijing Sour Milk stand was plain and simple. No fancy plastic decorations. No colorful packaging for their product. Just a long table with a big white table cloth. With busy looking, annoyed sounding vendors inside, telling by passers, "$2! No sample! Made with US milk. Beijing recipe! Too-dolla, Too-dolla! No Sample!"

But, it sure caught enough attention and attracted more businesses than others. Within the few seconds I spent asking the busy looking vendor with my broken Mandarin, "What's Sour Milk". They had already sold 3 of those $2 Sour Milk Drinks in their tiny little jars. A happy customer later explained, "It's our childhood delight! Good memories! Taste a little bit different. American milk made it tasted a little bit different. But, still good. Try some."

So, we did.

It tasted smilier to watered down plain yogurt, which reminded me of melted Yogurtland's Plain Tart yogurt. But Beijing Sour Milk was slightly sweeter and thicker.]

[Colorful Japanese Calpico Drinks. Their White Peach Flavored Calpico is a must try!]

[Very delicious Korean Popsicles, with many different flavors: Strawberry, Honey Dew (my favorite), Mango, Red Bean... etc. Too bad, they got hydrogenated oil in them... the one ingredient I avoid in my diet.]

[Fresh Tian Jin Roasted Chestnut steaming up the glass (left). Chestnuts being cooked in the big roaster (right).]

[You just can't go wrong with Taiwanese Sweet Sausage.]

[ I didn't taste this stand's stinky tofu. But, they must had made them RIGGGGHTTTTTT. Reason 1: Look at that line. Reason 2: The Golden rule for CHINESE STINKY TOFU says,"Stinky it smells, better it tastes." I could smell it from where I was taking this picture - I was zooming]

[Xin Jiang Lamb Kabob. $5 for 4. Two Flavors: Spicy/No Spicy. Juicy, tasty, and not too chewy. Too bad they do not seem to have a retail location. It says, "Wholesale and Catering" on their business card. We really liked their Kabobs.]

[The Asian American Expo just would not be completed if there weren't funky random merchandises like this one: Asian moms love wearing these cotton sleeves when they drive to block off harmful UV Rays from the California Sun.]

[The Bonsai Plant I almost bought home.]

[Check out my $5 Purse and $3 Charm!]

[Asian families love fruit trees.]

[Rubber plastic food keychains. Notice the Colonel wears contact lenses on this mini KFC bucket.]

[Bored of riding a pony in small circles? How about riding an elephant in bigger circles? This guy was at his lunch break when his partner was taking pictures with a family of 4 on his back."]

[May I interest you an overpriced pet? This Tibetan Mastiff Puppy was $4,000. Yes. 4 Thousand.]

Lots of things to see. Samples to try. Free stuff to take home. Bargains to take advantage of.

I had fun. : )