Random Thoughts: What I really need.

It has been a long time. I am busy gearing up for school, which technically started today, but I start on Monday. I met one of the Chinese teachers today, and she was with another Chinese teacher (because you know Chinese people travel in flocks, like fluffy sheep) having tea. After talking briefly about a Chinese class I probably wouldn't be able to get into because it is full, I realized what I really need in life is a tea drinking buddy.

Now, I love tea (and drinking), but I hate going out to drink tea all the time. The ideal situation would be that I would be tied to a ridiculously rich man who was never home but still supported my culinary/clothing/luxury items habit, and I would have tons of free time. So basically, I would be a Chinese concubine (or a qinfu hahahahah) because I don't actually want to get married. Since the laogong (literally: old man) wouldn't be home, I would have a friend come over to my house for tea and snacks on a daily basis. If I didn't have any delicious tea that day and my (gay, straight, male, female, transgender, transvestite, asexual, bisexual, or whatever floats your boat yo because I love everyone, but hate everyone at the same time) friend didn't have proper tea at their house (which would preferably within a 30minute drive or my glorious castle) we would go out to Larchmont or Pasadena to buy more delicious things to eat and drink.

ANY TAKERS YO??? Old man and tea friend positions are open! The position of ME unfortunately is not open for auditions because no one is qualified enough to be me except me.

Some may ask, "Don't you have friends?" Yes. Yes, I do, but they are all far far away right now. Or mayber, I am the one far far away.

Places: Fosselman's Ice Cream in Alhambra

So I went with friendie to Fosselman's in Alhambra and had the coffee cookie ice cream. It was pretty good! It was two things that I LOVE, so I don't see how anything could have gone wrong. Friendie had matcha (ground up green tea leaves), which was pretty ok, and isn't her top cute! She is so fabulous. I do suggest going to http://fosselmans.com/ to check out the flavors they have. It is pretty awesome. The flavors are pretty yummy, but the base it basic so expect no SUPER AMAZING reaction. But very much tolerable, very much so.

PS: Sorry I have been MIA for the last few days/ weeks. I have been BUSY ok? hahahahahahaha LOVE YOU

Places: Brioche in East LA Pt. 2

So I talked about the macaroons at Brioche. Here they are! Also carrot cake and opera cake. OMG SO DELICIOUS. Why are they delicious? They are not heavy or oily, and they are not too sweet. I am not a fan of my mouth being invaded by sugar crystal soldiers cutting my taste buds into smithereens. You know how I roll. It has to be balanced. BALANCE IS ESSENTIAL IN LIFE, AND BAKED GOODS ARE LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love you. xoxoxo

Places: Perfectly Sweet

I had the carrot cake, and newly relocated friendie had the raspberry mousse. OH MY GOD. SO GOOD. I would punch someone in the face to live there.

http://www.perfectlysweet.com/

I encourage you to go, but you know a better suggestion? I encourage you to take me with you. K thx bye.

Places: Big Man Bakes & Blossom in LA

I spent the day with my office husband yesterday. We went to the Art in the Streets exhibition yesterday at the Geffen Contemporary. (Will post about that later). We also were planning to go to Nickel Diner, but sadly it was closed. Note: IT IS CLOSED ON MONDAYS. BUT we found other wonderful things. We went to Big Man Bakes (http://bigmanbakes.com/), which had AMAZING CUPCAKES. Now, I love baked goods, and this was a delicious baked good. OH had the chocolate on yellow cake, and I had the lemon. Big thumbs up on both. I heard that their red velvet is delicious as well. I really want to try the carrot cake one next time.

We also went to Blossom( http://www.blossomrestaurant.com/), which is a vietnamese restaurant. It was really good too! Prices were reasonable. Service was good. They had young coconut ($3.50). HUZZAHHHH!! I had the veggie spring rolls ($4.50), which was super good. I liked the atmosphere the best. There seemed to be two parts to this restaurant. One side was more traditionally restaurant-ish, whereas the side we sat on was like a wine bar/ cafe/ tea house. It had a more modern feel to it with big windows. LOVE BIG WINDOWS.

Next post will be art in the streets, which is free on Mondays!

Dim Sum+ Egg Tarts= Delicious + Notes

 

Dim sum is awesome. Egg tarts are awesome. I have no idea what's in them, but they are awesome. Sadly, I learned that my body hates carbohydrates because I gained two pounds from eating dimsum, which is for a vegetarian like me, all carbohydrates.

On another note, I volunteered at Tzu Chi. It's pretty fun, and I get to practice a lot of Chinese. WOOOHOOO.

Next notes: RIP Amy Winehouse. I really liked your song, "Rehab." also RIP the victims of the Norway massacre and bombing. The NYtimes says there are at least 80 dead. May you all rest in peace. All of you left us too soon, but I hope you can find peace.
I read that the gunman/bomber laughed while he shot the young people, and he was cited to be an extremist. This incident reminds me that we need the entire world to strive for tolerance, respect, and love. There's just not enough in the world.

sisters

Sisters are awesome, and this one is especially awesome. Those are Louie Bottega macaroons. The blue one is earl grey flavored, and the green is pistachio.

Eats: half & half

So there is this boba place that opened on Atlantic Blvd in Monterey Park. There is usually a huge line. At first I thought, why does everyone think this is so good. THEY SERVE IT IN A TUB! A LITTLE TINY TUB! SOOOOO CUTE.I got the boba with black sesame milk tea. Apparently, they can also add grass jelly, honey boba, red beans, etc... The downs: cash only, crappy sitting area, no wi-fi. 

http://www.yelp.com/biz/half-and-half-tea-house-monterey-park

Espresso Haus 2

Espresso Haus, Seoul, SK; Peppermint tea
Espresso Haus, 연희동,서울; 따뜻한 페퍼민트 차