Dim Sum Food Truck & Cake House

the bf came over tonight to have a early mini celebration of my birthday. 本当は明日なんだけど、明日は忙しいから、ちょっと早めのお祝い。ま、「お祝い」なんていえる年じゃなくなってきたけどね。ugh... i'm starting to hate getting old. only savior is the thought of eventually moving out and living independently from my mom in the future. ま、まだ結構先の話っぽいけどね。

so, birthdays = cake, right? so the bf offered to buy me some. especially since i like cake :) で、試そうってことになったのが Cake House. the west la one. i read on yelp that it was a korean bakery and it got decent reviews so i was interested. we ended up getting a tiramisu and a yohan cake. ティラミスは結構おいしかった。ちょっぴり甘くて、しつこくない。でも、もう一個がどうも、、、甘すぎるし、口の中でまとわり付く感じ。definitely won't be getting that one again...

and then, on sawtelle, there were a bunch of food trucks again so we decided to check it out. だって、おいしそうじゃん？(笑) the nom nom truck was there, which i wanted to try but man, line was so long so i gave up. and then i saw the dim sum truck. キタァァァァ！待ち遠しかったです。長いこと食べたかったのです。so we headed over. i wanted to try so many. haha. but in the end, we just got bbq pork buns, shumai, and sticky rice. everything was good! only negative was that the sticky rice was a bit too soft. もうちょっと水分を減らしてしっかりさせないと、べちゃべちゃ過ぎ。but overall, it was good. haha. 楽しかった～。

Currently listening to: Break your Heart feat. Ludacris - Taio Cruz

Pizza & Pool

bored as heck last night so we decided to play pool in the club house that my new apartment has. で、お腹もすいたから、ピザを買うことに。i think they make a good match, right?? haha. ついでにビール・おやつなども買って、結構お金使っちゃったね。especially because we ended up buying the pool balls too, since we wouldn't have made it in time to rent out the balls at the managers office.


we bought the pizza at this one place that advertised new york style pizza. we got a large with pepperoni, sausge, green peppers, and onions. 結構おいしかった。everything seemed pretty fresh, which is always a plus. 一応パスタも注文したけど、こちらはまぁまぁ。ピザの方が絶対おいしい。

while waiting for the pizza to be ready, we went to bevmo's to get drinks. the guys seemed to be having a blast. it took them nearly 20 minutes to decide what to get. 女かよ！バシッと決めろよ！ちんたらちんたら悩んでないでさ！i think they ended up getting a pack of beer, chips, i got proscuitto, some cokes, and one of those small bottles of hard liquor. 結構高くついたみたい。バカみたいに買うから．．．


we ate and played a couple rounds of pool. finished around 10 and the bf and i were pretty tired so we called it a night. but it was fun. talking, eating, and playing pool. we should do it more often.

Currently listening to: We are the World - USA for Africa

Jin Jiang

after finishing up with the moving last night, we were starved. so, we decided to grab some chinese food at this place called jin jiang that i found on yelp. so useful. 最近和食ばかりを好んで食べてたから、新鮮。the place had mixed reviews but it was getting late and there weren't many options so we decided to go with it.

it was only about a 6~7 minute drive from my apartment so the place was relatively close. 入ったときからお客が少ないから怪しいかな？って思ったけど、一応結構続いてるから、そのまま座ってみることに。checking out then menu, they didn't really have much variety. ありきたりな中華って感じ。ま、変なのより、オーソドックスの方がいいけどね。we ended up getting a soup, steamed chicken with ginger sauce, two flavored shrimp, and pan fried noodles. なんか、結構どれも、パッとしない。味が濃いかったですね。i mean, it was decent. not bad, not good. eh. ま、でも、あんまり期待していなかったからいいけど。if anything, i might consider their delivery, since i don't think i want to be cooking too much anymore. haha.

Currently listening to: Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

お引越し

my entire day today was spent on moving. me, to my new apartment, and my roomie back home. *sigh* つ～か～れ～た～。結構少ないと思っても、いろいろと出てきて、最終的には荷物がわんさか。もう、大変。especially crazy was my manga collection. i have A LOT. but put that in a box and it weighs a ton. no kidding. めっちゃ重かった。それを女二人で運んだんだよね～。of course, we did have a dolly. but still, heavy as heck.

so, i got the keys to the new apartment and practically everything i need is there. ま、仕上げは日曜日になるけどね。but its exciting to know that i'm mostly done, especially since i still have school/work and my schedule is pretty busy. さて、新しいアパートの住み心地はどうでしょう。。。

Currently listening to: I Want it That Way - Backstreet Boys

Zen Buffet & Genki Living

tonight, the bf and i decided to try out Zen Buffet. i've been interested for a while but had yet to try. the bf tried it recently at lunch and said it was pretty good and the price wasn't too high so we decided to go for it. 8時くらいに入ったのかな？でも、結構ないものが多かった。as in, there were a bunch of empty plates. -__- お金払ってるのに、ダメじゃん。anyways, we tried a couple different things. everything was decent. there was nothing that was crazy good. at least for me. ま、まぁまぁですな。どっちかって言うといまいち。もうちょっと補充をちゃんとしないとね。

Genki Living is essentially a crepe place but they also have other japanese snackies. 店内が結構面白い飾りつけで、印象的。i've heard about this place before and i wanted to try it so we went for dessert. hehe. だから太るんだな。ガーーン．．．ま、それは置いておいて、結構おいしかったです。i got their peach, strawberry, and banana nutella crepe. they asked if i wanted it crispy or soft. since crispy was their original, i went with that. bad choice. soft is probably wayyyy better. 今度からはソフトだね。でも、おいしかった。

we got the crepe to go and i ate it at the bfs house. so i could see the dog they just got :) もう、めちゃめちゃかわいいの！！i think he said it was a chiweenie (i think that's how you spell it. the mix between a chihuahua and a dachshund). ホントかわいいの。ちっちゃいしね。i guess it was teething, but it kept biting my fingers. haha. ちょっぴり痛かったです。でも、かわいすぎるから許す。（笑）あぁ～。私も犬欲しいなぁ。

Currently listening to: One in a Million - 山下智久