day 1: gobo

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my dutch friend is visiting for a week. hence, i give you 7 days of eating out.

we start with gobo. so granola, peoples.

hand wrapped steamed vegetable dumplings

avocado tartare with wasabi lime sauce

butternut squash risotto with toasted almonds

passion fruit sake-jito (sake, mints, basil & passion fruit)

would i return for food? meh, probably not...because i do like meat. the dumplings were ok. the risotto a bit runny... and the avocado tartare was totally replicable.

would i return for drinks? absolutely.

magnolia bakery: another cheesecake

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so fats. ^-^ too much eating, not enough shopping...

okie, so MK totally dragged me to magnolia bakery..."since we are up in the west side anyway." since i already had some pumpkin trifle from sugar sweet sunshine bakery in my fridge, i didn't get the usual banana pudding.

magnolia bakery's pecan caramel cheesecake

a denser cheesecake (and much, much sweeter) than the keylime i had before. it'll take me a few days to eat this...but i will enjoy it.
:P

city bakery

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during one of the "colder" days last week, i was in chelsea and stopped by city bakery to get a cup of their hot chocolate. (which, btw, is like drinking a liquid milk chocolate bar.)

i also got something to munch on.

city bakery peanut butter mound cookie

comparing to spot's peanut butter cookie? definitely, definitely prefer spot.

taro!

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phileoyogurt for: asian-flavored frozen yogurt.

taro and a bit of lychee frozen yogurt with mochi topping

wv is so far away. sigh.

saturday's equation

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nice-y weather.

park

+ shack cheeseburger and cheese fries

+ red velvet frozen custard

= an afternoon well spent. ^-^

the dedicated

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as i look out my window, there's some sort of cycling event going on this sunday morning. they've closed the off ramp from the upper bridge.

cycling in 30+ (C) humidity? now that's dedication, peoples.

currently, i can barely bring myself to go outside and get groceries for my empty fridge...

friday night snackies

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the dilemma of meeting up with different people in the same evening for food: you must eat twice.

first friday night stop: snackie food at matsukado (ev). certainly not memorable. huh...maybe this is why the place is half-empty everytime i walk by it?

second friday night stop: the rum bar on the second level at carteles. this place is definitely all about the rum punches. ordered by the glass or bowl. (a glass for me...)

watermelon, mint, rum...and a few other things i forget.

trio of sandwiches

crab croquettes topped with a guava jelly

(forgettable) braised pork tamales

saturday weather? phemonenal. it's looking like a shake shack and lazing-in-the-park afternoon. :3