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September 8, 2004 2

Monterey Bay & Carmel (Part 1)

By in Travel

Last year at the Old Fisherman Wharf there were no sun and the weather was rainny and sky was grey, so I didn’t feel like I went to the sea/beach side. But this time, gosh the sky was so blue and clear, the killer sun was super hot…-__-;

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September 7, 2004 6

Seafood by-the-Sea (Monterey + Carmel)

By in 04: SF+Bay Area, Travel

So let me do a food report first on our seaside get-away trip to Monterey Bay and Carmel-by-the-Sea (central California, 5+ hours drive from our home)! We first went to the Old fisherman Wharf at Monterey Harbor. We went to this seafood restaurant Rappa’s which locate at the end of the dock, so there’s a […]

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September 3, 2004 21

Joymart (Little Tokyo)

By in 06: Downtown LA

Joymart in Little Tokyo is a very yummy Japanese/Asian restaurant in non-traditional style. Their food is so yummy that even normal pan-fried vegetables are really delicious too! We go there for lunch during work sometimes (a 2-3 hour lunch break ^^;;). The interior is very pretentious exotic mixed of Tibetan, Japanese, Thai, Chinese and so […]

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August 29, 2004 Off

Vanille de Pastissarie (San Marino)

By in 01: San Gabriel

As for cakes, there’re more and more nice Taiwanese-owned pastries and bakery opening here these days (maybe it’s a sign of the growth of Chinese community in LA has reached the point where not only essential things but delicate/luxury things are starting to be in demand?). Such as this one Vanille de Pastissarie at San […]

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August 26, 2004 5

Julienne (San Marino)

By in 02: Pasadena

Back to work today, but yesterday I lunched alone at Julienne, a French cafe in San Marino (a rather upscale suburb nearby my house). It has a gourmet boutique right next door selling lots of yummy stuffs. I bought this thing called “terrain” (pate-ish thing layered like a terrain for flatbread or biscuits) there for […]

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