i love the location of our house. our walkability score is very high and all of the roads have bike lanes. now that summer is here i’ve been walking or riding my bike all around town.

my blue cruiser looks so skinny here!

the other day i rode my bike to a new sno cone place that opened up down the street that was voted the best dessert in orange county. i foresee myself coming here a lot this summer.

i asked them what their most popular flavor was: tropical treat

orange and pineapple ice with fresh strawberries and ice cream. we also added condensed milk because we’re asian like that. and yes, it was as good as it looks and sounds.

their menu sounds amazing though: red velvet, reese’s buttercup, green tea & raspberries, peanut butter & jelly…i’m all about those weird and quirky flavors

service is a little slow but they grind that ice on the spot. besides, they have this fun wall hook game that you can play while you wait.

sno on the go
6840 Edinger Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92647

dinner at the vintage steakhouse

i like the theme/decor of the place…it’s like you are eating inside of a train! and it’s right next to the amtrak so you’ll randomly see the train flying by sometimes just a few feet outside your window

outside, they had a mini garden growing their own herbs. not sure which one this is?

inside, they had interesting hanging artwork that you could purchase. one of these days i’ll be rich enough to own real art to hang on my walls

time to order

while we wait, we munch on fresh baked bread and butter

unfortunately, i wasn’t too impressed with their bread….and i usually love fresh bread

i decided on the rack of lamb

again, i was disappointed. i’m not too big a fan when restaurants overpower their meats with a sauce so that i can barely taste the meat. i was also disappointed with their sweet potato fries….how do you mess that up?? but they tasted like they had been sitting out and a quarter of them were drenched in the lamb sauce deeming them unedible. the best thing on this plate was the creamed corn. but so small! boo.

on the other hand, boyrobot ordered the 16oz ribeye with the twice baked potato (after the waiter kept pushing it on us). but now i see why, both were delish. the ribeye was soooo tender and wonderfully marbled. one of the best steaks i’ve had in a restaurant actually. i realize now, always get the house specials. rarely will you be disappointed.

i also realized at this point that i could never be a food photographer. when i get my food….i want it in my tummy! i don’t really want to be futzing around with ISO and aperture settings while my food gets cold. i don’t know how those food bloggers do it.

which is why i also don’t have a picture of our dessert, white chocolate mousse with blackberries. sounds yummy right? well i’m asian and i don’t like my desserts too sweet. which this surely was. should’ve went with the peanut butter creme brulee!

despite the so-so food, it was a fun night. boyrobot always makes me laugh and we dreamt up some money making schemes that will never see the day of light but are fun to think about. love these times.

i love food. but i’ve been in a rut. we keep eating at our favorite places over and over again. not that i’m complaining since our staples are cheap and yummy. but it’s time to get to know our ‘hood (orange county) a little better. i present to you:

oc weekly’s 100 favorite dishes

we’ll be going down the list, one by one, once a week. i think i will declare sundays as our food adventure day. tell us if you are down to join us! we are starting with #100: jerk carnitas torta at the crosby

yum.

just got back from using the 2nd day of our disney 2-day hopper passes that we scored for volunteering (best deal ever!). my feet are so tired but it was such a blast. these past 2 times visiting disney made me realize how much i love the place. it really is the happiest place on earth! too bad it’s so expensive for an annual pass.

part of the fun is of course the company. it was my first time going with boyrobot…who hadn’t been to disney for 10 yrs before this:

this picture was taken right before we slid on the ferris wheel…boyrobot was soooo scared!! haha. it’s so fun going on scary rides with him. but seriously, this ferris wheel is the best ever:

notice some of the cars moving along the loops in the middle? ferris wheels are already scary if you’re scared of heights, this one makes you feel like you are going to fly off as you’re going around.

we also went with our disney partners in crime, X and B:

B used to have an annual pass. let me tell you, it’s really great going with a seasoned disney goer. they know all the tricks and know where the rides are so you don’t need to consult the map every 5 mins! the coolest trick we learned was that you can use your fast pass after the time on the ticket. so we would get our fast passes as soon as we could and then go on the rides at our leisure.

highlights of california adventure:
1. toy story – omg, best game/ride ever!! we had so much fun on this we had to ride it twice. it’s so much better than buzz lightyear in disneyland
2. tower of terror – i don’t know why but i let my friends convince me to go on this. i was never so scared in my life. i was literally hanging onto my friend sitting next to me, with my head buried in her lap, and every chance i would get i would hit her for making me go on this ride lol. the whole time i had no idea if we were going up or down. it was so disorienting!! what a ride. i am glad i went on it….but i don’t know if i would ever go on it again. hehe.
3. white cheddar soup in a bread bowl – we went during the food and wine festival so we tried some of the small bites. this soup was in a mini bread bowl….so cute!! but the soup was THE BEST! it tasted like fondue cheese with a hint of alcohol…where can i buy this???
4. frozen strawberry lemonade – love this classic treat…especially on a beautiful day like we had that day!

5. smoke roasted turkey leg – we ended the day with a big ol’ turkey leg. we were really hungry so this tasted like the best thing ever. no pictures because we were too busy scarfing it down. but it was huge!
6. aladdin show – i had to catch this show before it ends in august. the set was really amazing….loved the “elephant” and flying carpet. and the genie in the show was hilarious. he adlibbed a lot of his jokes and he was sooooo funny! a lot of people gave him a standing ovation. i was not expecting to enjoy this show as much as i did! highly recommend!

i was sad as we were walking back knowing that i wouldn’t be back for awhile. hopefully disney throws something cool next year for free tickets again!

Tags: california adventure

today we used our free voucher from “volunteering” to go to disneyland!!!

the question of the day was – which is better…it’s a small world or mr. toad’s wild ride?

mr toad’s of course!!!!

other rides we went on:
space mountain (2x)
thunder mountain
peter pan
jungle cruise (or the comedy cruise as boyrobot lilkes to call it)
indiana jones (still so fun after all of these years!)
captain EO
innoventions
pirates of the caribbean
haunted house
star tours

highlights of the day:
discovering the all you can eat BBQ for $20…it was pretty good! and we were full for the whole day!
making boyrobot go into the tiki room…can you believe he’s never been in there? we all took a nice nap in there
the short lines…it was so nice not having to wait on any of the rides

it was such a fun day with great friends. i can’t wait to go back to california adventure!

one of my favorite bands came together for a reunion show tonight at the bamboozle festival

something corporate:

i forgot how much i love this band. listening to soco always brings back memories for me. konstantine is one of the songs i put on boyrobot’s first mix cd when we started dating. he loves that song. he also had a quote from it engraved on an ipod he gave me (“this is to a girl who got into my head“). sometimes i forget how much music is/was a part of my life but a good concert always reminds me.

Tags: concert, music, something corporate

recipe for a perfect sunday:

my hiking shoes

a beautiful, bright day

streams to cross

and of course

the best part? this hike was all part of the disney give a day get a day program. (yes, we were one of the last ones to get it!!) so i had a perfect sunday AND I got a free disney ticket out of it. seriously….

best. sunday. ever.

Tags: caspers park, hiking, volunteer