Chantilly

Black Sesame and Chocolate Choux


Poire
Mitsu and I went to Torrance today. He found Patisserie Chantilly (in Lomita near Torrance) on L.A. Weekly's "99 things you must eat before you die" lol. Well, it was very amazing indeed. They are known for Black Sesame choux cream (cream puff). I normally don't even like black sesame desserts, but after tasting this one, I'm sold. It was not super sweet and the taste of the black sesame was not over powering at all. I also tried their pear cake called Poire (french word for Pear anyways lol). It's soooo good! I really have to go back and eat some more soon.

Bonus pic: Look at all the Japanese snacks that we bought while we were in Torrance!
Snacks!

Bottega Louie

My aunt and uncle took us to Bottega Louie today.  It was overwhelming.  The place was beautiful. There were so many desserts there and they actually were tasty and not too sweet.  The packaging reminds me of Laduree. They were very fancy. The pancake there were also very good.  I still like BLD's ricotta pancake a little more than this one, but everyone agreed that the pancake was one of the best dish here.



Best Chocolate Souffle ever!




Fancy Waiting List Book



Bonus Pics: These are very very good :o~~~

Christopher Elbow Chocolate

There is a fancy chocolate store next to Paulette Macarons in SF called Christopher Elbow. They are sooo good. The shell snaps and the inside is smooth, soft, and not too sweet. They look like little gems and are super pretty. I love their Maple Walnut, Orange Pekoe, Macadamia Praline, Spiced Pear, and Salted Caramel. My mom got me a box :D

Wagashi @ Minamoto Kitchaon

Living in California is nice. It seems like we have access to anything even the rare tasty treats from other countries. There are asian markets everywhere, and you can find pretty much every ingredients/food. Recently, I discovered Minamoto Kitchaon. I've heard of them before. I just didn't think that they'd be inside Mitsuwa market in San Jose :p. They have a shop at the entrance of the market, and they carry many beautiful looking Wagashi (Traditional Japanese Sweets). I bought a Yuzu Rabbit one and Chocolate Mochi. Yummy!

The Counter's Burgers

My dad heard that The Counter has really good burgers. I guess the whole family is a foodie lol. Anyways, uncle Hershey invited us out to lunch, so we decided to go check it out. I also got to meet Uncle George. I haven't seen him in more than 15 years!

The place has a modern decor. Food was yummy. You get to build your own burger, and they are hormone and antibiotic free. I like the clipboard menu :p. I got my burger with Brie Cheese, 7 Grain bun, Pineapple, Sprouts, and garlic aioli dressing. They have very tasty sweet potatoes fries :D.

Ocean Blue - Sushi

Ocean Blue in Sunnyvale has one of the best rolled sushi that I've ever had. The presentation is gorgeous, and the food tastes so good. I took Pailin there this time. She loved it so much we went there two days in a row lol. The sushi chef was so nice too. He gave Pailin a free plate of dessert. The Green Tea cheesecake and the Green Tea Crème brûlée were perfect <3

Paulette Macarons

Ling brought me some Paulette Macarons from San Francisco. They were so yummy especially the teal colored one. I don't know what flavor it is, and can't find it on their website, but it was so good!! I also love the packaging. Macarons are so pretty. They are like rainbow cookies that are tasty. I want to try to make some, but I heard that it's super hard. Maybe I'll try anyways one of these days. hehe
Oh, here is Paulette's website

It's Ling's birthday, but I got a gift instead >.<;

Sweet Sweet Derek

Stopped by Derek's place and we had a chocolate tasting party. Derek got gourmet chocolate from another country that he hasn't opened yet, so he decided to open them, so that we can try them together. They are mostly chocolates from the same company, but the cocoa beans are grown in different regions which actually makes a difference in the taste of the chocolates. I don't like the sour ones so much. There is one in the batch that I really liked.

He also made me waffles recently! They were delish! :d

Strawberry Cone's Ninja Pizza

Rudy, Lak, and I went to check out Japanese Pizza chain called "Strawberry Cone" Pizza. They're a chain in Japan, but I think this is the only one in the US? Not sure. Anyways, they do have the strangest Pizza that I've ever seen. They serve "Ninja pizza" which are Pizza with black crust that has charcoal in it. It was surprisingly good. The pizza it self was soft and a bit more chewy. The topping that we got were Mochi Mentai and Salmon Avocado. Tasty :d~~ We also tried some of the regular (not the ninja ones) and we really think that the black crust ones are better. I love trying new and interesting places that are yummy :).

Whenever I get together with Lak, I always start to absorb his weirdness. I mean, he's really weird!! (in a good way, Lak). We started talking about different ideas etc. We might work on a project together too. That'll be so fun :).

BlueMarlin & Simpang Asia

Other than the Getty's Museum Trip, Rudy, Lak and I also went to eat yummy food today. It's always a hard decision whenever I go to Sawtelle. Hurry Curry is good, Curry House is good. I haven't tried Furaibo yet, but that's supposed to be super good too. Today we went to eat at Blue Marlin which is a fusion Japanese restaurant. I was SUPER satisfied. Sooo yummy :o



We also went to Culver City for Indonesian food at Simpang Asia. It's a market connected to a little restaurant. We ordered Satay, Nasi Kusing, Ayam Goreng, Risoles, Lemper, Bakwan, and Lontong. Rudy is Indonesian, so he got the hard job of ordering for all of us :p