Oysters at Redondo Beach Pier, LA, California

One of the nights when I was visiting my parents, my dad decided to take me for a drive to Redondo Pier. It's kinda nice how the pier looks nothing like the asian piers we got, very different. =)

cute playground!

before the sunset!

boats parked all around!

the sunset! such a nice glow!

the pier even had a pretty big arcade!

aphrodisiacs! haha yes, ^^last longer. LOL

crabs and lobsters!

some wierd conch.some of them were trying to run away.eeks!

 more oysters! various kinds!

ordered a few and a guy shucked them on the spot. when i squeezed lime on one of em, it kind of squirmed, i was so grossed out. but it looked too yummy so i ATE IT LIVE! and it was MAGNIFICENT! hahaha

definitely a must-try if ure in LA! and the pier is too pretty to miss!

the beach at night =)

in n out burger. west coast cali represent!

9149 S Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Neighborhood: Westchester / LAX

price: less than 5 USD

I had my first in and out burger! just saying, but best burger ever.

everything was really juicy and melted and juicy. and fresh. oh, and tasty.

so apparently, every outlet has fresh bread buns, and nothing is ever frozen. even their fries are made from potato that is delivered daily.

oh and everywhere has free flow drinks in Los Angeles, so i mixed pink lemonade and iced tea to make ice lemon tea =)

And see this blur picture? it's four patties. you can custom order your burger. but i had a double, meaning double patties and double cheese. also, apparently, spongebob crabby patties were inspired by in and out!

fresh dill pickles that were watery and not too sour, soft bun that was warmed, and cheese that melted over everything, with onions ANIMAL STYLE!!!  (translate: grilled slightly). and fries that were really soft and foam/sponge like. the texture was different from the usual macD, and was really interesting. and yummy. and the potato was fluffy and fragrant. oh, and jalapenos!

 it was so big i coudln't even bite it properly. worth the mess =) THUMBS UP! celle rates it as a five star burgahhhh! NOMNOMS!

California. aeroplane food

Hello everyone! i haven't figured out what my blog's going to be about, nor what I'll be writing about, so I thought I'd stop thinking so much (irony) and just write about what I did today. Basically, I'm jet lagged, a lil' bored, and itching for some typing so here goes my first post! 

I'm in California for the next three weeks visiting my parents, so here's all about my travelling.

The flight.the farewells and the claustrophobic cabin freedom.

So, as a bubble tea fan, a BIG bubble tea fan. I had to drink my last cup of bubble tea from Each a Cup.  Milk tea with Ai-yu jelly. not bad! but i was feeling kind of sad to leave home. and sit through a 17 hr flight. drank my sorrows away and off i went!

 

Dinner from Singapore to Los Angeles was really nice, which took my mind off the turbulent weather ( I get motion sick when there's too much shaking involved) oh and alot of the pictures are a little blur because the plane got really shaky!

Dinner began with Chicken and Lamb Satay, with a spicy peanut sauce and onion and cucumber. The meat was chunky, tender, and juicy, so it was a good starter with the fragrant peanut sauce wafting through the cabin.

Next was a salad of steamed Prawn with rocket ash goat cheese, walnuts and fresh strawberries, drizzled with a deep-pinkish strawberry sauce. The strawberries were soft, ripe and sweet, moistening the dryness of the crumbly textured cheese that was smooth, and very pungent, whilst the more subtle flavour of the prawn and the slightly bitter salad leaves had a lighter, more clean and refreshing taste.

The main course was Tori Miso Yaki, Japanese style free-range chicken with miso paste, swet potato and pumpkin, and flavoured steam rice that was slightly sticky. The dotted ball at the bottom was a konjac jelly ball, that was like konnyaku jelly that was salty, and was very bouncy. The mushroom gushed with soup when chewed and was sweet, with a tinge of herbs.

Lastly, dessert consisted of a cold mango sorbet covered in a mixed berry compote that was thick and sweet, accompanied by a caramel web coated with black and white sesame seeds. It was so yummy i had to take another photo of it.

For nibbles while i continued watching my movies, was a variety of Payson breton brie (bottom), delice des bois ( the one with two purple layers that tasted like grape/berry), and stokes point smoked cheddar (top right), served with fig paste (the purple jelly), grapes, walnuts and crackers. The cheeses were really tasty and I love brie and smoked cheddar. Brie for its softness, sweetness and smoothness, and brie for its dry and salty hardness. The creamy cheese was stronger but fluffy, and the sour berry flavour contrasted the thickness it had.

Thus concludes a really nice meal, with really pampering service. and OH really nice tea. TWG paris singapore tea. tastes like green asian tea with a floral accent of blossoms and petals and lychee. 

okok, lousy description, so this...

basically tasted like this...and this...

which i drank at least 10 cups of cus it was sooooo delighting..

the end!

gonna take her for a ride on a big jet plane

-angus & julia stone