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The Sweet Corner – Jasmine Milk Tea with Red Jelly/Hat Luu

(Location: San Jose, CA)

What a lovely drink. This jasmine milk tea hits all the points and really reminds me of Whatever Tea Lounge’s rendition of this drink, which I loved. It has a richly aromatic tea flavor and just a touch of sweetness at 75% sugar, and the quality that really makes this drink great is how creamy and smooth it is. Very solid drink, and The Sweet Corner is the only place I know of that serves the red jelly/hat luu topping you commonly find in che as a topping for milk tea. The seedy and chewy alternative boba is just so good, I wonder why more businesses don’t do it.

9/10

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Oktoberfest By The Bay 2015

THE EVENT

If you love local Bay Area beer and food, you should visit this event that will occur between 9/25/2015 and 9/27/2015!  The event will be located in Pier 48, San Francisco, California.

To buy tickets for the event, visit: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/oktoberfest-by-the-bay-2015-tickets-17681779679

Some Images of beers local to Bay Area

The first image is the beer from Almanac Brewing Co., the second is the beer from Mavericks Brewing based in the Half Moon Bay, and the third is the beer from from Anchor Brewing based in San Francisco.  Beers from these three companies should be present during the Oktoberfest By The Bay 2015 event. These three brands of beers are examples of local beers you can buy to support the local economy of the San Francisco Bay Area!  

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SJSU Boba Festival Sample Reviews

(Location: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA)

Late post, but San Jose State University’s Alpha Kappa Psi recently did something totally awesome and organized the first ever boba festival in the Bay Area (and maybe anywhere?). I’m just going to give brief and real quick reviews of some of the drinks I sampled there. Gong Cha’s milk foam green tea is great, as usual, though the milk foam was a bit thicker than usual and not as sweet. Super Cue hit the bull’s eye with an assam milk tea that’s good and a peach oolong tea that’s subtly sharp and super refreshing. TFM’s Rose Garden is a bit sweet, along with Bar Code’s white peach tea. Soyful Dessert’s creamy milk tea tastes like vanilla ice cream in tea (not my thing, but my friend loved it), though its Hong Kong Style Milk Tea was complex. Lastly, my personal favorite was Teaspoon’s Grasshopper, which was a totally refreshing mix of cucumber juice and lychee green tea.

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59% of the US adults eat a noodle or pasta dish at least one day a week!

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HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!

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HAPPY EASTER SUNDAY!

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NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, TREAT YOURSELF WITH ICE CREAM!

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Three Seasons Restaurant

WEBSITE: http://www.threeseasonsrestaurant.com/

LOCATION: 518 Bryant St, Palo Alto, CA 94301

Located in Palo Alto, the restaurant specialized in Vietnamese and Asian-style cuisine.  I went there 8 weeks ago, before getting a job interview by Houzz (www.houzz.com), a very good home improvement referral website start-up based in Palo Alto.  In the Three Seasons, my favorite appetizer is the “Crispy Roll,” though it costs $11. I plan to go back there in May, to try their other dishes with friends.

The interior design is of French Colonial style, similar to the ones in 19th Century French Indochina.  The restaurant has an exotic foreign feel to it. Good place for dating and hang-out with friends. 

Currently, I give the restaurant a 4 out of 5 stars!  Not only the food is good, their waiters and waitresses are very friendly and professional.  This restaurant is really worth your money and time :) 

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Great design for cookies

Decorated Peeps Cookies In Disguise Source: Sweet Sugar Belle

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Did not know Hubert’s have diet lemonade.  Must taste good!

Best👌

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Hubert's Lemonade Tea 

Of all the Lemonade drinks in the Bay Area and California, Hubert's Lemonade Tea is the best! Snapple is too sweet for me, and Hubert's Lemonade Tea is an excellent replacement. 

On the second photo, got this drink from New Season Market (formerly New Leaf), at: 5667 Silver Creek Valley Rd, San Jose, CA 95138

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Date Night @ Monster Pho (Oakland)

Monster Pho is now our go-to place for Vietnamese noodle soup in North Oakland. The dishes taste light and clean on the palate. If they use MSG, it might be minimal since I do not get the usual MSG-related headaches and thirsts.  The BF and I have been to Monster Pho twice already when either one of us was feeling under the weather. The venue is casual, clean and contemporary.

Everything we have tried were very tasty. (Except we will skip the fried dumplings next time.)  We have tried the:

     ♡ Monster Pho Combo

     ♡ Fresh shrimp spring rolls

     ♡ Rice plates with grilled beef and fried egg 

     ♡ Fried dumplings

And the desserts are definitely fun and yummy!

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Burrito Box: Vending machines in So Cal selling burritos that taste way better than Taco Bell!

WEBSITE: http://tastetheburritobox.com/

To start and operate a brick and mortar fast food restaurant is extremely expensive (start-up cost could exceed $500,000 [1]).  Even to start and operate a food truck is no small money (start-up cost could be $50,000 - $200,000 [2]). But if you own vending machines selling fast food, the start-up cost will be way cheaper.  Of course, many may think any food from vending machines must have compromised quality.  However, Burrito Box vending machines are none of that; these machines sell you high quality and delicious food that do not contain hormone or antibiotics.     

Video on Burrito Box:

Below is an article from LA times, on Burrito Box [3]

It's like a Red Box, with burritos. You can choose from six varieties, including roasted potato with egg and cheese, uncured bacon with egg and cheese, chorizo sausage with egg and cheese, free-range chicken with beans and rice, and shredded beef and cheese. The website boasts the burritos are made with hormone- and antibiotic-free ingredients.

If you're imagining robotic arms inside layering your potatoes, cheese and eggs into a burrito, then rolling the entire thing up, think again. You can pick a burrito, but it's not exactly Chipotle. You can't customize it. But you can add a side of Daisy sour cream for 50 cents, Tabasco hot sauce for 65 cents or Wholly Guacamole for 75 cents.

Once you make your selection, you're taken to a screen that discloses all of the burrito ingredients and nutrition facts and you pay with a credit card. Then you wait.

The machine plays a music video or video ad for the 60 seconds it takes to heat up your burrito and grab your chosen side.

"Not a lot of people, but quite a few people use it," said Kasey Kashani, who has owned the station for 30 years. Kashani does not own the box, and explained it's not affiliated with the gas station. He just lets the company use the small space by the door.

When the burrito is ready, it's deposited at the bottom of the machine with your chosen sides. The potato, egg and cheese was hot and melty, but it needed hot sauce. The burritos are $3 plus tax.

According to the Burrito Box website, a second burrito kiosk is slated to pop up at a 76 station in Century City on Jan. 18.

Source:

[1] http://www.restaurantowner.com/public/811.cfm

[2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/investopedia/2012/09/27/the-cost-of-starting-a-food-truck/

[3] http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-burrito-box-burrito-vending-machine-west-hollywood-20140107-story.html

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!!!CUPNOODLES MUSEUM:  

If you love instant noodle, this is the museum to visit in Japan!  Each year 95 Billion servings of ramen were eaten globally in 2011, enough to feed 260 million people every day for one year (www.essentaste.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/we-love-ramen-infographic.gif).  Instant ramen was invented by Momofuku Ando, the founder of Nissin Foods (日清食品).     

WEBSITE: http://www.cupnoodles-museum.jp/english/

ADDRESS: 2-3-4 Shinko, Naka-ku, Yokohama 231-0001, Kanagawa Prefecture

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Taste of Formosa - 舊情綿綿 

A very authentic Taiwanese restaurant in San Francisco (舊金山) 

LOCATION: 2428 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121

PHONE: (415) 668-6368

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Taste of Formosa - 舊情綿綿. A very authentic Taiwanese restaurant in San Francisco (舊金山). LOCATION: 2428 Clement St, San Francisco, CA 94121 PHONE: (415) 668-6368