FASHION, FOOD & FRIENDS

Noble Pig!

So much yumminess!

Pate's, headcheese, sausage, insanely crisp and delicious pickled vegetables!

Duck Pate's and French Toast bread pudding in a jar!

Noble Pig was featured on Diner's, Drive-Inns & Dive's!

Mini Dark Chocolate ganache tart sprinkled w/ sea salt and bacon YES BACON!

This was sooooo good!! 

 The crust was so buttery and light!

So mini! 

But it was very rich and delicious!

Line out the door!

Mushroom, crab and potato soup

DELISH!

Our insane lunch!!  

BLT w/ Egg

Sauteed Bacon Tomato sammie w/ PORK BELLY. 

yeah.  

I don't think I need to say anything else hahahaha. 

I also added an over easy egg on top of it.  

Let's just say I probably cut off a year to my life.

Worth It.

PUHAHAHAHA!

But not enough to order the French Toast bread pudding in a jar HAHAHAHAHA.

They heated it up for us in the jar and added a layer of caramel sauce on top because it wasn't decadent enough...... hahahahaha. 

To busy digging in to be bothered to look up hahahahaha.

After lunch I got to meet up with an old friend from high school who just so happened to be visiting Austin :)

So stylish I adore her ballerina top knot bun and her stacked gold necklaces!

Good luck w/ your wedding plans Lina!!  

You're going to be a GORGEOUS bride! 

Yay :)

Snuck into Neimans woman's lounge to snap some quickie OOTD pics!

Blouse: ZARA, T-shirt: H&M, Leather Leggings: ROMEO & JULIET, Necklace: ANN TAYLOR, Shoes: BRIAN ATWOOD, Handbag: CHANEL

Unfortunately there were a bajillion people in the bathroom #FML. hahahaha.  

I mean seriously there's NEVER EVER ANYONE in the Neiman's bathroom... except of course when I'm trying to take gratuitous self photos... and then of course they're ALL in there giving me judgemental weird looks (which explains my awkward half smile bahahaha!)

I heart Neimans heheheh <3

Ramen Time!

One of my comfort foods is really REALLY good ramen!

Makes me feel like I'm home in Hawaii :)

Ramen Tatsu-ya!

We actually tried going the week before and were told there was a 2 hour wait!  So we didn't wait because the Hubs was starved already so the following week we decided to go 30 minutes BEFORE the restaurant opened to wait in line.

We still had to wait 30 minutes though but while I was in line I started talking to a lady in line and turns out she was from HAWAII!! WOOT!!  It was so nice.. It was just like being home! and gave me the fuzzy wuzzies hahahaha. *Sigh*

Charsu Bowl, Ramune & Sparkling Water

OMG the Charsu bowl was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!  The meat was sooooooooooo tender and juicy.. and smooshed all together w/ the rice.. INSANELY delicious.  

This is MY idea of comfort food!

This was the line inside.. the line went outside and wrapped around down the corner!! 

Munchie slider w/ Japanese potato salad

Ok for whatever reason I thought this was going to be chicken katsu in the slider so I was really surprised when I bit into it and it was fried ground meatball!!! So it was REALLY like I was in Hawaii.. because I would only eat that in Hawaii.. my heart really ached when I was eating this hahahahaha.

Japanese potato salad.. one of my absolute favorite things to eat IN THE WORLD. PERIOD.  I don't know why but I'm really weirdly OBSESSED w/ Japanese potato salad.. I heart Kewpie mayo!

Tonkatsu ramen w/ chasu & par boiled egg

This was DELICIOUS!  

Seriously legit tonkatsu you can tell the soup was stewed for houuuuuuuuuuuuurs and hours and all the yummy porky bone marrow has melted into the soup.. omgosh it was sooo milky and rich.

He's happy hehehe :)

Mi-So-Hot ramen

This was mine.. it was a tan tan ramen with a creamy under base which I loved.. I love tonkatsu ramen but I find after eating tonkatsu for a bit it's a bit tooooo rich for me but the spiciness of the tan tan helps cut the fatty rich taste.  This was SOO delicious! I loved it!

BTW I always judge a ramen place by the egg.. Ramen egg should always be halfway par boiled. And you can tell from the picture it most definitely was! Two thumbs up from me!

Ginger Almond tofu w/ tangerines

Light delicious and refreshing!  Perfect especially after a rich and spicy bowl of ramen.

The bathrooms!  

Hahaha so neat! 

I actually had to backup to figure out which one was the woman's and which one was the men's bathroom because there was no written sign ahahahahaha.  I SWEAR up close they look exactly the same HAHAHAHA. Not helping my case..... *sigh* :p

Home is where the Heart is Part 1

Home to me is a lot of different places.  I was born in Taiwan, raised in the Maryland suburbs, moved to Hawaii for school, relocated to San Francisco where I met The Hubs and now I've followed him to Germany.

Home now is wherever my family and friends are.  And they're scattered everywhere at any given time.  So I look forward to visiting friends and family whenever I can. :p

I'm like so many years late but I haven't lived in the Washington DC area for nearly 10 years so I was eager to try Georgetown Cupcakes!  They're amazing and the cupcake shop has expanded to a couple of different locations, books, and now even a reality TV show on TLC!

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHMYGOD.

A BLINGED OUT KITCHENAID MIXER. 

OMG WANT.

I'm.such.a.dork.

omg. want this too.

So cute and pink in here!

Cupcakes galore!  

Luckily I was visiting during the holidays so they had a ton of seasonal holiday cupcakes!!  YUMS!

They even have cute holiday reindeer shirts!  So cute!!

Hahah I'm so giddy.

Omgosh.. the family by the Christmas tree with the two little girls.. so cute... 

I just realized I am such a creeper. omg.

OHHEMMGEE YES.

Omg this would be such a cute Valentines gift!

"Here's a pot. now cook me something" bahahahaha!

But seriously these are sooooooo adorable! OMG!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We randomly fell upon an olive oil store!  So neat!  

You got to sample like a dozen different olive oils, balsamic vinegars, tapenades and spreads.  

I felt so fancy bahahahahahaha!

DINNER!

Duck Confit, Pommes Frites, Foie Gras, Frisee Salad w/ Poached Egg & Bacon

Banana Foster Crepe w/ salted caramel sauce & whip cream

My girlfriend Sally (she's actually a legit wedding cake baker! You can view her blog & business here) baked me a Pumpkin loaf  and Thomas Keller chocolate Bouchons.  TK RULES!!!!!

Thank you so much Sally they were AMAZINGGGGGGG!!!!! SERIOUSLY DELICIOUS! 

Georgetown Cupcakes!

So freakin' cute right?!

Sweets galore!

I picked up some spreads at the olive oil store to bring home for the Hubs thought this would make for a delicious and awesome picnic along w/ some cheese, meats and bread :)

Milk tea w/ sago tapioca

Didn't realize how lucky I was to live in SF where any type of food that you desire is always readily available!  But I especially miss Hong Kong style Chinese food since we moved to Germany so my mom took me to this place that just opened up recently near our house and it was INSANELY delicious!  Like San Francisco good!  I was so happy hahahahaha.

Fried noodles w/ seafood

Sweet & sour pork

Honey Walnut Shrimp

After dinner my mom and I swung by Target to browse the NM & Target collabo because I couldn't order them from Germany.  But it's luckily I didn't because they were all on sale!!

I picked up some Tory Burch stuff and an Altuzzara coffee table tray at 50% off! :) WOOT!

Btw I'm currently using one of the TB lunch boxes as a traveling makeup bag and it works great!!!! 

Also found these Katy Perry lashes hahaha!  Couldn't resist I love her lashes!

More of my trip "Home" coming soon :)!