Monday, August 11, 2008

[Rosemead] [Chinese] 吉嶸川菜 Ji Rong Restaurant

Ji Rong Restaurant
吉嶸川菜

8450 Valley Blvd., #114
Rosemead, CA 91770
(626) 280-8600

阿姨和表弟從San Jose帶著從台灣來的表妹到我們家玩,中午全家一起去吃吉嶸川菜,周末的中午也一樣有特價午餐,周一到周五還有買三菜送一菜呢!這天點的菜都很好吃,大家都對這家餐廳很滿意喔!

My aunt and cousin came to visit from San Jose, along with a cousin from Taiwan.  Every time relatives come for a visit, it means "feast time" for us.  I wish we have relatives coming everyday.  Haha!

My aunt picked Ji Rong for a Saturday lunch.  We had family dinner here before and my aunt really likes their food.  We were surprised that they offer lunch special even on the weekend.  On Monday through Friday, they even have a buy 3 get 1 free deal on top of the already cheap lunch special.  What a bargain!


酸辣湯 Hot and Sour Soup

Everybody got a free bowl of soup.  The choices were hot and sour soup and egg flower soup.  I didn't have the hot and sour soup.  Cousin said it was pretty spicy.

[San Gabriel] [Taiwanese] 趴趴走 Pa Pa Walk

Pa Pa Walk
趴趴走

227 W Valley Blvd
San Gabriel, CA, 91776
(626) 281-3889

這天到趴趴走買了外賣回家,看著服務生的臭臉等了20幾分鐘,才提著將近$30的兩盒飯一盒麵和一盒鹽酥雞回家,鹽酥雞和乾拌牛肉麵不錯吃,排骨飯和鰻魚炒飯好爛,覺得花了$30買這些一點都不值得,家人也不喜歡,以後不來了啦!

I met up with the buyer of the Gibson guitar at Hilton Plaza.  I told my family I would get food for dinner.  Since I was already there in the plaza, I decided to go to Pa Pa Walk to try the spicy beef with noodle dish everyone recommended.

It was about 6:30pm on a Friday and the restaurant was busy.  I walked up to the counter.  A waitress was standing there.  She didn't smile and didn't greet me.  I told her I wanted to order for to go.  She still didn't say anothing, but just picked up her ordering pad and a pen.  She didn't even hand me a menu.  I had to pick up the menu myself.  Hmmm.... I didn't like that.

After ordering, I sat near the counter to wait for my food.  The beef noodle dish was brought out first.  The container was left on the counter.  Then different waitresses and waiter would walk by, and open it to see what was inside.  The weird thing was one waitress would do it everytime she came back to the counter, like she was afraid what was inside the box a minute ago would become something else a minute later.  That one box was opened for at least 15 times.  I was getting really annoyed seeing everybody kept on "checking" on my food. 

The wait was long.  Maybe about 20 something minutes.  Finally when everything was ready, the waitress put the boxes inside a plastic bag.  Then she took everything out, and put it all in another identical plastic bag.  While doing so, she would open every box to check again.  I don't know.... does she have some kind of OCD?  Finally when everything was set, she handed the bag to me and said, "it's ready".  No "thank you", no smile. 


鹽酥雞 Popcorn Chicken ($3.95)

So I wasn't too happy about their service, but was still hopeful about their food.  Ordered Popcorn Chicken for appetizer.  This dish was pretty good.  No complaint here.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Iris' Sandwich

同事Iris帶了自己做的三明治來請大家吃,用越南式的法國麵包,中間夾了芥末沙拉醬調味過的肉鬆,配上紅蘿蔔、黃瓜和香菜,很適合夏天的一道三明治,好吃!

Coworker Iris made delicious sandwiches and brought them to work for us.



The French bread was from a Vietnamese sandwich soup.  She mixed Chinese dry meat flakes with wasabi mayo from Trader Joe's, and topped it with marinated carrot sticks, cucumber sticks and cilantro.  Simple and delicious summer sandwich.  I really like it.   Will try to make the same one at http://www.eileenlikestoeat.com next time.

[Los Angeles] [Drink] Jamba Juice

Jamba Juice
3800 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90010
(213) 382-1497
http://www.jambajuice.com

以前在網路上就發現Jamba Juice居然和In-N-Out Burger一樣,有個秘密菜單,剛好前陣子的買一送一活動寫的網誌上,網友留言推薦了秘密菜單上的White Gummy口味,就去買杯試試看,哇!還真是超好喝的,下次大家去Jamba Juice也可以試試這款喔!

I remember reading about Jamba Juice's secret menu on the internet a long time ago.  Last time I blog about Jamba Juice, the topic of their secret menu was discussed in the comments.  I was very curious about the White Gummy Bear flavor and just had to try it.


White Gummy Bear ($3.80)

I asked the girl at the counter do they have a secret menu.  Her replied was "there are some items that are not listed on the menu".  So yes, they do have a secret menu, just like In-N Out! 

Thursday, August 7, 2008

....Up or Down?

該上還是下?

上,會難過捨不得
下,又委屈了自己

看別人都看得很清楚
但是自己成為主角卻進退兩難

這是最近煩悶的心情
謝謝大家的鼓勵
再兩天我就沒事了

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Break....

好累...
最近有一種心力交瘁的感覺
很多事情
很多煩心的事情
煩到我覺得沒有辦法好好的專心寫blog
所以想要小罷工幾天
休息一下
調適一下心情
我會很快好的
謝謝

Friday, August 1, 2008

AngieHearts.net 10% Weekend Sale

AngieHearts.net這個周末有10%折扣的特價活動,只要在結帳時輸入密碼vivian,所有購買商品均打九折,活動星期一截止,要買要快喔!Vivian穿的就是這件啦!

My sister's store, AngieHeart.net, is having a 10% sale for the entire store this weekend.  Just enter code "vivian" at checkout.  The entire order will receive a 10% off discount.  The sale ends on Monday.  So act now!  To buy the dress Vivian Hsu is wearing, click HERE.