Things I Love Monday

Well it's Monday night and How I Met Your Mother starts in 2 hours (yipee). Southern California just got bitch slapped with the cold and rain since 2 days ago (we kinda need the rain!). I'm in my sweatpants and a I <3 NY t-shirt and my head is actually bobbling (I get sleepy a lot). Since I have 2 hours to kill, why not share to you things I love that happened this past 2 weeks?

Enjoyed some quiet time before school at the Union Station and La Dijonaise before class

 for week 2, it was custard week so we made Bread Pudding, Creme Brulee and Chocolate Pudding (not pictured). Of course I did my Amelie impression when I ate my Brulee...

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 My dad was sick 2 Saturdays ago, so I decided to make some Chicken Ball Soup. It was a super hit, I made it again during the week. With the weather being cold right now, this sounds so good. Yummmm... (recipe: here)

 And that Saturday, Rob randomly said, "I've never been to that famous Wax Museum. Almost every big city that I've been to abroad has one!", so we randomly decided to hit Madame Tussauds in Hollywood. It was actually interesting yet creepy. I tell you, it's like the figures are trying to look into your souls. I was creeped out by JLo.

Then after we headed to Koreatown to eat Korean BBQ. If you're ever in town, I really recommend Soowon Galbi. Their Galbi is soooo tender and tasty (I believe they marinated for like 48 hrs?), I'm just drooling right now. Parking sucks (there is a valet) and the wait was ridiculous... But it was worth the 1hr wait. Hahaha...

Had some Sweet Potato Pie and Apple Dulce Leche Pie from I Like Pie bake shop in Claremont. Yum.

For week 3 of school we made Chocolate Souffle (super rich), Pastry Cream and Cream Puffs. The puffs were a hit at home, I made some again. Crazy.

This past Friday was The Chinese New Year, year of the horse. My church wanted to honor our Chinese members so the women wanted to dress up in red for the occasion. So my mum & I hopped on the train to Chinatown and she did some shopping. Lots of stores were closed because of the holiday, so I was glad that she found something for her. We ate at Yang Chow, which apparently is famous. We didn't know until we walked in to it and saw all these frames of famous people with the manager of the restaurant. Homeboy is young yet sooo friendly. His customer service was excellent. Funny, too. He says Jack Black comes there a lot, even before he was famous, and orders MuShu. That made me giggled. They are famous for their Slippery Shrimp, but I don't eat shrimp. We got the deep fried fish and that was SPLENDID. Yum yum yum. I recommend this place for sure!

Of course I had to work on Superbowl Sunday because dumb me scheduled myself that way. But I was actually glad because the game was a blowout. Our shift had a tail-gail potluck and one nurse treated all of us with In-N-Out burger. I know, very un-gluten-free of me. Can't help it. Free and yummy? Hell yeah. Can't beat that.

Well it's February already. That's crazy. Month 1 flew like crazy. 1 month ago I was in Cancun. Time sure flies by.

xoxo,

Rima