L.A Foodie Date

We haven’t done one of these types of dates where we drive around and find new places to eat in a while, and we picked a hot weekend to do it. *face palm* but it was fun regardless of the heat.  We started out going to a park near my house to figure out our plan for the day, see what we wanted to do, but we ended up spending about an hour catching Pokemon haha. After realizing the time we hit the road to Smorgasburg in downtown LA.  It is a relatively new event that started sometime in June of this year.  They have many food vendors, a bar, and other vendors selling merchandise.  We didn’t try that many things because the heat was crazy hot and some lines were pretty long.  If we ever come back I’d probably try to get there earlier so that we wouldn’t have to wait as long. 

Smorgasburg is at the Alameda Produce Market, it is every Sunday, from 10 am to 5 pm. (new hours; used to be until 6pm) Admission is free and free 2 hour parking at the parking garage located on Alameda and Bay.

I finally got to try this drink I keep seeing on Instagram from the vendors POPUP most of their drink has the option to be a soda or tea version.  I got Lychee Butterflypea soda, the lychee flavor came out strong which I loved!  There is also a hint of coconut water and club soda added for the bubbles.

Next my boyfriend got this soft shell crab burger which I did not like.  I did like the sauce that was covering the crab but the sauce was hot so it was a little difficult to grab and eat the burger.  I ended up just taking the crab out and biting it.  It had a strong ocean taste like you can taste the pier and not much meat.  So not a fan but whatever that sauce was, was good I ate it with the chips that came with it.

Next up is Mama Musubi, which was also just ok.  We ordered the bbq beef and the mama special which from what I remembered has shrimp, imitation crab, and something else I can’t remember.  Both lacking in flavor, the furikaka which is a rice seasoning and the nori (sea weed) kind of took over the flavor. 

The last thing we got which! By the way is something I’ve always wanted to try! It is called the raindrop cake.  People say the jello cake it self taste like nothing, but I liked it!  If you really try to taste it there is a hint of sweetness but nothing noticeable.  Defiantly have to eat it with the black sugar syrup which I believe is called Kuromitsu syrup.  The sweetness over the jello cake was delicious in my opinion.  The Kinako (soy flour) on the other hand, I wasn’t that big of a fan off, just a little dip here and there it was perfect.

After we left Smorgasburg we got Honey Boba, I got Passion fruit - Pineapple Ice crystals and my boyfriend got Passion fruit ice crystal which is basically a slush. It was our first time trying this place and it was good, very refreshing on a hot day.  The boba itself was good too.

We were going to hang out at the park but notice that there was 2 lures up at the pokestop across the street so we decided to park in the middle of both and catch Pokemons before deciding to eat at Melt it! and Dog Haus.

At Melt it! We got a Philly “grilled cheese” steak sandwich and a grilled cheese pizza which was their special that day. At Dog Haus we got Downtown Dog which is a smoked bacon wrapped dog, with caramelized onions, pickled peppers, mayo, mustard, and ketchup. We also got Das Brat and that is a bratwurst with whole grain mustard aioli, sauerkraut, and caramelized onions.

I didn’t like the Philly grilled cheese steak that much but I did like the grilled cheese pizza.  As for Dog Haus, Downtown dog was the winner for me although I did like the bratwurst in Das Brat but not a fan of sauerkraut.

After our meal we drove around some more and ended up at a random park to kill some time before our movie and wow I’ve never seen so many Pokemon players.  Whenever someone found something the whole crowd follows.  I can see why there has been plenty of accidents involving this game.  A car was pulling into a parking spot and this girl just walked right through it with her face glued to the phone not realizing she almost got hit.

I've never been to a Dine-in movie theater and this one had reclining seats and it was awesome! The seats were so comfortable and roomy! I wanted to try something new instead of my usual flavor margarita so I got a blueberry margarita and it was sour but addicting. We watched Star Trek Beyond.  It was a good movie, some parts reminded me of Guardian of the Galaxy and the first Star wars movie put together.

Well that was our date day, it was fun even if it was extremely hot.  I've included a link below to my Youtube Channel.  I am learning how to edit videos in an attempt to vlog, although I am shy maybe vlogging will push me out there to get over it.  

Ending up in Los Angeles

Last week my boyfriend and I went on a date.  We went to the OC Fair grounds to check out the famers market since I have never been to one.  After walking around the little area I saw an Italian ice stand! I’ve always wanted to try it!  It’s like a sorbet meets ice cream meets shaved ice? There is no dairy and the woman that helped us was very nice!  She said she’s there every Thursday at the farmers market. After our dessert we waited for the food trucks that also come every Thursday during lunch time.  I tried Dogzilla for the first time and fresh fries, it was interesting.

After that we were heading home because I had things I wanted to do in the area before we went to the movies but my boyfriend got on the wrong freeway.  Long story short we ended up going to Los Angeles and decided to go to the LA zoo because it was the cheapest thing we could think of plus I really wanted to go to the LA zoo anyways since I’ve never been there. hehe

Anyways there was a lot of construction going on so we didn’t get to see much but there was quite a bit of animals out.  Although most of the animals I wanted to see weren’t out. :( So while we were walking around we were dying of thirst totally forgot to bring our water bottle didn’t want to pay $3.50-5 for a regular water bottle.  Ticket price are $17 per person and free parking so yeah cheaper then San Diego Zoo and less tiring you’re not hiking up and down giant hills just remember to bring something to drink!

After the zoo we went to Griffith observatory again our first time.  We got there after the sun went down because traffic was so bad even on the streets it was horrible. When we got to the street heading up to the observatory it wasn’t that bad driving up there like I thought it would be.  The view was nice even though it was a little foggy.  Everything is free unless you want to watch the show in the Planetarium.  So on our way home we had to deal with traffic it took 2 hours to get home when it only took half an hour to get there. But it was ok we usually try to entertain each other when we’re stuck in heavy traffic to pass the time.  No point in getting mad or irritated just need to make the best of it!

Can’t Decide!

This Friday my boyfriend and I are planning a day trip to Los Angeles.  I've been there before but never really explored it just the usual Hollywood walk of fame area, Universal Studios, and Chinatown with family.  So I've been looking up things to do and I want to do EVERYTHING! There are not enough hours in a day to do everything I want to do! I want to go to the LA zoo, Griffin observatory, California Science Center, Santa Monica, The Grove, Downtown, the other museums, the beaches, and etc., but of course can’t do it all in a day. :( So hard to pick something when you’re so indecisive and I definitely don’t want to be driving back and forth around town.

Decisions decisions… I will eventually have to make one in the next couple of days! >_<