This is how I breakfast.
Karaage – Japanese fried chicken. The best.
B. L. T.
The best bรกnh bรจo. ๐
Such tasty cรก kho tแป (caramelized claypot fish)!
Guava mochilato (like mochi ice cream, but with gelato instead).
Guac.
All the tacos.
Allll the tacos.
Yum.
Mini business trip. Hanging in the hotel room.
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Homemade bรกnh mรฌ, made with the chicken from a slow cooker Vietnamese chicken and bok choy recipe that I make often. So good! Oh, and that home-grown cilantro is ๐.
Yellow flowers.
The kind of tree that faeries live in.
The best part of trips to Japan is buying the “instant” ramen that comes with fresh ramen noodles…
and then eating it for weeks and weeks once we get back home. ๐
Chorizo breakfast sandwich with a frico egg. YUM.
More ramen!
Tuna sandwich.
LA is on fire…
Unagi, onsen egg, rice.
Caprese salad, all summer long. ๐ ๐ ๐
Ramen!
My fun new door wreath, courtesy of my mom, the most crafty creative person I know!
A homemade attempt at garlic pork. Not bad…
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Links I’ve loved lately:
Molly’s writing, always.
Diversity in tech. It’s a problem.
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Confession: I actually really, really enjoy putting together IKEA furniture.
Garlic pork and karaage. Lots of yum.
*oink*
Doughnuts!
She refuses to download the app, but she can’t avoid the craze, especially when cleaning out my brother’s old room…
A sweet, herbal Chinese dessert soup.
IKEA construction success!
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How to save your spot for fireworks…
Mini ice cream sandwiches, made with Oreo Thins and homemade vanilla ice cream. MY MOTHER IS A GENIUS THESE ARE THE TASTIEST THINGS EVER.
Grubbin’ on the Fourth of July.
She made them with vanilla Oreos too. SO GOOD.
Hello!
Again, without the hood.
Pretty city lights.
This guy.
Fireworks!
Explosions in the sky!
It was an awesome show.
… and a heck of a view.
Mendo’s banh mi. Holy tastiness, Batman!
Origami koi.
Cool patterns in paper, at the Japanese American National Museum.
Post-museum curry bun.
Hrm…
Ramen with homemade pork belly.
Beach life.
Half-mast.
Making faces.
Yup, this guy again.
We match! Kinda.
By land, sea, and sky.
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The thing about best friends, is even though it’s been years and years and years since we’ve seen each other, it feels like it was no time at all.
Gave the microwave a badly-needed cleaning for the first time in ages… and somehow managed to break the microwave by cleaning it.
Mama’s strawberry frozen yogurt pie. A Day family summer tradition since 1986.
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Links I’ve loved lately:
I was a 90s kid. So, obviously, I was totally obsessed with everything Lisa Frank. (And I do mean everything.) Which is why I’m really, really hoping somebody will get me this Lisa Frank adult coloring book for my birthday in a few months. Pretty please? ๐
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