Daily writing.
It’s officially summer… which means it’s time for my yearly root beer float!
Hello summer, hello fish tacos! (Hello, deck that could use a good sweeping!)
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Links I’ve loved lately:
In the short time we’ve been living in our house, several bird families have built nests around our garden and roof… so I can relate to this story quite a bit.
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The yin/yang beauty of a broken yolk.
My favorite time of the day, in my favorite part of our house – mealtime with the fishies!
Red rose.
When you can’t figure out what to eat… ramen + fried onions + green onions ain’t a bad meal.
Caprese salad, allll summer long.
“Ugh, look at me being all hipster n’ shit,” said Allison, as she rearranged the table for the perfect foodie photo. 😉
Who knew somethings as simple as bananas + oats + chocolate chips, and nothing more, could be so tasty?!
Dad always loved taking us kids to hike Inspiration Loop at Will Rogers State Park, so of course we had to head up there for Father’s Day.
Yes, my shirt says “Train like you’re in Legends of the Hidden Temple”.
Out-takes, thanks to the bugs that were attacking us the entire hike.
Finishing off Father’s Day with another of my dad’s favorites – El Pollo Loco!
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I’ve attempted green smoothies a few times, but either they’re really gross, or just not quite tasty enough for me to make more than once.
Not so with this Sassy Sweet Green Smoothie. Son and I like it so much, we’ve made it several times already!
It’s not bitter, not too thick… perfect. And healthy!
Gotta drink those smoothies so I can have my chorizo breakfast sandwiches… 😀
When a bunch of avocados ripen all at once, just blitz ’em with some sweetened condensed milk (to taste) for sinh tố bÆ¡ (Vietnamese avocado shake), Son-style. (… and then top it with more sweetened condensed milk, because yum!)
Bread from our favorite bánh mì shop, mayo, Maggi sauce, store-bought pâté, homemade chả luÌ£a (two types – turkey and pork), homemade đồ chua (pickled carrots and daikon), cucumber, cilantro. In other words, a very delicious homemade bánh mì.
Ping pong.
Son totally owning my brother. 😉
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Coming home from a trip to Asia (Vietnam, Hong Kong, and Japan) means we are craving alllll the Asian foods.
Especially bánh mì.
Always bánh mì.
This is how I breakfast pre-workout.
Ballet.
Apples and peanut butter.
Look up every now and then.
Went on a run, stopped for a burger.
Kit Kat!
Using National Doughnut Day as the perfect excuse to have my dad’s favorite doughnuts for the first time since he passed.
Apple fritters and blueberry doughnuts. Oh so good.
Homemade bánh mì, with chả lụa that I made from scratch.
Another attempt at an omurice omelet! Much better this time… now, to perfect the rice!
Sour plum soda. Weirdly addictive.
Bánh bèo.
(My favorite.)
Found a new Vietnamese restaurant in Little Saigon that we’re addicted to.
Their canh chua cá (sour fish soup) and cá kho tộ (caramelized clay pot catfish) are both total comfort food.
It’s that time of the year again… June gloom!
We’re kind of addicted to these homemade bánh mì.
With homemade chả lụa (the meat), homemade đồ chua (the pickles), home-grown cilantro, fresh cucumber, bread, a smear of mayo and a dash of Maggi sauce… can you blame us?
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We always, always come back from trips to Japan with tons and tons of goodies to give out to our family.
Those half-moon cookies are a favorite – we’ve bought them the last two times we’ve gone to Japan, and everyone loves them!
Also, those camambert cookies (“Tokyo Milk Cheese Factory”). They sound odd, but ohmygod they are so good.
They were giving out samples at the shop in the airport, and we totally went back for seconds. And then bought more to bring home. 😀
These rusk cookies were pretty tasty too.
I preferred the kinako…
… while Son liked the matcha ones better.
We really, really enjoyed these black sesame pastries.
And of course, all sorts of different flavors of Kit Kats are a must anytime you go to Japan!
While we were in Japan, we were also working remotely. We’d go out during the day, then go back to our room after dinner and stay up until 6am working and attending conference calls with our client. Unexpectedly, these odd hours meant that when we came home to LA, we haven’t been nearly as jetlagged as we usually are after travelling – instead, we’ve been naturally waking up before sunrise, and have been perfectly awake all day!
Early mornings led to early morning runs – I like this schedule!
The beach is so quiet in the morning.
I found a weird bug at the beach. It was huge!
Watching the sunrise while doing some morning stretches on the floor.
When we bought our house, it unexpectedly came with some koi! They were teeny tiny when we moved in, and now, four months later, they’ve already almost doubled in size.
Hủ tiếu. Again.
Mix in the tasty meat sauce (possibly the best part!).
Son decided our house needed more trees. This meant that I got eaten alive by said tree on the drive home from the nursery…
Palm tree seeds. Such a vibrant color!
A peace lily for my office.
Garlic pork. Tasty.
Yakisoba. Not bad, but not as good as we’d hoped it would be.
My very first attempt at replicating the omelet we had over omurice on our Japan trip. Not bad… but not quite there yet.
Green curry salmon. Tasty!
Yum.
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Links I’ve loved lately:
This is hilarious.
We love pho (of course), so I loved reading about the history of pho.
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