I just came back from Labor Day weekend with my family in Los Angeles — actually, scratch that — for all you city purists, I’m from Lakewood, Calif., a historically blue-collar working class town wedged between Snoop Dogg’s Long Beach and majority-Asian suburb, Cerritos. I got a chance to eat all over the Los [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Cerritos’
January 15, 2009
Oh, I Totally Forgot to Tell You That Beard Papa’s Was A Total Bust So Don’t Eat There, Kay?
I was raving about Beard Papa’s, the Japanese cream puff bakery chain last month, but then I finally got the chance to eat there over my Christmas break and let me tell you: what a disappointment. My cream puff was served cold, almost frozen like those mini cream puffs that you get at Costco. It [...]
January 6, 2009
My Bavarian-Themed Gingerbread House — Well, It’s Actually Hungarian, But That’s Too Obscure
October 23, 2008
OMIGOD: Beard Papa’s Opens Up in My Hometown and I’m Not There to See It
Japanese cream puff pastry chain extrordinaire Beard Papa’s has opened up in Cerritos (right next to my Gramma’s house!) and I’m bummed because I don’t live there anymore and I can’t enjoy eating their luscious Japan-ified profiteroles. Here’s a seven-minute video of it’s conception…a bit much, I know, but if you’ve tried their cream puffs, [...]
August 8, 2008
An Ode to My Love for Boba
Boba, tapioca balls, black pearls, bubble tea, whatever you wanna call it — I’m through with it. I have been a boba fan for years. I grew up with it in Southern California. It was my after-school thing, going to the Guppy Tea House or Happy Nest to get my fix. My favorite flavor was [...]
December 30, 2007
Shabu Shabu Restaurant Boom in Cerritos
It used to be that the only place you could get good shabu shabu was in Gardena’s Japanese neighborhood near Marukai (a gigantic Japanese supermarket) or Little Tokyo all the way in Downtown L.A. Or maybe if you were lucky, you could eat it in your own home, using a hot pot that you bought [...]
October 25, 2007
Bahn Mi
The first time I had bahn mi, a Vietnamese sandwich made with French baguettes, was actually at my high school’s “Cultural Food” day, sponsored by the Multicultural Club headed by my archnemesis, Vrinda H. Shah (she was the smartest girl in our high school). Looking back on it, the event was a lot more precocious [...]
