Homemade meals during the time of Covid - March to May 2020 edition

With more folks "staying at home" due to the mandate in March and April...

a lot of home cooking, at least for me and my sister was going on...

Snacks at Thanh Tam Bakery, Garden Grove

Not too far from Bonchon was a bakery I saw that popped up on google maps.

Thanh Tam is a Vietnamese bakery and usually those establishments have pate chaud....

Portland Spring Break Trip 2018 - Day 6: Return to An Xuyen Bakery

For our 6th day of the Portland 2018 trip, we revisited a bakery we enjoyed back in 2012...

which was An Xuyen in the SE Quadrant...

Soups & more from Hoai Hue

A few weeks ago, we tried coming here to try their version of crab soup...and found this sign:

(photo from my "Bun rieu + bun suong at Saigon" post, Feb 2019)

Dammit!So we ended going to Saigon that night, but ended up here a few days later...

Bun Rieu #4 + bun suong at Saigon, City Heights

Last night brought us to Hoai Hue which is located in that three story building in Little Saigon in City Heights...

We saw this sign (sadness),  but it made sense since it was Tet...

Bun rieu #3 @ Mien Trung, Linda Vista

I can't believe it's been five and a half years since I've been here...

Earlier today, we were supposed to have breakfast at Boudin, but compulsively, I changed my mind...

Bun rieu #2 @ Phuong Nga 2, City Heights

After having had that bun rieu the other night from Pho Ca Dao,

I was on a mission...

Bun Rieu #1 @ Pho Ca Dao, Chula Vista

Last night was cold and rainy...

which was perfect soup weather, so Bert and I initially went to nearby Pho Ca Dao for some pho...

Bolsa revisit

A few weeks ago, I had a craving for banh hoi

This was one of the places recommended by Kirk (the other one was now defunct) and since we hadn't been here in awhile...

Return to Nhu Y

Not even a few weeks later...

we were back, this time with TC...

Mi Quang Mien Trung (formerly Da Nang)

TC was out with friends this evening.

It's been bittersweet for her since many are moving out of San Diego to attend their respective universities...

Nhu Y

Bert and I had a free day to decompress after TC's birthday event...

it's hard to believe that she is now 18...

The old Cali Baguette is now the new Pho Ca Dao

This used to be a Carrow's years ago...

then morphed into Cali Baguette several years ago. As you can see...

UTC + La Colombe Coffee Roasters + Sprinkles, lunch @ The Purple Mint & The Cupcake Store

Both of us hadn't been to UTC in years...

There is all kinds of new construction going on. I didn't realize the mall was undergoing a major overhaul...

Ba Le Sandwich & Deli, City Heights

Prior getting coffee at Scrimshaw...

I thought we could get some banh mi...

The Return of K Sandwiches

The weekend was upon us.

we missed the Grand Reopening  yesterday so...

Saigon on 5th

Sis and I took a day off to bring our dad to his checkup...

over in Hillcrest...

D's Birthday Crawl - The Trifecta: Cream Pan, THH + Kolache Factory

Last weekend we celebrated D's birthday with...

what else? A food crawl!  As is our MO for these trips, Cream Pan was our first stop...

Pho Nhu Y, Chula Vista

Early this year, I noticed this banner in the stripmall which houses Carnival...

Fast forward to June...

IC Monster with Astroboi + fun at Vinh Hung

We were curious to try this new dessert place in Mira Mesa...

The store front may look familiar...