Hipster "Doughnuts" @ Sidecar

With the skies still gray and our curiosity piqued about this new donut place in Costa Mesa,

southward we went on our little food adventure with Cathy at the wheel...

Bon Epi revisit

Within the same shoping center (in which EVERY business is Asian,) is yet another bakery across the parking lot...

While Bon Epi may not be as crowded as 85C, it was still a place we had to visit...

Purple and rust

Every springtime in San Diego, the jacaranda blossoms start to bloom...

heralding the end of Spring and the beginning of summer...

The long way to "The Adobo Road" book signing- Stop 1: 85C with Cathy

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of going on a mini road trip (which of course, turned into a Food Crawl) with my good friend, the ever knowledgeable Cathy of Mmm-Yoso.

The occasion? We were on our way up to Pasadena for foodblogger turned author, Marvin Gapulto's publication of "The Adobo Road", a Filipino cookbook.

Our first stop was a place I'd been to many times before, but Cathy hadn't. As you can see, NO LINE!

The "usual" at Pho Convoy

To celebrate my last day of work and TC's last day of school, we went out for dinner at our local Vietnamese place, Pho Convoy.

Our baby tween is now officially an 8th grader ((sniff))!

We noticed the specials board featuring eggplant...

Mabuhay Festival

This past weekend we attended this event at Kimball Park in National City...

Of course, I was interested in the food...

Sugary Toroids

TC and I went to get our free donuts today at the local Krispy Kreme located in Eastlake at the shopping center with Kohl's, Marisco's Hector's, Wings and Things, and Jack in the Crack.

We haven't been there since I signed up on their website and got a freebie coupon for one donut. Today's occasion was National Donut Day. I normally don't pay attention to these "Day of (insert food item here), but hey, you say, "free donut" of your choice, and I'm there!

Old Town - Pizza Bella

One of our lunch choices was clear across the other side of Old Town. The other coupon I had was near the trolley stop and featured pizza, which the girls preferred over Mexican food.

"Best Pizza in America"????

We would soon find out if this claim was true or not...

Trolley Adventure 2 - Old Town

It's nearly summer and I'm still trying to finish posts from Spring Break!

Do I even remember what happened? Let me search the cobwebs in my mind and see...

Return of Bazaar Food

The first Sunday of June is always the weekend of the church bazaar...

which means good food like these fish tacos...

Mini Mochi!

Today, TC was kind enough to share her dessert...

which was a gift from Cathy of Mmm-Yoso who dropped by today...

This was such an unexpected treat. I was initially surprised where she got this...