Romesco's + Hans & Harry 2x this week

Last Saturday Bert and I had another "date" day...

TC was off doing several dance performances so we finally used my coupon for lunch...

Billboards and a revisit to Big Ben's Market

Recently seen in National City...

This was somewhere along the northern end of National City Blvd. There was another one on Highland Ave featuring different musical artists. I loved that this was in Spanish and targeted their audience...Plus, the Fab Fair sounds so beautiful in Spanish - "Un Feria Fabulosa"!    Andale pues! 

Later on that day, I saw another billboard in another part of town...

R.I.P. Alice

If you were a child of the 70's....

you would recognize this lady's face, TV legend Ann B. Davis who played the housekeeper on "The Brady Bunch" tv-series which my siblings and I would watch on the good ole electronic babysitter...

Indiscriminate medley of photos...

End of the month already?

Once again, clearing out the odds and ends on the good ole memory card...

Macaron ice cream sandwiches

This will be a short and sweet post...

featuring some ice cream macaron sandwiches that my sister gave me...

LAX-C

Directly across from Mae Ting's dessert stand was the entrance of LAX-C....

curiously covered with murals of  Indians on horses, which was a bit incongruous considering this was a restaurant supply warehouse that specializes in imported Thai goods...

Mai Ting's Coconut Cakes

Located just outside of the LAX-C warehouse and between an abandoned and gutted building (known as the Kelite Building) is a cluster of umbrellas sheltering a Thai food stand known as Mae Ting's...

which is only open during the weekends and is known for their coconut custard cakes (kanom krok)...

We knew we had to try this little snack before we did anything else that day...

Chimney Brick Toast Coffee House

Our eventual destination would have to wait since they wouldn't be open until 11 am. So, until then, we planned to check out this indstrial area that's located on the outskirts of Chinatown known as The North Industrial District of Los Angeles.

Located within the LAX-C building were other shops around the perimeter...

In fact, Wandering Chopsticks recommended this place for their specialty item...

Asia Cafe updates their menu

Yesterday before heading over to the hell known as Fashion Valley mall (I needed to look for new eyeglass frames), we had lunch at one of our favorite spots...

Same old exterior, but wait, what's this?

Their menu has been updated after how many years!

Let us compare...

Highlights from our LA Road Trip

Yesterday, we took an impromptu mini road trip to LA...

Our particular destination was Chinatown, but not for Chinese food or trinkets or such...

Nephew #1 turns 17

Last weekend, my sister's oldest (nephew #1) turned 17...

What's a Filipino birthday party without pancit (as seen above) and freshly sliced (and deseeded) calamansi...