Being in Bun Bun Tea House feels like being in Taiwan – just look at the picture! You can see Taipei 101 behind us. Bun Bun Tea reminds me of MOS Burger in Asia, except everything is American size, of course. I had high hopes for the rice bun burgers, but it was just okay [...]
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Shaved snow/xue hua bing (雪花冰) finally made its way to the city of Arcadia at a Chinese take-out joint called Tasty To Go. The ice isn’t as sheet-like and fluffy as it’s supposed to be, maybe because it was melting too fast, or maybe because they piled on so much that it got too heavy [...]
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Another favorite Taiwanese restaurant of mine in the San Gabriel Valley is SinBaLa (辛巴樂). They have a wide selection if different flavored sausages, along with other well-known Taiwanese snacks. Their oyster omelette (owa jian) is a hit there. I really like their fishball soup (魚丸湯/yu wan tang). They also have rice cake in a bowl [...]
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There’s a new French bakery in Arcadia called Chiffon De Pastry Art, specializing in none other than chiffon cakes. One form that they make chiffon cakes in is in cupcake form, sorta. The box/cup has cake inside, cream in the middle, then topped with more chiffon cake, with the cake and cream coming in different [...]
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If there’s one place that I can always count on for consistent, soupy, thin-skinned soup dumplings (小籠包), it’s Din Tai Fung. I eat at Din Tai Fung in Arcadia every year as part of my annual Christmas tradition. (I made it official last year since it was my third Christmas in a row.) Aside from [...]
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Before taking the kids (Maki, Miki and Moby) to piano practice, Jessica and I took them to grab boba along the way at A U 79 Tea House in Arcadia. I like it there. They always have good service and the drinks have gotten better than the last time I was there. They were giving [...]
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