I love coming home for the holidays and spending time with my family and all…but I feel like I have been living in a holiday food coma for the past couple of days!!! Typically, I don’t eat large meals throughout the day. I tend to graze on snacks and small meals…but at my parents house it’s a different story! There are too many treats laying … Continue reading Christmas Food Coma
It has nearly been 6 months since I have gone down to Portland to visit my family and I have started to go through some massive Filipino food withdrawals! I mean, lets be honest here…I still think it is strange not to eat rice with every single meal. Asian people problems I guess? :) So when most people find out that I am 1/2 Filipino … Continue reading Halo-Halo!!
Well with the holidays completely behind us…I can officially say that I am experiencing the post holiday blues. Going back to work and working a full work week is definitely taking some getting use to. Especially when I have only worked a handful of days over the past couple of months!!! Anyways, there are still a few things that make me “holiday happy” and one of … Continue reading Post Holiday Blues
I recently went over to my Professors house, along with a few other students to have a lovely feast of Korean food! I took a few pictures while we were eating so I could share our yummy meal with all of you! But prepare yourselves, you WILL become super hungry after looking at these! Kimbap…kind of like Korean Sushi. Jap Jae…a noodle and vegetable dish. … Continue reading Yummy Food!
Yogurtland has Hello Kitty cups and spoons right now!!! Ha, can you tell how excited I am?! This seriously made my day! I mean everything tastes better out of a Hello Kitty spoon! Cheers to yummy desserts! -Michelle Continue reading Hello Kitty Frozen Yogurt!
Recently, some friends and I went on a wine tasting weekend out in Yakima, WA. Sometime between eating car snacks and repeatedly belting out Justin Bieber’s song “Boyfriend,” I took the below picture of a partially frozen lake out my window. So creepy looking…I love it! We then decided to make a little pit stop in Roslyn, WA for dinner. For those of you who … Continue reading Northern Exposure
So this post is a wee bit overdue…but I wanted to share with you all what I did over this past Cinco De Mayo! My friend and I decided to go up to Capital Hill for a midday celebration that they were having at one of the larger parks. Needless to say many yummy vegi tacos were consumed, along with many margaritas, and various other … Continue reading Cinco De Mayo Food Trucks & Flowers!
I have been craving lumpia since I posted about Filipino Food last week!!! Well look what I got over this past weekend!! BAM!!! Thats right it would be some vegetarian lumpia with sweet chili sauce!! Its okay to be jelly! One of my favorite Filipino food trucks happened to be at a street fair I was at so I had to get a bunch for … Continue reading Lumpia
To all of my fellow Filipino’s check out this funny food diagram I came across!! My favorite picture above has to be the Balut…”you know you’re curious.” I seriously couldn’t stop laughing so hard when I saw that one along with the Chocolate Meat picture!! I guess much of this explains why I have been a vegetarian for the past 14 years, ha! But to … Continue reading Filipino Food
Over the weekend I made a little trip to the Asian grocery store because I needed to pick up some collagen face packs (per my dermatologists suggestion)…so I thought I would post a picture of what I picked up! From Top To Bottom, L to R: Hawaiian Hurrican Popcorn (popcorn w/seaweed & rice crackers), Hawaiian Sweet Rolls, Hello Panda Chocolate Filled Cookies, Chocolate & Strawberry … Continue reading Asian Grocery Store
A Whimsical Tale of Wanderlust 