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Breakfast in Inglewood this morning.
Catfish breakfast with 2 eggs and potatoes was so good!
Wifey got the waffle and eggs, grits and bacon.
Hello live and direct from Flushing Queens!
Maxi Noodle House.
Wonton Noodle Soup with dace fish balls. Ho sik ho mei!!! Best wonton mee I had since Noodle Boy (SGV). Perfect comfort food for a rainy day here.
Best grits in town!! Lovely folks too. 
More Flushing
New Flushing Bakery Portuguese Egg Tart. I wish these were piping hot. Very good though. Still like Golden Gate Bakery in SF Chinatown (are they even still open lol) and Jim’s Bakery in MP as my #1 and #2.
White Bear wontons in chilli oil. Good but maybe a little overrated by the local NY’ers. I actually like the sauce more at DTF.
Shanghai You Garden to-go Peking duck buns at $2.50. Not a bad bite for the price. Double the meat and skin would be perfect but I get it. NY’ers like something cheap and good that you can eat on the street or walking.
Peach oolong milk tea. Break time. The drinks shops are also the best place to use the restroom.
Thoughts so far this is the most Chinese AF area I been in. Maybe because of the density of buildings and people. Completely different vibe compared to San Gabriel Valley and San Francisco. Very lively. If you think Stockton St or Clement St in SF is lively Flushing x 100. So much sensory overload. Basically if they compacted Valley, Garvey and Colima into a smaller dense area. Manhattan Chinatown is kinda similar but also different. Flushing feels more “new”.
Chelsea Market. Los Mariscos y Los Tacos No 1.
Okay despite the location these are pretty damn good tacos and probably some of the best on the east coast.
Los Mariscos….fish taco on a handmade corn tortillas. Umm yeah fish tacos places in LA are not doing made to order handmade tortillas by a tia. Not sure about San Diego. The fry was slightly soggy but otherwise this is a damn good fish taco. In NYC at Chelsea Market lol of all places. Also on the menu is shrimp cocktails, ceviches, and aguachiles. The aesthetics is straight outta of Mexico.
Los Tacos No 1. Same the design is pretty much outta Tijuana complete with the all white uniforms, tia or prima making the tortillas, and the dudes making and assembling the taco/meat. I had the asada btw but I didn’t like the pic. It’s missing the mesquite that the good TJ asada specialists in South Central use. Flavor is still tasty but not the same. The adobada is excellent and it’s done properly with the spit and pineapple. Each taco is smeared in LARD lol awesome. I would say it’s the taco to get here.
The taco scene in LA is just ridiculous now. Other major cities will not catch up but I give props to this place. Pretty damn good I would put them and South Philly Barbacoa as the best tacos out here so far. Will have to check out Brooklyn and Queens but my research doesn’t look promising. BTW the birria trend has reached here and it’s not good. La Unica in Boyle will smoke all of them. God I miss La Unica is it still banging?
Picked up some moon cakes at Pearl River Mart
#TeamLotus #TeamCantoStyleMooncakes
Also I went to the New World Mall food court in Flushing. Damn pretty impressive with the offerings. Found a northern/Shandong-Korean spot with dumplings. I wanted to like it but it was actually kinda bland, had the fish and 3 flavors. BTW y’all have been to Qingdao Bread Food in MP right? They do them dumplings right. Especially fish. Cindy’s Kitchen in Rowland/Hacienda does a really good 3 flavor.
los mariscos was my godsend when I was in NYC for grad school. Also, i’d sometimes trundle over to empellon al pastor for margaritas and tacos but mostly chips and guacamole. they were seemingly the only resto in the city with consistently good avocado access.
looks great but I think the thought of rain makes me even more envious!
Bwahahahaha. I got my Wing Wah (well, my friend got me the Wing Wah) mooncake like 3 wks ago! And I’m all about the lotus-seed paste, too (BTW, what is the diff btw “white lotus seed” and just “lotus seed” for pastes???). No egg yolks for me, though (I know, I’m a bad Chinese).
Same. Didn’t get them this year, but I like the savory Suzhou-style mooncakes with ground pork from Kang Kang/Shau May.
WAT??? Savory mooncake??? I will need to look this up. Thanks for letting me know of their existence!
#7 on this list. My mom recommends ordering in advance if it’s not a holiday and you don’t want to wait for them to be prepared. The one in Monterey Park burned down, but they have other locations not mentioned in the article.
Did a quick run down to sd and San Clemente this week
San Diego - Wayfarer pastry their scones are the best I’ve had
San Clemente - fig 313. Solid European influenced cooking and a very nice patio. Nothing was over the top next level but everything was well balanced and delicious we would definitely return.
Gibronis pizza great carmelizAtion and the crust was super light. On par with dtown not as good as quartersheets. Wayyy better than pizza port the local og pizza hangout.
So good. Was there a big line?
No line I went at 130 pm tho so pickings were a bit slim but still delicious offerings.
You can order online and skip the line and they have pizzas on fridays and Saturday’s that I want to try at some point.
There was this, though the lede is a bit buried 
…but, it does briefly cover savories.
Had a couple of hours free in Beverly Hills this week…
Chaumont -
It was around lunch time so I put in an order via ToastTab for pick up.
The croissants were not piping hot, but they were delicious!
Pro-tip: double-check your order if you have time. They shorted me 2 chocolate almond croissants and 1 flourless chocolate cake. It was too inconvenient for me to put in a complaint and return for them to make it right.
Sweet Lady Jane -
Did anyone know that it was down and across the street from Chaumont? I was this week years old when I discovered that.
Stopped in for some treats before leaving the area. That triple berry cake doesn’t disappoint!
Like everyone else, prices have increased. A 6” cake is $65 now. I remember paying $50-55 in the past. Still delicious!
Yep. Do it.
So question for all of you, anyone have a recommendation for the best turkey club? I’m so tired of wet turkey and iceberg.