Santa Ramen - San Mateo

Ci Jenny and I been wanting to try this for a while, then finally we get a chance to tried this on sunday! What an experience - -" i was lost on my way to this place, I had to go passed the Loooooooooong san mateo bridge, i was so nervous because i'm not familiar with the are. Iphone GPS keeps changing made me missed my exit :'( My battery is low and my gas was already on E. Plus i had to pay $4 for passing the bridge that i don't need to :(

This is a one expensive ramen T.T because of all that!
There's a line still when i got there, i think me and ci jenny waited for about 20 minutes before we got our seat. It's not too bad, however i think the line was unnecessary because i saw empty tables - -" ok now on to the food: the food was great! However i will think twice to go here next time because of the distance, mostly because i was lost! hahahah :D I love the broth and the noodle, yummm! Halu is another alternative for closer ramen place since i live at san jose-west area, i love halu's ni tamago because the egg was cooked outside but it's half cooked inside. But i think Daikokuya's(Los Angeles) meat is better (melt in your mouth!) -> last time i ate there :)

I had the pork-flavored one


yummm... I wish they're in san jose and not san mateo T.T
Thank God that i can arrive safely at home after a good eat! :)

Los Gatos Cafe

My saturday was FUN!
It's still my birthday week :) and i feel sooo blessed for having people that love and care so much for me. Thank you God for placing them in my life :) I spend it with ci kiki and fam plus san2 :) they're doing a photo session for christmas-card and they invited me to join

After the photo-shoot, ci kiki and ko chris took us to eat at los gatos cafe :)
It's really good! If you don't wanna spend money and gas to go to Mama's at SF you should definitely try this :'p~
I really like ci kiki's apricot french - toast

Other dish to consider is ko chris's crabcakes

I think Mama's dungeness-crab egg-benedict is better but this one is pretty good too
then i had the seafood-benedict and san2 had the canadian omelette (Sorry no pics :() I think whatever you order over there will be equally good :p'~ however, the apricot french toast really got me! it's delish! :)
If you happen to try it someday, share with me your experience as well :)

*above pictures were taken from yelp, clearly the popular dishes :)

a Foodie

Wow... i have no idea that the dictionary have a name for people who like to eat like me :p -> they called us foodie
• FOODIE (noun)
The noun FOODIE has 1 sense:

a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink)

:D i really thank God for the opportunity to enjoy good food. it's truly a blessing. Some people cannot enjoy food because they don't have enough money and others can't enjoy good food because of health-reason.

So my fellow foodie (ci jenny) is going back for good this january :( so with the time left one of the things that she wants to do is to try restaurants she never been to. Good restaurant with good food of course... So me and her are on a quest with the help of yelpers and of course taking recommendation from our expert foodie: "Ela" -> go to good eats section for tips :)

And so we began our 1st quest last friday :)
so let me share a lil' bit of what we did:
Special thanks to nahing and ci jenny for giving me tickets to gabe bondoc "one night only" concert :) i truly enjoy the concert... gahhh :'p~ i wish God will bless me with a husband who has a voice like gabe :) ahhh him and his guitar = awesomeness! although i don't enjoy the full-band as much as i enjoy him singing acoustic-ly but it was greaaaattttt! thanks for the gift! i <3 it :) We had to leave early because of our dinner-reservation so i can't meet him in person :( hahah maybe next time :)

Dinner @ La Folie
overall exp: it's good but it's not great, i don't think it's a must try
I still think Gary Danko is better choice for the price, i had such a great experience over there (food & service) very satisfying!

i had frog legs for appetizer

I was expecting more, so it didn't really wow me, but it's good.
For the price we keep imagining frogs at indonesia :'p~ yummm hahhahah

then i had the duck

it was very tasty and generous portion :D i was happy with this dish

and for the desserts

I think it's the highlights. It was a perfect combination of sweet and salty :) I do think that this is a must try.

Starting today i thought i'd share my foodie quest :) i hope it'll be useful to you

Grateful

Main Entry: grate·ful
Pronunciation: \ˈgrāt-fəl\
Function: adjective
Etymology: obsolete grate pleasing, thankful, from Latin gratus — more at grace
Date: 1552

1 a : appreciative of benefits received b : expressing gratitude
2 a : affording pleasure or contentment : pleasing b : pleasing by reason of comfort supplied or discomfort alleviated


Today is my birthday *yayyy!!!*
So last night i got a lil' time just to have a rewind of what happened to me this year and past years...
A sister of Christ wrote this question one day on her post: Are you following God for His present or for His presence?
On one of my bible study each of use were to give summary/highlights of what happened this year and to give thanks for it. But come to think of it i don't have any really, i don't have a significant highlights. Some of us were married this year or engaged or got a new job but none of those stuffs are happening/applied to me :(

But this year i learned so much about God's faithfulness and His presence through it all. I learned so much about faith and hope in God. I learned so much about preserverance and being faithful. Learned patience in waiting, Learning to trust, to be humble, to be unselfish and that is always good to love more (I'm still learning, not yet an expert :p) Got my relationship restored, got the support i need from my loved ones :)

On my other bible study, we were asked to list out God's blessing (if we can't think of one, we should look at the life of those who are less fortunate than us). Whoa! that makes a difference isn't it? Most of the time i'll look up or look around me but i've never look down. It is a blessing for having a good family, being raised as a Christian, having the privilege to study in America, having the experience working in here and giving the chance in ministry at church and the list goes on...

God reminded me again this year: Nana, doesn't matter if you receive/not receive the gift that you want under the Christmas tree, you have already received the greatest gift of all: Jesus Christ and i'm forever grateful :)

*blushed*

God had made my birthday more special since 3 years ago :)
- december 16, 2007: ci kiki shared the news that she's pregnant in our bible study, full of tears-session T.T
- december 16, 2008: i got to celebrate it with my bible study group + baby maxie
- december 16, 2009: i got to celebrate it again with baby maxie this year!
God has shown Himself through the life of ci kiki and fam and over the years it inspires me in many ways. Thank you for being such a blessing and thank you for letting me be a part of it :)

I'm closing this with a song by hillsong - through it all
the story of my life is that God's with me through it all :)