salty coffee? wha..?

word on the street is that sea salt is the new condiment/seasoning du jour and i am slightly guilty of buying into the hype. although i wouldn't spend $10+ on something i use arbitrarily on everything i eat, when a few granules of it are sprinkled here and there, my mind thinks that whatever it has landed on will automatically taste better.

so when i heard about this sea salt coffee from 85C, i just HAD to try it. supposedly, it's most popular drink in taiwan right now and i can see why. 85C's coffee is already pretty delicious (asian coffee shops > american.. sorry), but this added to it a little something. you can definitely taste the saltiness in the light foamy layer that tops the drink and it is a great compliment to the sweet creamy coffee underneath. to get the full experience, you need to maneuver your straw so that you first sip some of the foam and then move your way down to the coffee. sweet and salty, the perfect combination!

gym rant #3.

dear creepy old guy,

stop leering at me while i'm working out. you are not fooling anyone with your halfway buttoned down shirt, hairy chest, and greasy hair. no one works out in jeans. it's a fact. look it up. please go away, you are freaking me out.

playa' hating.

i wouldn't call myself a hardcore basketball fan, but when the playoffs are on, i. pay. attention. my number one team? lakers, no doubt. i was born and raised in southern california, would it be any other way?

there has been something i noticed though and i hear this EVERYWHERE. whenever the lakers win (which is a lot), people who aren't fans automatically pull out the "kobe bryant is such a jerk" card.

huh?

apparently the other teams lose because kobe's immense arrogance just blows them out of the court. it's not that they're better, it's not that the other team just couldn't close the deal, it's because kobe is too full of himself. oh and he's a cheater.

these 2 points are ALWAYS brought up after a win by the haters. why? i don't know. i'm not denying that kobe probably is very into himself, but is that really a surprise? he is one of the top, if not the best, players currently in the nba. if i was him, i would definitely think i am the shizz. and he cheated on his wife. there's no justifying that, but again, it's not a rare occurence in professional sports. either way, what does that even have to do with the GAME? regardless of his personality or marital discrepencies, he is a supremely talented basketball player and he works just as hard, possibly harder, as any other player in the nba. there is really nothing about him that sets him apart from any other self involved pro basketball player.. except that he is better. so don't hate. ;)

hello lover.

every time i fall in love with pair of shoes, i think of the scene from sex and the city when carrie is walking past a shop window and stops when she spots her perfect pair. if my memory serves me correct, they were bright pink ruffly christian louboutins. *sigh* right now i am experiencing that feeling over these:

report tocai nude $215

unfortunately, i am not quite adept at wearing shoes with a 4 3/4 inch heel. maybe with practice? until then, some more shoe eye candy for your viewing pleasure..

andrea & joen daze pattern leather heel $264

report randolph black $168

sunday by andrea & joen
ace brand flats $69
(something i could actually wear on a regular basis)

cream and sugar, please.

carnival themed dinnerware! this cup is from fishseddy, a site that sells the cutest items for your home. their carnival line is perfect for evoking memories of the pier or fair, eating corndogs and other deep fried artery blocking foods. if i had a dining room table, it would definitely be set with whimsical place settings purchased from this site.

weekend list.

this weekend's list of fun stuff and good eats.

- dinner and movie on friday. bbq at lucille's. best chicken i have ever eaten.. forreals. the beginning of a 3 day long calorie fest. watched star trek. must admit, i feel like it was a little overrated. i should've watched wolverine.
- saturday, the bf brought back bagels for breakfast.. yum! yes, the way to my heart is through large amounts of food. went back to my parents' house and finally got to have some turnip cake and har gow. dinner at top's and then tina's going away party. soooo much kalbi!!
- highlight of the party: mark gettting a tomato thrown at him.
- sunday lunch at roscoe's. because of the gay pride parade, the wait was ridiculously long but once the food arrived, all was forgotten. major food coma ensued and resulted in passing out for 2 hours. i should never fall asleep when i'm alone.

what happened?

thursday i: made a casserole for dinner, did laundry, baked cupcakes, put away the dishes and loaded the dishwasher.

um.. what? isn't that supposed to be the life of a middle aged stay at home mom? am i going to consider eating dinner in front of the tv or staying up past 10 as an exciting friday night soon? when did i get old and boring?

so on friday, i had 20+ rowdy drunk people over at the apt to counteract the domesticity i displayed the night before. went to bed at 5am.

i knew it was just a phase.

rosemary cheddar biscuits

normally when i bake, i like to take the sugary route. One reason is that the bf is definitely more a fan of sweets and there is no one else's throats i can force my creations down. Second, do you know how much a cupcake costs here?! let's just put it this way... i can bake 20 cupcakes WITH frosting for the cost of one at sprinkles. not that that fact stops me from purchasing a giant red velvet every now and then.

a few nights ago, i decided to take the savory road. the bf had shown me this site and i happened upon a picture of heart shaped scones. scones! that are heart shaped! it is in my professional* opinion that any food that is heart shaped goes up a minimum of 8 points on the deliciousness scale. although the recipe keeps calling them "scones", i'm convinced they are biscuits. i don't really know the difference but if it looks a duck and sounds like a duck, then it's a duck. no idea where the correlation between biscuits and ducks came from, but here's the recipe.

*by "professional", i mean a professional consumer of food.