Taihei (2)

Hi everyone,
I haven't uploaded in awhile and since a few months back, my life has taken another dramatic change. J took me to Taihei a few months back for v-day because I was really sad at the time. J came back, and I decided to give our relationship another chance. I suppose I'll post this in a post after this.

I love Taihei, I love yakitori, I love oden!!

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Asahi beer for Jake, coke for me. - I still hate the way alcohol tastes, Blehh...

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Chicken liver pate - I enjoyed this, but felt like there wasn't enough bread.

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Breast with plum sauce

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Daikon (oden) - J really like Daikon, but I don't because sometimes it could be bitter if it's not stewed well.

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But... Taihei has some really good daikon.

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Chicken thigh - it's really good, especially since there's areas of the chicken that's a bit charred. Char is good!

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Kobe beef tataki - J and I love beef esp Tataki with ponzu sauce.

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Fish cake - This is such a different kind of fish cake, it's very good though. I know Taiwanese fish balls are QQ in texture, but this is much more dense. All i know is that it's very good!!

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Pork stomach(?) belly - IT's so good... Pork is delicious, I am trying very hard to get J into pork.

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beef tongue - Sometimes I think beef tongue is good but sometimes I just don't get it.

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Asparagus wrapped in bacon - We initially ordered 2, but the waitress asked us if we were sure and we remembered that it came like this. The asparagus were huge, and it's one of J's favs.

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Shrimp - I love shrimpies, i don't remember this shrimp that much though, but I enjoyed sucking on the head and making loud sounds

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I'm too lazy to browse for the name. It's a soft boiled egg filled with ikura in broth. I LOVE soft boiled eggs!!!

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Hanpan - it's like a sponge, it's my favorite ALL TIME. My mom used to put it in my soups, i think it's very kid friendly. The sponge sucks up all the oden juices, and it's like an explosion in your mouth... fine a mini explosion.

Try Taihei, i hear some likes and dislikes but I love how you can try so many dishes and I also love how they have both oden and yakitori. :)

From Head To Toe

I stumbled across Jen From head to toe on youtube and watched many of her youtube videos. Like many, I was thinking... "not fair, she is so pretty and good at make up," until I saw her recent video regarding bloggers with no make-up day.




watch her videos!!

My eyes actually got watery looking at this video, I've never had acne growing up so I've been really lucky. I am also a firm believer that beauty comes from within and that everyone is beautiful, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Check out her blog as well

http://www.frmheadtotoe.com

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I haven't been updating as much as I would like, I broke my laptop by dropping it on the cement a few months ago.

Memories of the past few month

"Pictures are worth 1000 words"

I just had a bit of a meltdown at work, I'm really bad at handeling stress. The past few months have been somewhat of a roller coaster ride but because of my friends... I made it through. I have to thank all of them for listening to me whine all day. Throughout this time, I learned a lot about myself... I lost a few friends and also gained a few. What's most amazing is how life plays out, there's never going to be a day where everything's "ok," and I'm finally okay with that. I've stopped trying to figure everything out and I'm learning how to concentrate on the things that are most important in life.

I have some more amazing news coming up in the near future. :)





TC friends


trying hard to be cute.






take 1


Take 2 ... eventually we gave up.




Palos Verdes - people that live there are so lucky.


Probably one of the better pictures I've ever taken of someone.





life is like this road don't you think?


Disneyland






He's such a fierce cat. :) and very photogenic





another great picture




Camwhoring


do you understand what's on that monitor? I learned quiet a lot from this friend who's a developer.... I still have no clue, it's like speaking in another language


this is what a motorcycle can do to your leg. :(


Momo got the ugliest hair cut everrr.


sunrise - I didn't take this one but I thought it was so beautiful.


love the shadows


he's so awesome.


duckies!!!


I forgot... cat's aren't dogs.


curious


hahah i wanted to note how my family uses newspaper. Easy clean up.


fresh uni. Jealous?

This is so awesome. You can make sushi out of candy. Bought it at Mitsuwa for about $5 and made it with my friend. We didn't do such a great job because I messed up.





















First time I dyed a guys hair. I'm persuasive when I want to be so he let me dye it.


lazy mornings are always fun





this reminded me of a corn field


I love clouds.






I haven't updated for awhile so I'm doing a huge picture heavy post of the past few months of my life. I love photography, partly because it grasps memories that I sometimes freely throw away. Perhaps it's my horrible memory, but hopefully I'll at least have 2 posts a week from now on. I know my words never count. :)

Hope no one got fooled too bad since todays April Fools. The google - Topeka thing was very funny