Cheer Up With Food

For my 30th birthday, I decided to celebrate it for the entire month of November.   Since I've reached this milestone in my life, why not spread out the celebration?  Here are highlights of my birthday month: Cake, Cake, Cake My coworker got me this lovely Guava Cake from Andrea's World of Cakes , thank you Fran! Hawaii Trip '16 My family and I were in Hawaii for a bit.  Being there for my birthday was not the primary reason though :p We had this 'ono (delicious) and authentic Hawaiian meal from Waiahole Poi Factory : Don't forget the chili water and Shoyu! There's been many poke bowl shops poppin' up in Vegas.  But none yet that I've been to can beat the OG poke bowls from Hawaii!  Pictured here are poke bowls with simply marinated raw fish and rice.  We also had some sashimi and musubis from Foodland Farms : Li Hing Mui Frost from Frostcity :                   Th...

My girlfriends and I recently checked out IS SWEET, a cute little shop that sells desserts, coffee, and tea located in Chinatown Las Vegas .  It was easy for me to choose what drink I wanted - a hot Dark Chocolate Milk Tea (great to drink while the weather is cold!), but when it came to choosing a dessert I was a bit overwhelmed!  There were different flavors of crepe cakes to pick from, and a list of toppings, sauce toppings, and ice cream to add on a honey toast or waffle.  Since I was sharing desserts with my friends, I wasn't too picky with the flavors we chose. Two hot milk teas - Hot Matcha and Dark Chocolate We ate the  Matcha  Crepe Cake - the matcha flavor was definitely there and I liked how creamy layers stuck well together with every bite.  Other crepe cake flavors available are Red Velvet and Vanilla. I enjoyed our honey toast!  We customized it to be simply topped with vanilla ice cream, almonds, and  condensed ...