Category Archives: Baldwin Park

March 17, 2013 · 1:46 pm

Seito Sushi

Kevin and I have had a really good week. He kicked off his first week at his new job and really loves it. I’m so excited for him and know he will do great things in this new role. I was also promoted this past week with my current company. I’m really grateful for the opportunity, and I hope to make everyone proud.

I’ve been trying to balance school and life better by taking more study breaks to spend quality time with friends and family. We did just that last week when we grabbed a quick dinner with our neighbors at Seito in Baldwin Park. Our neighbors also recently got a new camera, so we had some fun playing with that.

 Kevin

Me

We started out with some edamame and beef negimaki, which is thin slices of beef wrapped around green onions, carrots and asparagus in teriyaki sauce.

Seito-Edamame

Seito-Beef Negimaki

The beef was very tender and easy to bite through. It was really good.

Kevin ordered chicken yakisoba for his main entree, which came with miso soup.

Seito-Miso Soup

Seito-Yakisoba

His noodles were very flavorful, and I was stealing bites off his plate.

I ordered two rolls. The Ichiban roll featured spicy salmon, and the Alaskan Crunch roll had crab salad, tempura batter and smoked salmon.

Seito-Ichiban and Alaskan Crunch Rolls

Everything tasted so fresh, and the textures and flavors all melted together: the sign of good sushi.

Also ordered at our table were a spicy tuna roll and Sweetheart roll.

Seito-Spicy Tuna and Sweetheart Rolls

We had a great time eating great food with great people. I really cherish these moments when I can break away from school work and enjoy life.

What is your favorite way to cut loose?

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June 24, 2012 · 7:16 pm

Party rockin’

Last night was a sea of neon, animal print and man thongs, which can only mean one thing: LMFAO and time to get my dance on. Kevin’s younger sister Sarah and her best friend Stephanie got the tickets, and Kevin and I gladly accompanied them as “chaperones.”

The girls

Kevin and I

Before heading to the Amway Center, we grabbed an early dinner at La Bella Luna in Baldwin Park. I started with the tomato basil bisque and then ordered the baked ziti.

La Bella Luna - Tomato Basil Bisque

La Bella Luna - Baked Ziti

The bisque had good flavor, and it was a lot of soup. The ziti was fine, but I was expecting something dryer from being baked and with ricotta. It still beats paying for overpriced concession food.

Kevin ordered a pepperoni stromboli, and Sarah and Stephanie split a BBQ chicken pizza.

La Bella Luna - Pepperoni Stomboli

BBQ Chicken Pizza

After loading up on Italian food, we headed to the concert. There were a ton of opening acts, the most notable being Far East Movement, who sing Rocketeer and Like a G-6. I find myself jealous of them because they’re Asian but have rhythm…something I have yet to achieve.

After Far East Movement, LMFAO took the stage. I was surprised by how many little kids were in the crowd. LMFAO was pretty inappropriate but a lot of fun.

LMFAO Concert

They are incredibly high energy, upbeat and happy, so it’s hard not to get on your feet and dance along, even in five inch heels. It was no NKOTBSB, but I did have a great time and would definitely see them again.

Are you an LMFAO fan? Shots, shots, shots, shots…shots, shots, shots, shots…EVERYBODY!

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May 27, 2012 · 11:14 am

Walk to remember

Like many, the long Memorial Day weekend fills my mind with images of barbeques, cold drinks and laying by the pool. Today, Kevin took off early this morning to go golfing with his friends leaving me unsure of how I wanted to fill my day.

Parko seemed really antsy this morning, so I decided to take him on a nice, long walk to get some energy out before it got too hot in the day. One of our favorite walking paths is around the lake in Baldwin Park, and then I recalled all of the war memorials they have in one particular section of the path.

I loaded Parko in the car, and we headed over to Lake Baldwin.

Parko

I purposely planned our walk so we would come across the memorials toward the end. That way Parko would be more worn out, and I could take a little more time with them.

Memorials

I must have passed by these so many times, and I would read them and see what people had left in memoriam, but this was my first time really stopping at each one and reflecting on their purpose.

Memorial2

Memorial3

Memorial4

I love my long weekends just as much as the next person, but it was important for me to take the time to remember the meaning behind the holiday.

Enjoy your long weekend!

What are your weekend plans?

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January 9, 2012 · 7:45 pm

Caddy Shanks

I had such a busy, but incredibly fun, weekend. On Friday, Kevin and I met up with friends at Caddy Shanks in Baldwin Park for the Orlando Magic game. Unfortunately, the Magic lost, but I still had a blast.

Caddy Shanks is an interesting concept. It’s a bar, but they also have a lot of toys, including a golf simulator, ping pong table, pool table, race car simulators, etc. The service was a little spotty. I don’t think they have designated zones for their wait staff, so sometimes you’ll have a different person asking if you need a refill every two seconds and sometimes you’ll be searching awhile for someone.

They have a pretty large selection of beer. I started off with a Shipyard Applehead.

applehead

Pumpkinhead is still my favorite, but I really enjoyed it. The seasonings reminded me of apple pie.

Caddie Shanks doesn’t have their own kitchen, but you can order select items off the neighboring restaurants’ menus. The wait staff at Caddy Shanks will order the food for you and pick it up and deliver it to you. Of course, due to the zone issues mentioned above, we were offered two other pizzas from La Bella Luna before Kevin’s came.

I decided to order grilled chicken tacos from Colibri.

tacos

The tacos were very good with a really fresh salsa accompanying them.

It was fun to check out Caddy Shanks and to kick off the weekend with friends.

In workout news, I was inspired by Brittany to try out BodyRock, which is a website that provides you daily quick but high-intensity workouts. They have a 30-day challenge underway, but I’m taking the workouts at my own pace since I’m just getting started. It’s a great workout, and I’m a sweaty mess by the end. So far all the workouts I’ve tried are under 30 minutes, which is a huge bonus. It makes it so much easier to juggle exercise, studying and work.

What are your thoughts on flavored beers?

Have you ever tried BodyRock?

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Filed under Baldwin Park, Bar, Beer, Mexican

December 6, 2011 · 9:12 pm

Sushi Lola’s

Located outside of Baldwin Park, Sushi Lola’s is a small Japanese/Korean restaurant in a strip mall with a bunch of little shops. It’s a very intriguing concept. They have a typical sandwich, soup and salad menu at lunchtime, then at dinner they have a full sushi and Japanese/Korean menu. The lunch menu hanging on the wall looked pretty delicious, but we were dining in for dinner.

The restaurant is very small, so it filled up quickly. A lot of people were stopping by to get orders to go. Kevin and I met up with my step mom and her good friend, and we ordered a lot of food. All of the food could barely fit on the table.

bulgogi

Bulgogi is a Korean dish consisting of marinated beef topped with scallions, sesame seeds and kim chee.

chicken tempura

Chicken tempura

fried rice

Fried rice

salmon don

Salmon rice bowl

sushi 2

sushi

They have a pretty large sushi menu with a lot of interesting combinations. The sushi was really delicious.

tempura banana

Our waiter brought out complimentary banana tempura with chocolate syrup and whipped cream for us to try. You really can’t go wrong with deep-fried banana.

I really liked the family-owned feel of Sushi Lola’s. They seemed to know a lot of their patrons, and everyone who walked through the door was greeted with a warm welcome. We will definitely be returning.

It seems like we’re always trying new sushi restaurants—not that I’m complaining. I’m excited that there are so many sushi restaurants near me.

Are they tons of sushi restaurants popping up near you too?

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