I’ve been so excited for this mini trip to Southern California for two reasons: to celebrate finally getting my dental hygiene license and to eat good food.
Seriously. My sisters, cousins, and I planned this trip mostly to visit our relatives and to eat.
My ultimate goal? To find macaron ice cream sandwiches.
So today, I wanted to share with you some of the places we visited. =)
We started out early on Thursday morning from San Jose and drove to Southern California. The road trip took about 6 hours. By the time we arrived, we were starving. Since our hotel room wouldn’t be ready until late afternoon, we decided that we would start eating our way through our extensive list of bakeries and restaurants that we wanted to try during our stay.
First stop? Boiling Point in Rowland Heights. Have you ever had Asian hot pot? Basically, you get to choose a soup base and pick a set combo. At this particular location, all the ingredients were already placed in a little pot for us over a flame.
As usual, I have a preference for a vegetable combo. I’m not a vegetarian, but I love vegetables in flavored soup.
This is my tomato vegetable individual pot, which comes with a side of vermicelli noodles and green or black iced tea.
My sisters and cousins ordered a Korean kimchi, a beef hot soup, and a fish curry hot soup.
Since I’m on vacation, I’m not the only one taking photos, so there will be more pictures with me in it.
My sister Angela on the left, me in the middle, and my cousin Linda on the right.
After we finished lunch, we ordered macaron ice cream sandwiches. We wanted to try all four of the flavors they had. I’m a little bit disappointed, although not surprised, that the macarons were harder than the regular ones.
Cappuccino macaron with coffee ice cream
Green tea macaron with strawberry ice cream.
Strawberry Macaron with green tea ice cream.
Lavender macaron with vanilla ice cream.
After lunch, we wandered around a little bit before heading to the hotel to check in. Once we were settled, we met up with a few of my cousin’s friends.
We had dinner at Pokinometry in Anaheim. I love their concept. Instead of rolling the ingredients to sushi into a roll, the ingredients are placed over rice in a bowl. It’s so delicious.
Of course afterwards we had to get dessert. We went to Anaheim’s Packing District. Gorgeous living décor and architecture.
In the Packing District, there are tons of little stores. One of them is Popbar, a place where you can customize your gelato bar or sorbet bar with the toppings of your choice. I ordered a pistachio gelato bar with half dipped dark chocolate and crushed pistachios topped with a white chocolate drizzle. Literally, one of the best things I’ve ever tasted.
This was a little peek in my vacation in Southern California. Hope you enjoyed reading and seeing the pictures!
Until next time!
Sarah says
Great photos! The food looks delicious! 🙂
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
They really were. I wish I could be back in LA. =)
Sarah says
You know what they say…distance makes the stomach grow fonder 😀 or at least that’s what I say.
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
It’s soo true! lol
bluebutterfliesandme says
OMG on my next visit I am following suit. Yummy and pretty.
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
I hope you’ll have fun =)
The (Gluten-Free!) Food Gurly says
Wow! What a great trip! Those macarons look amazing! The gelato does, too! xo
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
Thanks, Joanna! Vacation has put me so behind in replying to comments and all things blog related! But it was definitely a fun trip. So much food =)
Tasha says
That macaroon with gelato looks amazing, never tried that before.. can’t wait to! 🙂
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
It’s worth a try. =)
sborokr says
Looks amazing!
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
Thanks! =)
mytravelplanet says
Macaroon ice cream looks delicious…
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
They were good, but the macarons were not as soft as I would have liked them to be. Probably because the ice cream is so cold
fallingangel5 says
holy moly it looks so good
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
Thanks! =)
firefly1275 says
Those snacks looks delicious and yummy!
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
Thank you!
firefly1275 says
You’re welcome. 🙂
lifeinthethe8tre says
Wow! I’ve lived here for 30 years and have never heard of either of these places. Both looked amazing. You have a good nose for good food, Andrea! Great post!
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
Thank you =)
Corina says
The food you tried looks incredible and I love the look of those macaron ice cream sandwiches.
Andrea| Cooking with a Wallflower says
They were good, but the macarons were harder than I liked