Music Festival and Pizza

I figured I should post the images from Make Music Pasadena 2011 before I forget.

Check out this kid dancing in front of the dj booth. SICK!



Beth and I decided to walk to the festival from our house... Our first mission was to get something to eat when we get there :)... We walked around the festival and saw this little pizza stand. We picked up a slice of Margherita and a slice of the Mushroom Party! It was super yummy, especially the Mushroom Party!  Oh, we also scored a complimentary pizza card! #pizzabonus





Wife Approved



I took some photos of the festival by using this cool little app called TinyWorld, check them out.





It's a cool little app :) download it !

Papa Chang's Big 60

My dad's big 60 birthday is coming up and we wanted to take him out to a nice lunch. Our only challenge was to find a restaurant that's close to our neighborhood and a restaurant that specializes in Central/South American flavor. Thanks to Yelp, we found the restaurant that fits the requirements - 1810 Argentinean Restaurant in Old Town Pasadena. We were really excited about this place.

Typically, if you are to dine in any South American restaurants you are expected to order and try their version of Empanadas... we did, and it was delicious! Beth and Sean (my little brother) liked the beef Empanadas a lot and I enjoyed the chicken Empanadas more. Overall, Mission Empanadas was successful.



The other appetizer we ordered was Croquetas de arroz (risotto croquettes, mozzarella, tomato sauce)... This dish was absolutely and perfectly prepared... from the texture of the croquettes to the tomato sauce... this dish blew me away! I have to say it's better than Little Dom's version of fried risotto balls, and less expensive.





Moving on to the main entrees... We ordered two entrees and one salad... which was plenty enough for all 5 of us

The salad was a big hit! Beth even said that she would come back to the restaurant just for the salad. Well, what's this awesome salad we ordered? its called Lentejas (mixed greens, lentil, red beet, egg, feta cheese, lemon vinaigrette), it's simple and fresh... But I'm not too sure whats so Argentinean about it :/



Churrasco (8oz flat iron steak) - the steak was cook really well... and that's about it, the rice was meh... reminded Beth of Uncle Ben's rice... which is NOT GOOD! Same with the other Entree we ordered... It's basically the same but with sea bass instead... and the fish was over cooked... Overall the entrees were disappointing... we should've just ordered a bunch of Croquetas de arroz and Empanadas...





After the lunch we walked over to Dot's Cupcakes. Not much to say about this place... cupcake was too sweet and the staff was not sweet enough... sigh... BUT Happy Birthday Dad regardless!!! Hope you had a good one :)

Cantaloop Yogurt

If you like frozen yogurt, you'll want to visit Cantaloop Yogurt on Lake Ave., Pasadena.

peanut butter frozen yogurt topped with chocolate chips / mango frozen yogurt topped with fresh mango


We had a great experience and we would like to share this chill spot with everyone else!

And this is why:

• Super friendly staff, very helpful and offered samples of different flavors of the frozen yogurt.  They were yummy!

• The staff offered kid's size and 1/2 free topping as a money saving alternative! I bet you can't get 1/2 free topping at that other frozen yogurt place. #pinkberry

• They have peanut butter flavor frozen yogurt, what more you want?

• They got really escited when Beth mentioned that I have a food blog and the photos I took might get featured in my blog.

• They have a cool logo.

I am sure when I visit this place again I will find more reasons to go! Give it a try! It's totally worth it!
I mean look at this bite! You can't go wrong with a lil of peanut butter frozen yogurt topped with chocolate chips!!!



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