Welcoming spring/summer/warm weather with a fruit tart :) I just wish the berries weren’t so overly priced here…
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Current tagline: Living life from meal to meal.
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Anonymous asked: When are the Boston blog entries coming? ;)
whoops. but i have good news! after 7 months of being here and virtually not having baked anything, i still remember how to make a fruit tart! and i wore flip flops today for the first time since september :)
Because I need a break from packing.
I just went to Albertsons to buy fruit for a fruit tart. Strawberries were on sale for 2/$5.00. I thought to myself, “Ha, that’s a joke. I’ve seen cheaper at Berkeley Bowl, even when they’re not on sale.” So that’s how I started writing this list… and because I do need a break from packing and being productive.
Things I will miss in California (or in general):
- Berkeley Bowl
- Family and friends (this would actually go before Berkeley Bowl, but trying to keep things consistent haha) - you know who you are!
- The church life in Berkeley
- Living with a bunch of sisters and having roommates
- Living next to the meeting hall :P
- Living next to the apartments (not the apartments themselves, but the people in them :D)
- Game night / SATB / procrastinating / etc. in the student center
- Cheeseboard… and all those other food places I posted about + more
- The view at Lawrence Berkeley Labs
- Spring and summer break trips…. or spring and summer breaks, period
- San Francisco and shopping in San Francisco
- …the Bay Area in general
- Being a foodie in the Bay Area
- Being a college student - not the part about going to classes and being really stressed, but being able to go on late-night boba runs and studying in nice cafes for hours
- My car + Dino + driving
- My guitar
- My tennis racket (unless I can fit it in my luggage)
- Mild weather
- Palm trees
- Naps during the weekdays
- Ranch 99 (the closest Asian grocery store is 30 miles away from where I’m going to live :/)
- …there’s more but it’s dinner time and I’m hungry. To be continued!
Bay Area Eateries, Destination #16 - Gregoire
This restaurant is rated as one of the best to-go places in the Bay Area! They change their menu every month, so I don’t quite remember what we ordered… I had a tri-tip sandwich, and others ordered a lamb sandwich, duck sandwich, or shrimp sandwich. We also got their roasted fingerling potatoes, but their potato puffs are tastier.
And besides having breakfast at Sweet Adeline bakery the next day (we didn’t get to take pictures of the food because we were crying too much… just kidding), this was my last Bay Area destination (at least for awhile). Stay tuned for Boston eateries. :)
Bay Area Eateries, Destination #15 - La Note
What we ordered:
- Lemon gingerbread pancakes and poached pears
- La Note pain perdu (three slices of semolina French bread soaked in orange water batter and sprinkled with lavender honey)
Bay Area Eateries, Destination #14 - Napoleon Super Bakery
Flaky, buttery, not too eggy, soft, creamy, delicious.
BEST EGG CUSTARD TARTS EVER.
At least in Oakland Chinatown :)
esty asked: If I were to pretend to be Joan, what would I say? :P
“ESTHER! go to sleep!”
Edit:
“uh huh”
“haha”
“oh”
“i don’t get it”
“er / uh / um”
“ESTHER! go to bed!”
