Asian Paradise

i'm starving and waiting to go to dinner... so i think i'll start doing random backlog reviews. last month, i was in long beach for a dragon boat race, naturally this means the most important thing i can possibly do is call up mr. michael j last minute, and heckle him in to driving me to yummy asian food and/or disneyland. this fateful night, i somehow scored both :D! by recommendation of Dennis, we headed out to Irvine to this crazy-amazing strip mall: the Diamond Jamboree Shopping Center. and boy, what a jamboree it was! this place had like every type of awesome asian dessert ever! i didnt even look twice at the Yogurtland since there was so much else : | there. we found our destination, 85C, by the line of like 30 people out the door. it moved fast though, and it was very worth it. apparently 85C is a massively popular chain store in Taiwan, and this is the only US location. They have an amazing selection of pastries, breads, cakes, and of course, extra sugary and delicious bubble tea. i think this picture (of just one section of the store) speaks for itself. i had a strawberry cream cake and it was amazing. presentation was even better :). and i highly enjoyed my large, caramel milk tea. definitely check out next time you are in SoCal! 

so hard to decide! of course Ishii got one of everything

oh... and in case you were wondering. we ended up going to Disneyland after, arriving at midnight (close time) and watching "Salt" (terrible movie) in downtown disney. I LOVE ISHII AND WANT TO MARRY HIM (when we are both 40 and desperate)