Eileen Likes To Eat

La Parrilla Restaurant
960 N Citrus Ave
Covina, CA 91722
http://www.laparrillarestaurant.com

這天下課後肚子好餓，翻了翻手邊的折價卷，有張買一送一折價卷，這家餐廳剛好回家順路，買了兩個墨西哥起司捲餅，味道都很不錯，蔬菜湯也蠻好喝的，只是他們的海鮮捲餅裡面的海鮮有夠少，不過買一送一也才$13，就不計較啦！幫我點菜的墨西哥大嬸超親切的，總是笑容滿面，而且出菜的速度也很快，另外年紀頗大的大嬸還穿了超級迷你裙，算是額外的服務吧！哈哈！

I was so hungry after school one day.  I was in the mood for some Mexican food.  Looking at the Entertainment Book in my car, I found a buy 1 entree get 1 free coupon for La Parrilla Restaurant and it should be on my way home. 

The restaurant looks pretty big from outside.  They have those you can’t look in but only look out kind of window.  So I couldn’t really see if there were people inside or not.

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已經開學兩個星期囉！這學期我卯起來拿了六堂課，加上全職40小時的工作，真的無時無刻有種時間不夠用的感覺，雖然每天都處在睡眠不足的狀況下，但是一到了課堂上聽老師講課，就整個人精神都來了，原來讀自己有興趣的課是這麼令人興奮啊！開學第一個星期，老師帶我們去參觀了學校的農場，牛、豬、羊、馬、駱馬等等動物應有盡有，而且這學期我們就會輪流和每一種動物一起上課，學習每種動物的習性，真是令人期待啊！

School started two weeks ago. Going to school full time and working full time isn’t easy to manage. Especially when I am taking 18 units 6 classes. Everyday I feel like there is not enough time. I only get 4 or 5 hours of sleep every night. Usually I go to school tired. But the strange thing is once the professors start lecturing, I am completely awake. I love all the classes I am taking and I love learning about animals. I actually look forward to going to school everyday. Thinking back to my college years when I was younger, I never liked going to school. What a big difference when you are actually learning something you are interested in!

So for the Animal Handling & Restraint class, we have to work with different animals to learn how to handle them correctly.  The first meeting of the class, the professor took us to walk around the farm.  Mt SAC has their own farm with tons of animals.  There are cattle, swine (pig), sheep, horse, llama, watusi and a greyhound rescue center.  We will have a chance to work with each animal this semester and I am so looking forward to it.

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買了一本食譜Anyone Can Cook，裡頭的食譜都很簡易而且超多照片的，步驟也都解釋得非常清楚，每道成品看起來都真是好吃，所以我決定要把這本食譜從頭到尾煮一遍，第一道煮的就是希臘起司莎莎醬，其實這不該說是用煮的啦！因為完全沒有開火煮，很抱歉我沒有辦法把詳細的食譜寫出來，因為最近發現把書中的食譜原版刊登其實有侵犯著作權喔！所以我只會把材料寫出來，做法大致講一下，大家如果喜歡，也自己去買一本，要不然就是看看材料，自己如法炮製一下囉！

I bought a cookbook called Anyone Can Cook from Amazon.  Just love this cookbook.  It has very simple instruction, tons of pictures, and lots of good information about different type of food.  The book is especially suitable for biggner cook.  After flipping through the book and looking through all these easy and delicious recipes, I decide to cook the whole book.  Yes, the whole book.  I don’t know how long it would take, but I’m going to try to make every recipe in this book.

I am not going to type the recipe out here.  Recently I read an article about recipes in books actually have copyright.  So if you would like to have the recipe, you’ll have to purchase the book.  But the ingredients are not copyrighted.  So I will list all ingredients here.  If you’ve been cooking for a while, it’s not too hard to figure out how to use the ingredients to make the same dish, right?  *wink*

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Yum Yum Donuts
1608 S Hoover St
Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 745-4460
http://www.yumyumdonuts.com

同事Claire考上了護士執照，也很快的找到了護士的工作，上星期是Claire的最後一個星期，我們有天晚上買了甜甜圈請他吃，這家甜甜圈吃一個很好吃，吃到第二個就覺得甜到牙齒痛啦！不過這各式各樣的甜甜圈光是用看的真的是挺誘人的。

Coworker Claire got her nursing license.  It was her last week at our company because she got a nursing job.  One night we got her some donuts.  Well, also donuts for everyone in the office of course.

Donuts

Just look at all those donuts!  They just looked so good.  I thought I wanted 2.

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So Kong Dong Soon Tofu Restaurant
2716 W Olympic Blvd #104
Los Angeles, CA 90006
(213) 380-3737

從毛象山回來那天晚上，我們兩個人都一整個想吃亞洲口味的食物，每天都吃西餐還是受不了啊！公園先生提議吃韓國豆腐堡，我舉雙手贊成，再次來到好吃的So Dong Kong，夏天的晚上生意似乎沒有冬天來的好，豆腐堡一樣好吃，不過我更愛他們的烤牛肉，有好多蔬菜，超下飯的。

The night we came back from Mammoth, Dr. Park and I were both craving for some Asian food.  After eating American food all weekend, we needed some rice!  Dr. Park suggested So Kong Dong Soon Tofu.  Perfect!

Panchan

Right after we ordered, the waiter brought us the panchan in 30 seconds.  Service was so fast because…. the restaurant was empty.  Last time we came here, the line was out the door.  But that was winter time.  I guess not too many people like soon tofu on a hot summer night.  Business did picked up a little after 9pm though.  The panchans were wonderful.  I liked their specialty raw crab.

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Jack’s Restaurant & Bakery
437 N Main St
Bishop, CA 93514
(760) 872-7971

沿路玩到Bishop小鎮上也差不多下午一點多了，隨便走進這家Jack’s，原來是一家已經營業60幾年的美式diner，這幾天都吃的太飽，所以只想來份輕食，我點了湯和沙拉的組合，公園先生點了一樣的組合加上半個三明治，湯蠻好喝的，沙拉也新鮮，說不上有什麼特別的餐廳，食物也沒有特別好吃，不過卻給人一種蠻舒適的感覺。

We passed Bishop around 2:30pm.  It was time to eat again.  We didn’t have plan on where to eat, so just stopped by at a random restaurant on Main Street.

We picked Jack’s Restaurant & Bakery because it looked like a nice diner from outside.  They had the restaurant history and story on the menu.  We found out this place has been opened for 60 years!

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在毛象山的最後一天睡到自然醒後，在飯店一樓的商店裡買了簡單的三明治當早餐之後，就啟程開回洛杉磯，沿路還停了幾個景點，到了山上看風景，參觀了鱒魚養殖場，還到了某湖邊一遊，接著開在395號公路上享受回程的好景色，結束了這次三天兩夜的毛象山之旅。

Last day of our Mammoth trip, we woke up around 10am.  On the drive to Los Angeles, we stopped by a few more places before heading home.

Roast Beef Sandwich ($6.95)

Dr. Park wanted to have breakfast at the hotel restaurant, but the breakfast buffet was $18/person.  Too expensive!  So he just went down to the store in the hotel to bet a roast beef sandwich.  It was also pretty pricy for a little sandwich in the fridge, but it was from Patina.

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Restaurant at Convict Lake
2000 Convict Lake Rd
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 934-3803
http://www.convictlake.com/restaurant.html

每次出去玩，我們總會在第二天的晚上去吃頓大餐，這次旅行的大餐地點是公園先生找到的位在囚犯湖旁的餐廳，無論是前菜還是主菜，都令人滿意極了，這天用餐時我們隔壁坐了一位獨自用餐的老人，結果一整個和他聊起來，也很有意思呢！

We always do a little fine dining on the second night of our trip.  Dr. Park found the Restaurant at Convict Lake and made reservation at 7pm for dinner.  We came 30 minutes early to walk around the lake.

Convict Lake is about 10 minutes drive from Mammoth Mountain.  It was named Convict Lake because a group of convicts escaped prisons back in 1871 and was captured here.  Now the area is famous for trout fishing and camping.  The lake is truly beautiful.  We hung out at the lake for a big, then headed over to the restaurant.

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吃完早餐後，我們搭乘空中纜車上了毛象山的頂點，在附近隨便走走看看一陣之後，我們開始往山下爬，一爬就爬了三個多小時，整個累翻了，不過回頭看看高山，征服一整座山還真是很有成就感呢！

Day 2 was our “working out” day.  Our plan was to hike Mammoth Mountain.  After breakfast, we came back to park at our hotel and walk across the parking lot to the activity center to take the gondola ride.

The scenic gondola ride is $18/person for whole day pass, and our hotel had a buy 1 get 1 free promotion.  Dr. Park brought his hiking sticks.  At first I was laughing at him and saying who needs hiking sticks.  But later I was so glad he brought them.

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Shea Schat’s Bakkery
3305 Main St
Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760) 934-6055

第二天的行程是爬山，早上起床後我們決定到當地最有名的麵包店吃早餐，順便買個三明治和一些餅乾帶去山上當午餐，這家麵包店的麵包還真是好吃，怪不得生意這麼好，我們回家那天還又回來買了一堆麵包帶回家，這可是當地有名的地標，大家如果有機會來毛象山，別忘了來這裡帶幾個麵包回家喔！

The second day at Mammoth, our plan was to hike all day.  We woke up around 9am and drove down the hill to Shea Schat’s Bakkery for breakfast.

Erick Schat’s is the original bakery is located in Bishop.  I am not sure if Shea Schat’s at Mammoth Lakes is related to Erick Schat’s.  They sell the same items and both share the name “Schat’s”.  So I am assuming they are related?

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