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Weekend Joys

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Hello I’ve titled this post “Weekend Joys”, but I’ll actually back up a bit all the way to last Monday! I’d like to record some of my small happy moments here more My hand eczema has been acting up a lot recently unfortunately, so it’s hard for me to journal/write on paper since I have to have heavy lotions on constantly… but then I remembered I have a blog, too

On Monday, jume spontaneously asked me if I wanted to have lunch at the office, so I joined in! I was honestly just feeling like a big salad, so that’s what I got. I got some avocado and egg as a treat

But most of all, I was so excited to see that this office has my newest obsession in their snack cabinet: Barebells protein bars!!!

Wore a simple outfit with my new evelyn sweater over an old mille fille closet skirt. I just wanted something easy to wear I’m so happy I got this sweater. I really love how comfortable it is - though it’s still generally a cropped design, it’s not as high-waist/cropped as other evelyn sweaters I have, so this one is a lot easier to wear casually

Later in the week, I met up with my dangie and my bro at Habuya Okinawan Dining in Tustin - it’s a local izakaya spot that I found after discovering we procrastinated too much to eat anywhere else for the cravings we had without perhaps waiting until 8-9pm

This place doesn’t take reservations, so I was able to waitlist & arrive in perfect time for us to be seated without too much wait! I didn’t realise Tustin has so many little diners like this - we really need to eat out here more

I had a brain skip and ordered the salmon ikura bowl even though I have always removed ikura from my bowls lol… but in an effort to be a good customer, I made my first attempt to eat ikura ever And… it turned out pretty good!? It didn’t have the “popping boba” effect that I thought it’d have… though it was still quite a bit salty for my preference! The bowl overall was incredibly delicious, though

A silly thing… for some reason I didn’t recognize the fresh housemade wasabi as, well, wasabi, so I scooped half of it and ate it by itself… it was quite an experience

My bro ordered bluefin tuna sashimi and his favourite… an entire karaage appetizer that he finished himself! lol (he offered it to us, but I don’t eat meat and dangie was too full from her own meal)

I just find it funny because the last time the 3 of us ate together, my brother also ordered a karaage that no one else ate and he finished the entire thing himself. A true karaage lover

Dangie ordered a chicken curry that came in such an interesting bowl. I didn’t take a photo, but someone else at another table ordered a ramen and it came in a strangely shaped bowl, too, so when we were waiting for our meals, we kept wondering what kinds of bowls our food would come in

It was super fun to eat together again! Actually, I think this place is such a local gem. They include 15% as gratuity and don’t take tips, which is SO rare. Most of all though, the food was incredible and I want to try so many different things on their menu!

We got HNTea after - a favourite of my manz but I had never been there myself! My dang tried hot milk tea with boba for the first time (she usually gets it cold) It’s my favourite (hot milk tea with boba). I recommend it as long as you know not to burn your tongue (unlike me)

On the weekend, we went with B & E for a spontaneous picnic! It was really lovely since the spring weather is so nice right now I was ready to lay inside and do nothing this weekend, but I’m really glad we went out after all!

My manz wanted farm strawberries since he hasn’t really tried them before, so we zipped into this random farm lot to get some. I was a bit tired so I didn’t get out of the car at this time, but I saw the stand owner show their doggo with B showing off their dog

B & E are really good at making food and picking out great snacks - their homemade bruschetta was incredible My manz made an egg salad that I really enjoyed, too! I took the lazy unprepper’s route and brought fruit and hummus lol

The doggos kept wanting to eat all our picnic food… my manz had to be very much on his guard while Holo’s saliva flew away with the wind

It was so fun watching the dogs chase after balls together! Their dog is the only dog that Holo doesn’t get super aggressive at, so I’m happy it seemed like everyone had a good time

When we got back after the picnic, I knocked out almost right away… it’s really hard to have enough energy for even half a day’s activities, but I’m relieved that B & E are super understanding, they were super nice about it even though I felt bad as a host

On Sunday, I honestly just wanted to sleep the entire day, but we decided to at least get groceries and try the new sakura lychee Junbi miffy collab that I saw. I also saw a Japanese ceramics store on Google Maps when looking up Junbi’s location so I wanted to take a peer inside!

The store is called Orange Tableware and they’re incredible - stocking a lot of artisan Japanese pieces that were so beautiful to look through! I was so tempted, but decided not to get anything too fancy for now. Overall, the pricing of the store seemed really reasonable, which surprised me!

Instead, I was intriged by a Kinto glass + nonslip tray. Since I’ve been trying to make iced matchas lately, a clear glass cup seemed really nice And since I’m really anxious all the time, the nonslip tray looked perfect to help carry things without worry. My manz got them for me as a treat

Fun story…

My manz told me that he’s not going to touch the Kinto glass since it’s so thin and delicate looking - when he was younger, when drinking from a glass cup, he decided to bite on the glass and in an instant it shattered!!! From then on, he hasn’t bitten glass cups anymore…

…but I thought (and so I told him), why would one bite a glass cup???

At the same time, I think… why not, I guess? It’s not really the consumer’s fault if teeth are used on a mouth receptable, right?

Aside from tablewear, they also have cookware like donabe and matcha bowls

Finally, the cute Miffy collab with Junbi: I ordered the sakura lychee milk tea with lychee bits To be honest, I think Junbi is a bit overpriced (although it’s probably standard for Irvine, sigh) but the drink itself was actually super tasty! I got it at 25% sweetness and it was still rather sweet. I really want to make lychee matcha drinks now.

We got our groceries at Tokyo Central, but not until we quickly had a lunch before the manz got hangry. We heard that a new Tokyo Central location is going to open up in Irvine this summer, which is so exciting It’s not that this location is super far, but it’s still a bit farther out, so a closer location is welcome for sure!

The new nonslip tray & Kinto glass in use