San Diego: Mr. A's, roof top dinner for our 2 year anniversary

Pork loin wrapped in bacon And bone marrow.
The bone marrow was actually pretty good..

Slider burgers and my favorite Gruyere mac n' cheese

Sliders, mini pickles, and garlic fries

The view...get to watch planes land.

I ordered Paella, my favorite dish at Mr. A's.

New York, New York



Grimaldi's Pizza in Brooklyn. 
One of the rivalry pizza places in New York.
I got to meet the owner, Grimaldi, himself.
The line was fairly long, stretched a while down the side walk,
but worth the wait!



The atmostphere was cool, like you're eating at someone's home,
only bad part was that the tables were really close together
you could barely squeeze in. 



Sausage and Mushroom pizza.  Super good.





French Toast from Noho Star. 




Pizza from Lombardi's on Spring Street. 
One of the best pizzas we've ever had!  It tasted so fresh.




Pizza from Famiglias, a chain around New York.
They had a bunch of pizza by the slice topping choices
for a pretty cheap price. 
This ones my favorite, tomato, basil, mozarella with olive oil.



Greenwich Village.
I consider that one of the coolest areas in Manhattan.





I love the culture, the atmosphere...you will always see someone
sitting on a bench playing jazz music.




Puerto Rican imported coffee beans
from a small store in Greenwhich Village.
On the corner of Bleeker street.   




Went to the Bronx to check out the newly built Yankee Stadium
and came across a family selling mango con chile.




Elvis PB and J sandwich from Peanut Butter Co. near NYU.
They serve their food "lunch box style,"
you get a sandwich with your choice
of carrots, chips, etc. for your side....And a box of milk.
The elvis had bacon and bananas and honey.
We also tried one that had pineapple jam with a spicy peanut butter,
called Thai... something.... it was surprisingly really good.




We made our way over to Brooklyn to Peter Luger's.
Supposedly one of the top steak restaurants in the country.



We ordered a dinner for two:
A huge, 32 oz, T-Bone steak,
a side of their special creamed spinach, and potatoes.




The waiter serves all the dishes for us.
I guess that's old traditional style. 
He even sliced the meat for us so it is cut "correctly." 





Allllllll Done.  The softest, most buttery,
best steak ever, in both of our lives.




One of the areas around Peter Lugar's, Borough Park, 
is one of the largest 
Orthodox Jewish communities outside of Israel.
We walked around for an hour or so just to see the whole community.




Just a billboard in Boro Park.



We had our New York style Cheesecake
from a little gelato place in Little Italy.

Santa Monica CA: Better Life Cuisine

Some of the best RAW VEGAN food I've ever had.
This is the Pizza with: Breadbar, zucchini, "ricotta cheese", tomatoes,
onions, marinara sauce, "mozarella", "parmesan cheese", basil. For $11.50.
The "cheeses" are made from different nuts ground up, coconut, and other raw foods.

This is the "Egg" salad, which doesn't seem to be on the menu anymore.
The egg is actually soft pieces of coconut,
and the yellow is from tumeric and other spices.
This was excellent.  Both filling for two people.

Austin, Texas



Heading to downtown Austin, Texas





The Salt Lick BBQ, in Driftwood 
(about 45 minutes out of Austin)
The bbq combo plate:  Brisket, sausage, ribs, 
with specialhoney bbq sauce, baked beans, potato salad, coleslaw, 
and a roll.  All for Only about $13.



Juan in a Million taco shop, near downtown Austin.





The breakfast taco, this is ONE taco!





The Donut box...





The donut setup...



The huuuuuge donut! the size of a toilet seat...

It was so good and fluffy.  We got half maple half chocolate.



Japan

Began the trip in Osaka and Shiga Ken...

Picking out some pastries for breakfast in Shiga

Yummy crepes with all sorts of toppings!

Now in Kyoto, about a 45 min. train ride from Osaka: The Golden Temple

Can buy beer in vending machines... and drink in public.

Vending machines with hot drinks when its cold out

Street food in Kyoto

Buying prunes at Yasaka Jinja a street fair at a shrine in Kyoto (fruit was expensive!)
Held at the end of every year for people to pray for a good new year.

On the train...heading to Tokyo...

Katsu!!!  Katsu Kura in Kyoto Station

Ramen and Gyoza, Ippudo in Umeda, Osaka

Can win sausage and cheese from games in one of the
MANY "Pachinko" arcades!

Sushi on moving track, can win prizes every 5 plates! Kura Sushi, Tokyo.

Mmm sushi with egg ($1 plate)

Indian food from family-owned restaurant in Japan! Huge Naan

More street food

Chocolate covered bananas.  On the way to HaruJuku...

Octopus on a stick!  Takoyaki.

In front of most restaurant, to show whats on the menu, great idea!

$8 Ice Cleam, from hotel in Tokyo!

Goodnight Tokyo :)

This was a "frog purse" sold in Harujuku... its real.