mac&cheese

Just got out of class. Professor had these yellow underarm sweat stains that I could not help staring at every time he raised his arms in lecturing enthusiasm. Debating whether or not to make myself some macaroni and cheese. It's lunch time but I want to save it for a midnight snack. Should I eat it now or wait till late night and experience maximum satisfaction then? In the meantime, I'm just nibbling on a couple cookies from Japan. Delicious buttery thin crispy cookies with a thin layer of white chocolate sandwiched in between. It's like a party on my tongue. But seriously, this box of macaroni and cheese is tempting me. Sending me lustful looks from my drawer. I'm not sure how much longer I can resist.

Oh and I think it's fall. The temperature is getting chilly meaning perfect for scarves and cardigans. Today I sported a thin plaid scarf that Eileen and Joyce brought back for me all the way from Italy. I feel fashionable instantly.

bigger is better

   

I guess I discovered how much nicer pictures look when they're bigger. The bigger the better. The more the merrier. Cities look good too. And so does a table filled with Mom's cooking. I've also been loving accessories. Especially the bracelet Patrice made me. It was lonely on my wrist so I made another consisting of hex nuts to accompany hers. Oh, and I also added two hairbands.

i love pho hoa

Take me on a date and you can never go wrong with pho. I love pho. Like, ridiculously. I think it's the synesthesia. Takes me back a couple years to the pho restaurant back home in San Diego that my parents used visit quite frequently. In fact, I'm pretty sure it was called Pho Cow. Pho back in SD was delicious with authentic Vietnamese chefs and ingredients. I was a rare and delightful discovery that my boyfriend and I stumbled across this small pho shop in one of the small alleys of ZhongXiao Dunhua. It is quite hard to find pho in Taiwan, even harder to find pho that tastes as genuine as this.

{excuse the fatty oils - my bowl of raw beef pho}

Provided with basil, hot sauce, lime, some brownish pho sauce, and other green leaves on the side, this bowl of pho cost me 140NT. Usually I proceed with a small squirt of lime and a spare squeeze of the brownish liquid into my soup. Pho Hoa gives a surprisingly decent amount of noodles which always leaves me satisfied. I love love loveee it here. I want to go back tomorrow :(


PHO HOA
No. 43, Lane 190, Tunhua S. Road, Sec. 1
(02) 2751-5578 
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