Thanks for stopping by to read mmm-yoso!!!, a food blog.  Kirk is currently busy and Cathy is writing today's post. Link to 2024 Road Test #1 Link to 2024 Road Test #2 Another Road Test of mechanics and maneuverability for some floats which will be participating in the 2024 Tournament of Roses Rose Parade was held on the last Saturday of August at Phoenix Decorating Company in Irwindale.  We arrived here about 7 a.m. The Entry for Rotary International, "Clean Water, The Music of Life" was being tested with weight (people) onboard.  You can see a rectangular slot at the ..read more

Ju Feng Yuan Dumpling opened back in January and created a bit of a buzz. I know that "FOYs" SDJulie and RD both highly recommended the place. And Calvin, who lives fairly close by also liked the place, though he said that the Xiao Long Bao weren't always available. So, I decided to wait past the soft opening period before driving up to Scripps Poway Parkway in search of Ju Feng Yuan. When I arrived, I cracked up, just a short while back this was Rooster Rice & Noodles! Well, they didn't last too long did they? I had heard that the place gets a bit busy so I told Calvin to meet me there r ..read more

Hope everyone is having a nice Labor Day!  Just a quick post with updates today. So here goes.... Sunny Noodle is Now Spicy Noodle: Driving on Clairemont Mesa I noticed a sign over what was Sunny Noodle. Man, didn't they just open at the end of December last year? Though the place uses the website for Sunny Noodle and that four-lettered website still has it listed under Sunny Noodle as well? I was told new owners, but am not in any rush to check the place out. 8046 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. San Diego, CA 92111 O-To-San Kushiyaki And Ramen is Now Otori Yakitori: I saw this while driving back ..read more

We had a nice little break after our visit to the Louvre and having some ramen. Checking email, taking a short nap, and heading to the corner Carrefour for some coffee pods. This being winter, the night came on like a curtain being dropped and there was a chill in the air. We don't get this in San Diego, and especially not in Hawaii, so it was kind of fun to experience. We decided to head on over to an area we don't really go to a lot, in the 8th Arrondissement, Avenue des Champs-Élysées. It had been a while since we'd been in this area, but thought that visiting during the Christmas season wo ..read more

Ah yes, the Louvre, the largest museum in the world at 652,300 square feet with over 35,000 pieces of art on display. It can be is quite intimidating. There's just no way to see "everything" in one visit and if you even tried this, would you even remember what you saw? We had been to the Louvre twice over the years and really wanted to visit yet again. We always get our tickets online, which makes things much easier and do either an early or late visit. On this visit, I was purchasing our tickets and noticed that there was a "Visitor's Trail" of the Louvre's Masterpieces on the website. Why ha ..read more

A couple of months back I heard about a plate lunch place opening in Rancho Penasquitos named Kalei's Kitchenette. I noticed that the place opened at 10am, so I decided to take the drive on over and get there before the lunch crowds.  The shop is quite tiny with just a few indoor and outdoor tables and counter seating. And the menu is quite concise as well with basically six items available not including poke bowls on the weekends and specials. One thing that quickly caught my attention were the photos and the chef's story. He's a real local boy form Maui. What really grabbed me was the ..read more

We slept well after our dinner at Mountain House, we thought our room at the renovated Best Western wasn't bad, except for the terrible WiFi, but heck, we were here to relax, right? We got up rather early (for a Saturday) since we had three stops in mind. The first being Porto's in West Covina, we used to go to the Buena Park location when I was doing work in OC and you can read all about Cathy's visits in her Rose Parade float posts. We just basically stop for two things the Missus wants, the dulce de leche cookies. Next stop was a place we used to drive the 90 mile round trip to almost ever ..read more

The Missus wanted to have dinner at EE Nami again recently. So, we decided to make a date night out of it. This was last minute, so we made sure to get to the restaurant 15 minutes before opening. It was a good thing too since there was only two tables without "reserved" signs on them. The Missus was really craving the special that we had on our previous dinners, Miyazaki A5 Wagyu Nigiri. And I had really enjoyed the Ankimo with Smoked Takuan. Unfortunately, both of these items are no longer offered. In fact, there was only one special on the menu. So, we looked over the menu and decided on w ..read more

After spending our first full day in Paris, we had reservations for dinner at a place recommended by an acquaintance of mine. They often stay in the Marais and enjoy a brasserie named Le Bouledogue. We were staying just a few blocks away so the nice walk down to Rue Rambuteau was quite easy for us. The interior of the restaurant is quite charming and the brasserie's namesake is "Elliot" who was owned by the previous owner of this establishment. Service was interesting, the gentleman running things seemed almost irritated and angry at something. The woman who was our Server was very nice and f ..read more

One of the great things about spending 2 whole weeks in Paris is that it gives us time to do a bit more exploring outside of the center of the city. We'd always been fascinated by cemeteries and had already visited Pere Lachaise twice on previous trips. On that subject, did you know that the oldest pet cemetery in Europe (it's often claimed to be the oldest in the world) Cimetière des Chiens, established in 1899, is located in the suburbs of Paris, right across the Seine from the 10th Arrondissement in Asnières-sur-Seine? I took a look at this web page, saw a familiar name, and convinced the M ..read more