onmon : adventures: Winter Break Part 2: Blu Sardina, Microsoft, etc. and Boxer Ramen in Portland (Part 1 and Part 2 are backwards :S )

I should've put these adventures first, since they came before Part 2...oh well :P

I had lunch at Microsoft. If only we had food like this in college cafeterias.

This is a baguette that costed under $4 USD. I like different flavors that are balanced, and they did a pretty good job with balancing the textures and taste.

Microsoft has free flavored water all over the cafeteria. Basil, strawberry, and citrus...quite refreshing.

There was a salad bar that offers different salads each day. My dad brought pomegranate and added it to the bowl :P I wanted just balsamic vinegar, but my mom asked for mango chili dressing as well. What a party...it was kind of spicy x__x

My brother and I, working out so we can eat more food.

We revisited Bangkok Basil again, and I ordered the red curry like my dad. Adrian got a noodle dish that comes with stir-fried egg and crab meat.

I also got my dessert wish :3 deep fried banana, crunchy and sweet.

In Bella Bottega of Redmond, there used to be a Tully's Coffee across Starbucks, but they went out of business. The place was empty for the longest time, until Blu Sardina came along. Even when I went back in the summer, I didn't even know this place existed already. It's fine dining, and it's Mediterranean food. My mom got the seafood risotto, and I got a basil pesto pizza with their daily soup.

We also got some pumpkin Mascarpone, oh yeeeeees <3

This is just a Vietnamese sandwich from Yummy Pho. It's pretty simple to make; just take a baguette with some carrots, cilantro, mayo, carrots, jalapenos, and marinated protein of your choice.

Also went back to Frying Fish. The sauce of the Mapo tofu was waayyy too salty and spicy. This was really hard to finish, and I had to add sugar to balance the spiciness.

The last time I went to this Korean restaurant called Western Garden in Federal Way was when I was still in high school. This place got really busy, so we ended up waiting for a really long time before we could sit down. To me, it's pretty much standard Korean food.

This is the third time I went to Boxer Ramen in Portland. The first was with my mom (she doesn't remember), the second time was with a good friend during our trip to Oregon by ourselves, and this past winter break was the third time. They finally added a drink menu.

I got the vegetarian curry ramen. It was really cool to see the broth and sweet soy sauce separate. The mushrooms were also marinated in the sweet soy sauce.