Hanging With the Homie

Me and Gen used to have these super long lunch breaks every other week. Sadly, those days have come and gone. Now, we have to plan our outtings on the weekends when both of us are free. We even went on a super long hiatus, which really sucked. But thankfully, we were able to see each other last month and once again today! I'm hoping we get to see each other at least once a month.

Anyhow, today we planned on lunch and just going with the flow afterwards.

We decided on having ramen! There were two spots for us to choose from, either Shin-Sen-Gumi out in Fountain Valley or Santouka out in Costa Mesa. We ended up choosing Santouka. Boy, was it the wrong time to head out to Mitsuwa. LOL. Parking was way crazy! We seriously were fighting for parking spots and when we found a spot and signalled, some other lady came out of nowhere and was seriously about to steal my spot! We were like.. ooo it's going down if you take my spot. LOL. Like lady.. you'll come back to flat tires! Rofl. But, I was more aggressive and got my spot, as it should be.

Inside the lunch area was even worse! After deciding on what to order, Gen waited in line while I went around looking for a free table. It was madness! Other folks were already on the prowl for people who were about to be finished. I was still looking for a table when Gen was done ordering, so we both started searching. We were even about to see if someone wouldn't mind sharing their table with us! That's how freaking crowded it was. Luckily we found one of the high-chair tables with two spots open. There was actually three spots open and we got there at the same time this guy got there and we were like.. do you mind if we sit here? He said sure, but we had no idea that he was also waiting for his girl who was ordering food. But it all worked out as they found another spot nearby.

The ramen? Oh sooo delicious! I don't remember how Shin-Sen-Gumi tasted, but Santouka definitely hit the spot. Their pork fat was ah-MAZING!

We definitely wanted a fruity drink afterwards, but something light. We looked around the area, but their shops didn't have great reviews on yelp so we decided we'd hit up Ten Ren. But, not before we walk around the marketplace and shop for snacks!

At Ten Ren, we both ordered a lychee peach slush with light boba. They actually mixed the two flavors for us and it turned out great!

After Ten Ren, we headed back to the apartment and just hung out and chit chatted. We also caught the Chicago Bulls' playoff game.

Fun times! Can't wait til we hang out again!