85°C Bakery Cafe (Southern California)

After La Tavolata, we went to 85°C Bakery Cafe to pick up a couple of desserts for home.  It’s a bit like the bakery at the end of my Mitsuwa Marketplace post because there are both sweet and savory pastries.  Let’s take a peek! There are a few branches around Southern California, and this one […]

Forage (Los Angeles, CA)

After Unique LA, my friend and I were extremely hungry.  Even though we had a few samples of some delicious sweets at the show, we needed to have some real food.  We decided to go to one of her favorite restaurants nearby, Forage! The outside is not the most festive or inviting, but the inside […]

Candle Light Bakery (Norwalk, CA)

This is going to be a short and sweet post, which is perfect because this Candle Light Bakery is a bakery with short and sweet items! My friend Mair (who is starting her own blog soon) came over to hang out for a bit, and she brought along cookies and cream puffs from a bakery I […]

Beard Papa (worldwide)

After our dinner at The Boiling Crab for my aunt’s birthday, I suggested that we walk down to Beard Papa for a small dessert! Since each franchise has different owners, they all have different items to sell in addition to the cream puffs.  For example, this one had… Macarons!  Also, lots of iced drinks, little […]

Katella Deli – Bakery (Los Alamitos, CA)

After our dinner in the Katella Deli restaurant, we had to take a look at the bakery!  Definitely one of our family’s favorites that we always visit for holidays, birthdays, and every other celebration. The bakery is attached to the restaurant, which makes it impossible to leave the restaurant without stopping by. This area has a […]

Katella Deli – Restaurant (Los Alamitos, CA)

Another old favorite that I am excited to share with you!  My guy was busy and my mom was out of town, so my dad and I had a father-daughter dinner just like old times.  We scrolled through the list of our favorites and we ended up settling on Katella Deli! It’s an old school […]

Mitsuwa Marketplace – Part 2 (Southern California)

On my last post, I shared my trip to Mitsuwa Marketplace.  On this post, I wanted to share a few of the items I bought! First of all, here are the packaged sweets. Here is the Yan Yan, which comes with a bunch of sticks and a dipping creme.  I’m a fan of strawberry, but […]

Mitsuwa Marketplace (Southern California)

This is my first post on The Episodic Eater about grocery shopping!  Well, what is so special about that?  Not many people that I know have gone into any international grocery stores, and I have been exploring them since I was a kid. Keep in mind that there are many kinds of ethnic grocery stores […]