week 2 of my FL trip :) *photo heavy*

Hello~

Here is my part 3 of FL

I had amazing time there even with the hot and humid weather since I was with my close friends,, friends are so important without them I think I would be lost,,, but thankfully I have amazing support and love from my friends which I cherish with all my soul!&hearts

ok so here are random shots around Yuan2 house,, she has really good taste with the deco along with random weird thing lol

very asian and chinessy deco, I love it so zen

yuan2's all time favorite movie Nightmare before christmas hehe

Random item,, leather dinosaur lol we found this guy at TJ maxx surprisingly,, Yuan2 was so happy with this purchase....lol XD

Yuan2's prints from her printing days,, i love this one so much! I wish she did art more but too busy with work :(

my best friend is filled with so much talent,, I look up to her so much♥

I took a video also of her playing the guitar,, maybe I will post next time!!

we had a dinner at one of the Vietnamese place in colonial called pho88, I love pho and spring rolls with fish sauce!! most of all I love Vietnamese iced coffee♥

 

I miss you already....T__T

the trio, mary,yuan2 and me,,, so greasy looking from the heat and the humidity lol XP

one of my favorite japanese traditional snack,, mitarashi dango 

my mouth always waters when I see this in the japanese grocery stores lol

basically its rice dumpling in the ball on a stick with sweet soysauce glaze,, oh so yumm need to learn how to make this at home i know its pretty simple to make :D

 so I wanted to make dinner for everyone so wanted to have takoyaki party since my all time favorite food are takoyaki ! first I made tamago nigiri sushi and eel nigiri sushi since they are my favorite lol

was very proud of how I made the tamago but I forgot to buy seaweed to wrap around the nigiri pieces so it didnt look like the real thing without the seaweed :(

the toppings for the takoyaki, okonomiyaki sauce, cupie mayo, bonito fish flake and usually topped with seaweed flakes too but I completely forgot to buy them... :/

me trying so hard at making takoyaki balls on the takoyaki grill,, I lost my touch since I havent make takoyaki in a long time lol  but it turned out ok not great....

after the it is made into a ball glaze with the sauces! oh so good! Takoyaki are traditionally filled with tako*octopus* but I filled mine with shrimp they are just as good :D

Had lunch at a place in 5 point in Jacksonville called mossfire grill to meet up with one of Zach friend,

I had their special grilled salmon with mango butter, it was good :D

then last day of our trip we ended up going to Hanamizuki one of authentic Japanese cuisine in Orlando located on the international drive

I got the course meal (which include chawanmushi,either tempura or sashimi,tsukemono,miso soup,salad and a dessert) along with your main meal which starts you off with some chawanmushi which are steamed egg custard

and off to the sashimi

This pressed mackerel was soo good!! I highly recommend if you like mackerel sushi :D

grilled salmon dinner

ika*squid* tempura

sushi hana set

fried ama ebi shrimp head

it was really good but they are on the pricey side since they provided full authentic menus, so if you are ever in orlando and want to try out real Japanese style meals try to Hanamizuki~ I recommend going on lunch time since their prices are lower and they have lunch specials! :)

group shot of the crew and my mom :D

ohh I miss you guys hope some of you visit me here in MN also!!! ^0^

well that is it for recaps of my trip in FL finally!! :D

will get back to making review and stuff soon~ 

currently trying to work out of being sick and will start working on posting new items in ekiLove as soon as I can, will keep you updated♥

thank you for stopping by again! 

XOXO

eki