I have been visiting Adora every week and last week the decor changed from Christmas to Chinese New Year 🙂  
Diffuser at Diptyque!!!
Love these Joyce Oreña necklaces 
It’s Chinese New Year but I am thinking Valentine’s 🙂  
 I’m so at home now in Adora and even more that there are familiar faces. I bumped into Ms. Co ( Corazon) who I love ever since Rustan’s days. She worked in Rustan’s for 30 years, retired in 2005, then joined Adora in 2011. She started in 1975 in Rustan’s YoungVIP then she was promoted to Asst supervisor in 1979 then transferred as Supervisor of Men’s shoes then Cosmetics and Perfumeries. Then she became Boutique Manager for Cartier for 7 years then Store Div Manager of Cosmetics and Toiletries.
At Adora she was Area manager for prestige men’s and ladies and now she is CFL of H Stern. So this lady knows a lot and has handled all kinds of products. I love our people who remain loyal to the company and to the family. Look for her in Adora and you will love her too
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Groomingdales! 🙂  
Spotted! Â Â Smart friend, Andres Limcaoco, in Stanford University
 The most popular ice cream flavor in Humphrey Slocombe – Secret Breakfast which has Bourbon and cornflakes cookies. Also a favorite of our foodie son 
Mmmm…
A rainbow 
Wow 🙂
Buyers of Lotto ticket with a historic jackpot of $ 1.5B
Pretty Kitty 🙂
Love the twigs at Sur La Table
Pottery Barn!
A yoga studio in San Francisco
San Francisco City Hall
Yum!
 I always bump into familiar faces in @target.  Gumamela Triccie @tlacson with her daughter Sara @karina__dancer with her Dad and sister who arrived from Manila and surprised her 
Water for customer at Williams Sonoma
Valentine Cookie in Starbucks
Easter at Pottery Barn!
Cheese cakes!!!
 When Dad and Mom lived in San Francisco in the 1960’s they lived right beside Japan Town and their favorite was this Grilled Rib Eye steak teriyaki ( now $15.95) It’s two layers of thinly sliced rib eye. So everytime we go to SF, they always eat in Kushi Tsuru in Japan Town  and order this dish! It’s YUM! To them it’s YUM at the same time it brings back memories
Pringles!
Oreos!
 From Hawthorne st. you can watch the kitchen window of Benu.
Courtyard
The background music comes from a turntable by the entrance of the restaurant with the jacket of the record beside so you can see what’s playing- when we arrived Billie Holiday Songs was playing
Our pretty server. Love their uniforms
From our table – our view of Korean clay pots called Ongi which is used to preserve and ferment. Each has a label. They use to ferment – Sake lees, champagne vinegar, shoyu soy sauce to name a few. 
My most favourite were the small delicacies – there were 10 of them
Bread with fresh butter ( shaped like a honeycomb) with fresh honey infused with ginseng
5-tined fork
They gave us a tour of the kitchen 🙂
 A very young and handsome  3 Michelin star  Korean Chef Corey Lee of Benu ( American Korean ). The restaurant is only 5 years old. The Tasting menu changes daily and they keep a record of your visit and the menu you had so when you visit again they know what you had. Heart2Heart highly recommends this restaurant
 Love this brand Kit and Ace @kitandace!  Comfortable basics/plains
 Kit and Ace @kitandace
“Shannon is married to JJ’s father, Chip Wilson, the founder of lululemon. During their time spent travelling abroad and living internationally, JJ and Shannon recognized a void in the luxury apparel industry. After spending years dressed head to toe in stretchy performance wear, they were looking for clothing that offered the same functionality but that met their desire for sophistication, style and luxury. Since they couldn’t find what they were looking for, they created it.
Shannon’s institutional knowledge and experience in product design teamed with JJ’s insights into fashion and retail have culminated into the vision that is Kit and Ace. Their plan is to deliver innovative products that provide comfort and ease of use to the wearer, while still offering the style and quality of the luxury brands they love.” ( Source : Kit and Ace website )
They always have this brochure which is their “The List” and here you will find their recommended spots to dine and entertain yourself in the area where the store is located. So since this is Burlingame, the list is for the Burlingame area and its nearby surroundings
 Time is Precious. Love the shopping bags!
They only accept credit cards – no cash
 There are 2 Thanh Longs in SF city – one is the original/ first branch and the other branch is called Crustacean in Polk st.
Previous entry: Â Crustacean San Francisco Sept 2013
We would go to Crustacean  because it’s usually easier to reserve. Tonight we are back and its newly renovated since November. It’s nice now! It’s a better dining experience so i highly recommend this branch
We always order the same things are we are happy:-) They removed this from the menu but we asked for it and they had it 🙂  Fried Calamari
 Rice Paper Shrimp Roll
Filled with poached shrimp, rice noodles, rau ram and green mango wrapped in soft rice paper, served with a spicy peanut sauce.
 Skewered Beef
Tender slices of beef marinated with lemongrass, sesame and asian herbs then grilled.
 The Roast Crab
An entire dungeness crab roasted to perfection with garlic and spices
 We were wondering why there was no head so we asked the server and apparently the crabs that were delivered had no heads!  But anyway the taste was still the same
They gave us free dessert in lieu of the crabs having no heads
 Hazelnut cake
 Fried Banana
Back at Il Fornaio! 🙂  And loving the flowers in the facade
Previous entry: Â Il Fornaio and Osteria Coppa Sept 18, 2015 Â Â 
Mushrooms and sausage pizza
Steak Tartare
 Pennoni Alla Vodka
Large pasta tubes with bacon, vodka-cream-tomato sauce and grana padano
Vongole which Dad really liked!
Stopped by this Macaron place in Stanford
This caught my attention! Â It reminded me of my favourite Pino chocolate in Japan
I tried this one since it resembled Pino and I loved it 🙂  
Here it is 🙂 Yum 🙂
A new discovery in the Bay Area!! Â A new Chinese restaurant! Â Thank you Pepe for introducing this place to us!!! Â I am sure we will be back here many times!
Mom discussing the menu – very serious! 🙂
Love our waiter – who is probably the manager!  I forgot his name! But look for him!  Very nice and very funny too 🙂
Chinese is always a good choice when it’s a big group. Â We were happy to see my cousin, Rissa and Charlie with their kids Steve and Alex
So happy to be with Dad’s friend from childhood.  Liliom who grew up with Daddy in Bacolod and his wife Arceli
and with Pepe
Roast pork! Yum!
Peking Duck two ways
 Fresh prawns cooked in soy sauce. Yum!!!!  It was even on 50% discount that evening
 Special fried rice in clay pot 
LIVE Alaskan King Crab
3 ways – With salted egg ( my favorite!!!!)
 Steamed with garlic 
 and Steamed with egg 
First time to see oysters served this way
Complimentary dessert – Mango and coconut pudding
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