Birthday Feast

T ran around town to pick up all my favorite asian foods. Korean and Japanese mix. Soondubuchigae with some pickled radish.

O Kimchi. I've missed you!!

Chicken teriyaki. The skin on this chicken was still perfectly crispy. There was a nice balance of teriyaki sauce with sweet onions and rice. Yuuuumm!!

Bi bim bap

 

Chirashi

Vegan peanut butter chocolate cake and vegan chocolate block with vienetta ice cream for dessert. Both the desserts were very rich but my favorite was the peanut butter cake. PB & Chocolate is such a magical combination!

I went to PUNCH this afternoon.http://www.virginactive.co.uk/Content/PressRoom/Punch.aspx . It's a new Virgin Active workout class that involves using a combination of pads and boxing glove exercises with floor body weight circuits. It reminded me how much I love kicking ass in the gym and sweating buckets! :o) :o)

After workout lunch @ the Star of Kings, a local pub just around the corner.

http://starofkings.co.uk/

The pub is quite cozy and kinda retro feeling.

Pastrami sandwich. A decent, healthy and fresh tasting sandwich considering pastrami isn't the healthiest of deli meats.

Tuna Nicoise, a good lunch special deal for £5!

Hot out of the fryer, triple cut chunky chips with ketchup and mayo.

Nicely layered sandwich on crusty, chewy bread.

White chocolate covered oreo's for dessert.

Song of the day: Gardi "Quien Te Digo"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLj7ZKFkLs&feature=related

Strolling down the streets of BCN

The boys out to watch some football! How cute..  The weather was nice enough to sit outside, have a cervesa, tapas, and cheer for Barcelona!

Casa Bastllo designed by Antoni Gaudi.

And so it begins..

The house screamed my name. It was built to mimic the underwater world with its use of bright colors and odd shapes.

Mushroom shaped fireplace. he he he..

Curvy and loopy, nothing really was very straight.

Leaving my mark.. Thank you Gaudi for creating such a wonderful masterpiece.

Sort of feels like you're underwater

the colors of this house were so amazing!! I felt like I was in some sort of fun house at a carnival.

The gills of a fish?

the view from up top

Dragon I C U!!!!

the city also reminded me of Paris, although not as dirty. Lots of peeps on motorcycles and scooters. I wanna one!!

Some of the streets are very narrow but easily navigable because the street signs are actually on all the buildings. ahem... London could use a few pointers.