The lovable, Toby, was in town again, this time for the Disneyland marathons going on over Labor Day. Tonight, he invited the LA Crew to a Mongolian Hot Pot Restaurant in Pasadena, for ALL YOU CAN EAT food you cook in a bowl. I must say, I was skeptical about going. I actually misread the e-mail and thought I had signed up for All You Can Eat Sushi, as sushi is usually what this group does. The only food I cooked in a pot in the past years was at The Melting Pot and at some Shabu Shabu place, both not very good memories. But I must say, YELPERS were right about this place. With 4.5 out of 5 stars, this place did rock in atmosphere and in taste. It was a most enjoyable evening out with good friends.
Here is a picture of the gang that went: Minh, Caroline, Danielle, Jung, Toby and Me.
When I was going to Michigan State University, my friends and I would always go to BW3's for hot wings. They always had a variety of flavored wings from Honey BBQ to steaming hot, hot, death wings. Wings and a beer were just the thing to satisfy a busy student's appetite. When we frequented BW3's it was a dive bar but by the time my brother graduated from MSU they swapped locations for a building across the street and turned the name to Buffalo Wild Wings and the restaurant became more like a chain thing. Well, color me shocked the other day when we went to the movies and I saw a Buffalo Wild Wings being built in the AMC Burbank 16 complex. Apparently, after looking on their website they are one of the fastest top 10 chains in the US. So of course I had to introduce the hubby to one of my favorite college treats. I don't think he is so much a fan of chicken wings so we got boneless chicken wings a.k.a. tasty little chicken chunks in two of the flavored sauc...
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