Kirbie's Cravings

Southwest Airlines Snacks

Whenever I go on a trip, one of the things I’m most anticipating are the snacks and entertainment on the flights and the amenities in the hotels. I end up choosing my travel arrangements...

Donut Bar

After the opening of Swoon Dessert Bar, the grand opening I was most looking forward to was Donut Bar. I obviously was not alone in my excitement over promises of high quality donuts, since...

Banana Cinnamon Chip Mug Cake

Yes, I’ve been obsessing over mug cakes again recently. I wanted to revisit the banana one because while I already have a banana mug cake recipe, it’s one of the recipes where I wasn’t...

4 Ingredient Leftover Easter Candy Mug Cake

So with Easter now over, do you still have a lot of leftover chocolate Easter candy? If so, this is a great way to get rid of some. While most leftover candy recipes involve...

Eureka Burger

I first visited Eureka! Burger shortly after it first opened. Recently, we stopped in again to check out things now that they’ve had a chance to settle in. We were there on a Wednesday...

My Lent Experience

Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone has a great Sunday. My Hello Kitty collection grew recently, with the addition of the Hello Kitty dressed as a bunny. She didn’t come with the basket; I...

Chocolate Covered Peeps and Easter Recipe Round-Up

Easter is just about here, so I thought I’d share a round up of recipe ideas from my past recipe posts. I also have a few more new recipes to share like these chocolate...

Din Tai Fung

It’s been quite a while since we visited Din Tai Fung, the restaurant chain famous for their pork soup dumplings (xiao long bao). LA has quite a few offerings for XLB, most much cheaper...

Cadbury Egg Brownies

Only a few more days until Easter! I saw quite a few pictures on blogs of people making brownies studded with Cadbury Eggs in the last few weeks, prompting me to make one too....

MARU lounge

Earlier this month, while running errands, we noticed a sign for MARU Lounge, occupying the previous Cafe Venti. The restaurant, which opened earlier this month, is yet another Korean fusion restaurant. There’s been so...

Easter Mug Cake

If you haven’t already figured it out, my mind was filled with tons of Easter ideas these last few weeks. Which doesn’t totally make sense because my family doesn’t do anything fancy to celebrate...

Glazed Bubble Buns for Easter

These cute glazed bubble buns are perfect for brunch. They are lightly sweet and decorated with a simple sugar glaze and sprinkles. I made them from scratch but you can use premade dough to...