Kirbie's Cravings

Strawberry mochi cupcakes

Recently I was introduced to a mochi cupcake recipe by The Food Librarian that varies from the previous mochi cake recipe I have been using.  I was curious to check out this new recipe. ...

Harney Sushi

Harney Sushi 3964 Harney St San Diego, CA 92110 (619) 295-3272 www.harneysushi.com/ Recently I was invited to a VIP event at Harney Sushi to celebrate their 9th birthday.  I’d never been to Harney Sushi. ...

Mochi with fresh strawberry and red bean paste filling

A few weeks ago, I found a recipe for mochi with strawberry filling on Une-deux senses.  A whole strawberry wrapped inside a mochi.  It looked so pretty! I love using strawberries in desserts.  So...

Chin’s Convoy

Chin’s Convoy 4433 Convoy St San Diego, Ca 92078 858-499-8965 www.chinscuisine.com Ever since Kirk of mmm-yoso reported that a Chin’s was opening on Convoy back in March of last year, I watched the progress...

Seashell vanilla cakelets

Did you guys feel the huge earthquake this weekend?  Since living in San Diego, I’ve experienced quite a few earthquakes, but this was definitely by far the biggest I’ve experienced.  It went on so...

Baby kiwi

The other day I was at Trader Joe’s when Boyfriend pointed out this package of baby kiwi to me.  I’ve never seen baby kiwi before but they were so cute I just had to...

Introducing Funny Photo Fridays

I know many of you enjoyed Boyfriend’s Philippines’ posts. I found myself constantly trying to hold in the laughter when reading them.  For a while now I’ve been trying to figure out how to...

Chocolate Mousse made with silken tofu

When I saw this recipe for chocolate mousse using silken tofu instead of heavy cream from And then I do the dishes, I couldn’t believe it.  Silken tofu as a substitute for heavy cream? ...

Wynn Las Vegas buffet

Little Sis went to Vegas not too long ago and took her camera with her so she could blog about her food experiences.  Here's her post on the buffet at Wynn hotel.   The...

Shrimp with purple snow peas

Last week while browsing the Ranch 99 sales ad, I noticed that purple snow peas were on sale.  Purple snow peas?? I didn't even know such a thing existed. Sure enough, when I went...

Hot Pot City Milpitas

Hot Pot City Milpitas 500 Barber Ln Milpitas, CA (408) 428-0988 Last time I was in the Bay Area, my family had plans to go to Hot Pot City Milpitas, but ended up not...

Matcha Chocolate Swirl Cupcakes

I really liked the green tea and chocolate marbled cake I made last time, and decided to make them into cupcakes. I wanted to add some matcha frosting, but I didn’t have time.  But...