Mr. Liu came up with this idea that we should do something new whenever we can. We should at least find a new place to go (around LA) each month, and then try a new restaurant like every two weeks, and then learn something new once a while.....and all other plans I can't remember....etc...
So we decided to go to Descanso gardens past Sat, and that had nothing to do with our "NEW" project (cuz we have been there few times already)....lol....We only went cuz we have annual pass and there seemed be an interesting "Japanese theme" kinda thing going on for Sat. As you can see some people werereally into it and actually wanted to look Japanese with the umbrella...hahaha....I can't tell if she noticed I was taking a photo and stared at me with those blind people sunglasses....:p oh and I think it was like the most packed Descanso I have ever experienced so far....
We happen to run into this Chrysanthemums festival when we visited the garden. I don't know where they found all those diff. types of chrysanthemums, but they are not particularly my type of flowers really....so here are some diff. ones which I found interesting......Most of them just look complicated I think....lol...and other types didn't turn out too well in the photos....so anyway....
Got this weird photo of weird lady bugs right at the entrance....
I didn't know people can actually eat and reserve meals at the Japanese garden. I am sure the food must not be too great, but at least the atmosphere is kinda cool....
There were flower displays in the Japanese garden, but I didn't really like the indoor ones even though some of them were creative. I think the outdoor ones just look more natural and has better color combination with the sun....
To go along with the Japanese theme they had those Japanese drums for a performance. Most of the players were not Japanese though....which I find interesting....and they really didn't perform that well, but again most of the garden performances are not that good anyway...:p
No idea why I took a photo of this....but they have this kinda flower everywhere in the garden.
The little cart turned out to look poetic I think....and that grandpa driving the small train passed by us several times while we were walking around the place for like 15 min.
Isn't it strange they have GREEN pumpkins? oh well Halloween was over so I guess nobody cares about the color any more....and Billy wanted to look strong with that little cart which I "supposedly" sat on....
Since everyone was watching the drum performance, we had a chance to take photos at the rose garden without people bothering us. It's the 1st time we don't see whole bunch of people at the rose garden :)
The tree was golden....which reminds me of Michigan a lot....It would be even nicer if they have red maple trees...and Billy wanted to take a photo with the willow tree...I don't know why I used to like those trees a lot when I was a kid....cuz I have no special feelings toward willows now....:p
We went to Art Center to check out their exhibits, but I didn't see anything I liked except this little monster who looked tired and drunk with the beer....lol....
We went to Malbec for dinner, which is an Argentinean restaurant which specialize in steaks. Billy found this place from Yelp (I think...) and we decided this place would be the "new" restaurant we try out for these two weeks :)
The olive oil dip with parsley was nice....and the appetizer Billy ordered was pretty cool too. The appetizer basically had every type of seafood you can think of except fish...yeah I like that part...
Atmosphere at the place was pretty nice...but then there were mostly old people eating at the place. I guess we just happen to go to a lot of places with old people around....
Billy ordered the ribeye steak and I got the short ribs. I think my short ribs was better cuz it had more fat in it and the meat was more tender that way...oh and it was more tasty too with the wood grill... :)
I really liked the cactus that was on our table...must took like 2 dozen photos of it to have a good take because of the dim lighting....
Took a photo when we got our dessert. It was this Argentinean bread pudding which tasted more like cake....Well...I would say the restaurant try out turned out to be good....:)
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