Jamazin & Jantastic Adventures

Moving On

2011-03-17T23:50:00.000-07:00

Hello fans,

We are sad to say that we are moving on. Find us at http://jsquaredadventures.tumblr.com/

Peace,

Jamazin & Jantastic

In the Kitchen.

2011-01-12T17:58:00.000-08:00

Jamazin:
So the yuhj and I have been going out for a while now and strangely enough I had yet to cook for her. Why is this strange? Because... I like food. cooking, eating, whatever! It's definitely something that has been part of my life forever. My fondest memories as a kid is in the kitchen with my grandma. She always ALWAYS had something cooking and I loved it. I think that's where I developed my taste for food. She made me taste everything and told me what was good and not. It's just something I enjoy. I can go on and on.. but I really do enjoy cooking. BUT. FINALLY. a time came along where I could finally cook for Janice. I didn't know what to make... So.. BAM. Steak & Pasta. Went to the market... they didn't have the cut I like.. so I had to settle with a New York strip. For the pasta. I went with a Carbonara.. aka Bacon Pasta. Well, the dinner was okay.. but Janice said it was amazin.. she lies sometimes...

Jantastic (I'm only putting this because James wrote "Jamazin" hahahaa):
So.... James wrote this post a long time ago, yet I failed to do my part -.-
But... I'm doing it now!
And just FYI James, I was NOT lying... I don't know how to lie... hehe
mm yes... I was super excited for James' cooking because he always talked about how good he was... and he proved himself right :)
Steak + Pasta... who could ask for more?? My steak was cooked medium.. the way I like it (thank you) and the Carbonara pasta was done just right, especially with the bacon! (thank you)
I expect a better steak next time if they have the right cut hehe (i am jking).. but carbonara pasta? You can make it for me again this week (thank you)

HEHE

2010-12-01T23:09:00.000-08:00

So Janice is being really lazy with the blog. It was her idea to be so cute with this stuff, yet she always forgets. Anyway.. lets see how long she doesn't check this blog. So if this post is still up or not tampered with, that means she has forgotten. therefore means that she is a lamebutt.

Janice:
Omg.... You wrote that post above (the In the Kitchen one) in October... that means I haven't done it in a couple months o.o
Me so sorry.... lol
Consider me doing this as part of our one year! hehehe <3

6 Months?!?!... Actually more than that...

2010-09-07T01:55:00.000-07:00

Hellooo... this is Janice, and well, it's been awhile since we've updated- I know that our lives are just so interesting to read about :)
On July 11, 2010, it was our 6-month anniversary! Except, I don't remember much of that day...
What I do remember is a couple days after our 6-month, and we actually ended up doing more stuff on that day.. so that shall be our true 6-month celebration! James and I decided to go to MOCA and visit the Disney Concert Hall. Before going into MOCA, we tried lemonade for the first time. So many different choices of lemonade- it was yumss and their macarons are huge- the size of the palm of my hand! Although their macarons can be a bit more crumbly than expected, they were still able to satisfy my dessert stomach...
Finally... while strolling through all the different galleries, we saw works by Jackson Pullock, Arshile Gorky, Jasper John and many many more amazing artists!
Afterwards, we made our way to the Disney Concert Hall... didn't go inside, but had a lot of fun taking pictures of ourselves on the reflective building :)
That pretty much sums up the day... here are some loverly pictures for your enjoyment andd..
Happy Almost 8 Months! O.O

At the top of Disney Concert Hall!

The piece that suits him best :)

A fun day <3

OK! this is the male. And yes... its been over half a year. What an experience and what an amazing time I have had. Living in the greater Los Angeles area, we have the opportunity to be very "cultured." I am going to be honest and tell you people that I am not the most artsy person. But! there are some art-like things that get to my soul. Therefore, I enjoy going to museums. MOCA was alright. Lots of funky modern junk. It was quite cheap, so that means I give it a thumbs up. On a greater scope, downtown downtown LA gets a bad rap. And yes, they deserve it. IT LOOKS LIKE CRAP! But. there are some parts such as MOCA, Disney concert hall, and those tall business buildings that make it kinda shmancy. I know that theres plenty to eat and enjoy there so stay tuned for more Jamazin & Jantastic Adventures in the shadows of the tall buildings of downtown LA.

CUPCAKE ME!

2010-06-07T22:09:00.000-07:00

Ever since James became Jantastical and Janice was Jamazed, James (me) has learned that everybody has a "dessert stomach." For those of you who are not aware, a "dessert stomach" is another pocket in the stomach. Very similar to how a cow has multiple stomachs, it is the view of the Yuhj that every decent human being has an extra pocket of stomachness to fulfill the sweet desires after a yummy meal. In the past, I have never been the one to eat cakes and ice creams after a meal, but all has changed. After EVERY meal we have had together, there has also been the consumption of sweets. And even when I am not eating with her, I have found myself munching on a dessert of some time. And to a sad extent, I find myself looking up food blogs and reading about cupcakes and what not.... sad sad sad.

So yes, we have visited many cupcakeries and bakeries. What is best? WHAT IS BEST???
I can't answer that for you. These cupcakes are all so different. Each place has their own style and unique flavors.

Here are some thoughts to ponder:

People say Sprinkles is overrated, but it is not. The thick, yet moist cake with the yummy frosting is yummy. Sprinkles is a victim of being too famous and being overly criticized.
I judge a cupcake place by its Red Velvet. Should be moist. I love seeing RED cake, don't like the reddish brown stuff. Cream Cheese Frosting please!
Love trying them weird flavors. Best unusual cupcake I have tasted is from Susiecakes. PEANUT BUTTER & JELLY! yummmy!
I hate it when the YUHJ eats all the frosting without eating the cake part! NOOOO!
Kiss My Bundt isn't a cupcake place, but whatever dude.. its the same sheezy. love their Orea flavor.
I dislike crumbs.
I love going to Big Man Bakes in downtown LA. Not only for their yummy cupcakes, but I always see the real "Big Man" and we always have small talk. He's huge.
The reason I will not rank the best cupcakes is because there are so many in Los Angeles, I feel like I will come upon a better cupcake any day! so just enjoy these pics of all the yumzies we have consumed.

~ ~ ~ JANICE ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

First off... "Big Man" from Big Man Makes really is huge! It's amazing!
Anywho... I agree with ALMOST all of my bf's points, except about how I eat all the frost- I only did that once after I asked him and he said "YES" ( not my fault :] )
*Sigh... There are SO many yummy cupcakes and much too little dessert stomach... it's true- EVERYONE has a dessert stomach... if you haven't discovered that yet then I feel bad for you hahaha
Because there are so many deelish cupcakes to try, it's best to take a certain special someone with you *wink wink.. Why?? Cause then you get to order a lot MORE yummy cupcakes and share them so you have the opportunity to try even more flavors! so smart huh?
So for now.. here are some pictures for you to drool over. Enjoy! ;)

SPRINKLES:

MILK:

SUSIECAKES:

KISS MY BUNDT:

LASTLY- THE NAMJ AND HIS DOTS:

These are only a few of the pictures of some of our favorite cupcakes! As you can tell.. James enjoys them very very much Give them a try! :)

SAN DIEGO

2010-04-25T00:45:00.000-07:00

JANICE:
I wanted to go on an adventure to norcal.. but too far! So, one day, after the bf's last class we took off to SD for a one-day trip :D
While thinking of what to do.. we stopped to get some Mexican food.. I wish I remembered the name, the lady was so friendly and sweet!

yay for fatty carne asada and fish tacos and chili cheese fries!

during our little snack... i find out that james had never been to sd zoo D: ... so off we go to the zoo.. yay for free parking! + the weather was perfect that day.. nice and hot and sunny... and i got a major workout from walking up and down all those hills. btw.. when we went, the NEW Polor Bear Plunge Exhibit did NOT open yet :[ ... it opened on march 26 (which was james' birthday... just fyi)... so everyone go now! i hear its supposed to be awesomeee
anywho.. while at the zoo.. we met opi... some elephants (showering)... giraffes... pandas... snakes... etc etc etc... and i even got a cool souvenir tiger cup!!

Oh and once you go alll the way across the zoo entrance... you can just take the lift back down and get a good view of the entire zoo :]

One of the highlights of the zoo experience:

GET HIM!!!! GET HIM GET HIM GET HIM!

Just a side note... this day was also when i got this:

poor sausage finger of mine... it was just a couple weeks ago when half of my nail on that same finger ripped off... just when it was starting to get better...
woo hooo to a beautiful black nail for a few more weeks :]

okay... that is all. successful day!

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JAMES:
so yes.. my quick version. so SD is supposedly known for their durrty mexican food. and so when we were just literally driving around i pointed out a duhtty shack and next to it.. was a durrrtier lil restaurant. but good food. SoCal has provided me with the knowledge that if a mexican place in SD ends with the "TOS" or "TAS" its good. like 'Robertos' and "Lolitas." well the food was good. esp the fish tacos. had an unusual thick white sauce. perfect with the fried fish. and the story about the YUHJ's finger if you havent heard.... she came out of the car and slammed the door, but for some reason she held onto the door... and she smashed a finger PUAHAHAHAHAHA crazy! and I am at fault cuz we literally stared at each other for 10 seconds because I thought this was a joke (because who slams the door on their own hand) and yes.. ZOO was good times

Dinner was At Phils. Phils is the usual place where people go when in the Whale's Vagina. and I guess its self explanatory. but 1 thing I hold against the mighty Phils is that it can be neuk. too much sweetness. (I'm Korean and I need an equalizer. like rice)

and then. to satisfy the YUHJ's "dessert stomach" we traveled our ways to Heaven Sent Desserts. Its a cute lil cafe. when you order their desserts they give you a lil book to read. since the book has been passed through many hands, theres a bunch of writing on it. lots of cheezy couples put their names inside hearts and what not. The YUHJ did the same.. what a loser! anyway. i got some Tiramisu and the YUHJ got red velvet cake. both pretty aite. but ive had better of both.. SD disappointed with the desserts

and thats how it went down. a successful day trip!

JANICE:
woa woa woa....... just fyi to everyone... BF wrote in the cute little book too.... SO adorableeeeeee~
and forgot to mention.. went around seaport village area.. beautiful sunset!

V-Day

2010-04-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

JAMES:

Heres a valentines day story...
One day I was driving up to the City of Angels and realized valentines day was upon us, and I'm thinking to myself... oh crap! I have a girlfriend now! Yepp... so being the reckless Californian driver that I am, I text up all the older people in my life asking... "whats a romantic place to grab some grub?" A few seconds later, I start receiving a slurry of responses for the mass text I sent out. The conclusion is... Italian restaurants are pretty romantic. So I took her to the all-so-very-well-known Bottegga Louie! dun dun dunnnnn!!!

Located in one of the arteries of downtown LA.. Bottega Louie looks like an Italian designer bag store from the outskies.. very clean. very classy. when you walk in.. looks very boujie (boujie is the term I use when Im reminded of the Bourgeoisie) ceilings are high and majestic. white polished rock surrounding you.. kinda intimidates a regular college student like I. But you know what! we sit down immediately. get a nice waiter. brings some classy lookin water. and im ready to eat!

We start with the Portabello Fries! came with some snazzy horsey radishy sauce. LOVED IT!

And then our pizza comes out! half sausage. half bianco. it was my (jamazin) decision to be cautiously adventurous.

The pizza was... a pizza. just home made, oven baked, goodness. the bianco tasted too healthy for me. and if you know me.. you know what Im talking about...

Finally we receive our pastas: the lady ordered the Trenne. And me being the Gentleman ordered the puny little Ravioli. The Trenne was pleasant, VERY meaty and manly and hits the heart goodness. The ravioli... was a waste.. I wouldve rather stayed home and gotten a huge can of Chef Boyardee.

Overall. Thinking back on this lovely night... I give this place a random but quite sophisticately generated number of 7.41/10. I guess its a romantic place.. but the only reason I would go back is for the Portabello Fries. They were Da_BOMB!

JANICE:

So... the namj forgot to mention the macarons from Bottega Louie... they look cute, but don't be fooled.. they were EH.

Okay, so afterwards... we watched the movie Percy Jackson... awesome movie if you're into kids' movies with extra corniness hehe.. but i thought it was pretty interesting (coming from someone who hasn't read the book)... good thing i chose this over Valentine's Day![James:the movie was so cheezy... 5.2/10]

After the movie... the bf wanted to go for a drive.. it was a pretty dang long drive (got lost for a little bit too)... and i thought what could he possibly want to show me?? Helloo mulholland drive! There were different points to just stop and look at thee beauteefulll views.. one of the reasons why i love LA. We spent a good couple hours just staring off into the lights of the city hehe I'd go back there again.. looks like a good place to walk/hike around during daylight too (boys.. i recommend you take your (future?) girl there!).

The picture doesn't do it justice.

Thank you bf for a jamazin jantasticalll valentines day ;]

First Date Continued...

2010-03-11T11:41:00.000-08:00

JAMES:
The previous post was about our breakfast. The truth is... we spent the entire day together so I will discuss the rest of our adventure...

After our yummy breakfast we explored the area that is 3rd Street Promenade. Very cutesy and a nice walk. Plenty of stores to go shopping and do whatever you please. Lots of interesting forms of show on the streets so you can stop and throw coins at a cute monkey. We were also very fortunate to run into a local Farmers Market. I think they have this every weekend or something. But its a neat little market with fresh produce from local farmers. Its cool cuz they give you free samples of cheeses and fruits. We slowly strolled ourselves down to the pier and then the beach. Luckily it wasn't the coldest of days. Thank the Lord Jesus Christ for blessing Southern California for the best year around weather on the planet! I don't need to explain the beach. Its always good.

Well... there are also many small theaters on 3rd Street, many of them showing limited released films. Luckily we came across a theater showing The Imaginarium Doctor Parnassus. For those of you who aren't aware, this was Heath Ledger's last movie and he didn't finish the movie so Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law finished the movie for him.

This movie is a bunch of twists and crazy nonsense. but... I strangely liked it
Final thoughts: A tangle of color and mysticism that makes you think. Definitely want a DVD copy of this. I would give this movie a solid 77.83/100

Well the day was ending and the sun was slowly setting... SOOOO we took the 405N and rushed over to the Getty. I didn't really know why Janice wanted to go so bad at this specific time but I soon realized she wanted to see the sunset... what a cheeseball. OH! and if you go after 5:30 or something parking and all that stuff is free. So its definitely a good place to go on a date. But yea.. plenty of art and plants to observe. cute stuff.

JANICE:
Just to clarify.. the Getty has free parking after 5:00pm.. seriously, the sunset is beautiful!

That fool up there loved it too... but one of my favorite parts of our all-day date was the farmers market! I loved their oranges and cheeses and honey and so forth... btw it gets pretty chilly (hopefully not during the summer) at night so boys make sure to always have a jacket prepared for them ladies. Oh and...

gotta love it! :)

Overall.. I give this first date a 10! Good job boyfriendd~ peace!

First Official Date

2010-03-03T21:20:00.000-08:00

So... we've been on quite a few dates, but our first official date as a couple was January 16, 2010, a beautiful, beach-perfect Saturday. We ate at JACK N' JILL'S TOO in Santa Monica for brunch... YUMMY! Sadly, we didn't get to take a picture of the place, but...

Janice: I ordered the HAPPY AND HEALTHY Crepe. A crepe filled with non-fat yogurt, fresh strawberries, juicy blueberries, bananas, and walnuts, drizzled with honey. YUM. I'm typically not the "healthy" type, but because I was fasting sweets for a couple of weeks, this was the closest thing I could get. If you're looking for a healthy, sweet breakfast that will fill you up, this is the perfect choice! Can't wait to go back there again to experience good food and a cute setting. Plus... the beach is just down the road!

James: I was fasting red meat (beef and pork) so my breakfast choices were very limited for such a manly man like me. BUT!!!! I found a loophole muahaha! (TURKEY BACON) The Hi-Protein Scramble was my choice. To start off I had some warm fresh baked blueberry muffins that were comforting. My entree came out and it was very meaty and the side of homefries were a good compliment.
Overall my final thoughts for my breakfast were: HEALTHILY FATTENING.
Would I go back to this cute lil place? If I was in the neighborhood, then YES.
Would I order the same thing? I wouldn't mind. It was yum.