The Japanese Garden

The weather outside is feeling more and more like summer as the days pass but instead of heading to the beach, we decided to visit a Japanese Garden in Van Nuys this week. It wasn't the brightest idea but we had fun.

 

 

 

 

The garden was obviously beautiful and well groomed and we very much enjoyed it, minus the weather! 

We ended our day by checking out the Half and Half Tea House in San Gabriel. We've heard much about it and even had a special request to review some of its most popular items. Christina opted for a milk green tea w/ their honey boba and egg pudding, I got a peach milk tea with the honey boba, and we decided to share a brown sugar shaved ice with clear jelly, egg pudding, and pineapples. The drinks itself were so-so, the boba was something different and we actually liked it; the shaved ice -- you get a pretty big portion for the price you pay and it wasn't bad at all. The brown sugar gets a bit overwhelming but it definitely cooled us down in that heat! The service on the other hand was bad -- our waitress never checked on us and we were pretty much invisible. You should definitely give it a try if your nearby though!