Change of Scenery

"You haven't lived until you've taken random day trips"

Today, I didn't have to be anywhere specific, so I drove up to Austin - the drive takes a bit over an hour. The weather was perfect - 60F and sunny. Met up with one of my friends from undergrad and had lunch at this cute little shop/cafe called Momoko. When I pushed open the door, I had to do a double-take. Was this a tapioca place or a Japanese gift shop? It's both. After lunch, we loitered for another hour or so chatting about random stuff. According to my friend, all the girls who work at the shop are Japanese-speaking otakus...lol. From my first impression of the girl working there today, that's probably true...

FOOD

Regular Milk Tea w/ Tapioca (slight sweet) - I'm not a tapioca connoisseur, but it was pretty good here. This was the first time I was asked to pick a level of sweetness for a milk tea (I think). This time, I got a low-sweet and it was perfect.  All else fails, you can always add more sugar.

Beef rice bowl (highest spicy - which means mild for me) - good stuff!

Spent the rest of the afternoon at Bennu Coffee - ordered my usual dirty chai. Pretty good, but I still prefer Olmos'.  It's nice to be appreciated haha.

Lucy's Fried Chicken, off of S.Congress - bucket of chicken + mexican coke sweet potatoes