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Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina

My coworker decided to have her birthday dinner out at Rockin’ Baja Coastal Cantina in Newport Beach. It was definitely outside of our norm, but she’s quite a foodie and found out that it was Newport Restaurant Week, so Rockin’ Baja had a quite an amazing pre-fixe menu. For $25, my lady was able to order the Langostino Lobster Bites, The Original Baja Bucket, and Chocolate Lava Cake, while I ordered the Tequila Lime Shrimp, Surf and Turf Bucket, and Fried Ice Cream. Now, I haven’t had lobster or crab outside of a Chinese restaurant for awhile, so I was really looking forward to our meal as a new experience.

When they brought out the appetizers, we immediately knew we were off to a good start. Langostino Lobster Bites tasted like a cross between fish and chips and popcorn chicken. They were quite tasty, but the Tequila Lime Shrimp was even better. The tequila sauce was definitely different and refreshing to our palate. They brought out the main course as soon as we were finishing up the appetizer. The timing couldn’t be any better.

The Surf and Turf Bucket had snow crab legs which were great once you get past the spiky exterior shell, but the slipper lobster tail from her Original Baja Bucket was on a whole different level. Partially because it was ten times easier to eat. Even though the buckets were only half full, we were already getting stuffed to the point where we had to request for to-go boxes.

For dessert they brought out the Fried Ice Cream first, which ended up to be so amazing that we didn’t even bother eating the Chocolate Lava Cake. Trust me, it was just that amazing. We took a quick bite of the chocolate cake, which had a light creamy texture with rich chocolate syrup, but opted for the fried ice cream and decided to box the cake. Sharing six different courses with my girlfriend allowed us to try a wide variety of items that we normally wouldn’t have ordered. However, if you had to order one thing, order the Fried Ice Cream. The Original Baja Bucket would be a close second. We definitely had a good time, and it was a pretty good experience.

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2011
01/22
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Food & Restaurants
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Angotei

To my surprise, I got an email from Yelp for a $100 coupon to Angotei for $50. Such an amazing deal like this, I would be foolish to pass up on this. I immediately purchased this deal and decided to take advantage of it right away. However, when I arrived at Angotei, I realized that I forgot to factor in the fact that other people had the same idea and the wait was tremendous. It was still early and our hunger was only moderate, so we decided to wait it out. It was after 45 minutes before we got seated, but we wasted no time after that and started put in our orders immediately.

It wasn’t our first time at Angotei, so we were already expecting a high quality of food. What we were surprise about was that even though the chefs were rushing to get the food out to everyone since it was packed, they were still able to maintain that high standard they were known for. Another fun thing about tonight was the two of us trying to get our money’s worth by eating $100 or more worth of food, so we started requesting for things we typically wouldn’t try such as conch and giant clam. Both by the way were quite delicious.

After the rush was over, the chef had some more time to talk and was able to express his creative side. He even made us a few off menu items, one of which included tamago and unagi (egg & eel). After about two hours of sashimi, sushi, and sake, the bill only came out to $80. We even order extra dessert to bump the bill up to $85. It just goes to show how budget friendly this place is and a testament that high quality doesn’t allows demand a high price tag. As usual, Angotei didn’t fail to leave us feeling satisfied.

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2011
01/21
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Sushi & Japanese Cuisine
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Bynum & Karrie’s Wedding

My friend Marlon is professional wedding photographer whose been helping me clean up technique and build my skill set. So when he asked me to second shoot a wedding that he booked, it wan’t hard to say “yes”.

It was my first wedding, and it was tough. Hours were long, clothes were uncomfortable, and the added pressure to not miss a key moments made the day felt like eternity. However, I chalked it up as a priceless learning experience. After about 10 hours, I was able to rack up about 1000 images. But after another 10 hours of post processing, I was able to salvage 80 something usable images.

Even though it was a lot more grueling than expected, I did learn a lot. Especially when working in the shadows of a master. Check out his site below.

http://marlontaylorphotography.com/

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2011
01/16
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Events & Wedding
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52 Week Project : Week 2

Week 2 of my 52 week project. This week, I decided to shoot at Metro Pointe. It use to be the place to be, but now it’s nearly vacant. However, I remembered that there use to be a dancing water fountain. I figured it would be a good opportunity to get some stop actions shots and do a little night photography.

Unfortunately, I soon found out that they swapped out the dancing water fountains for standard geysers, but since I was there, I figured I make the best use of my time. And although I got a few decent shots of the fountain, I found the most interesting picture was the surrounding lights reflecting off of the fallen water. Click on the image above or here to see a larger version.

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2011
01/15
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