July 24-31, Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico

LAX > CUN

Mon July 24

Moon Palace Cancun
Carretera Cancun-Chetumal Km. 36.5, Riviera Maya, 77500 Cancún, Q.R., Mexico
http://www.moonpalacecancun.com/en-us

Our stay was all-inclusive, VIP.
Everyone gets a wristband that denotes the member level.
I think it was concierge > vip > diamond > residence?
Something like that.

There are three lobbies: Grand, Nizuc, and Sunrise.
Each of them are decorated totally differently and offer a variety of restaurants and activities.
You could walk between them by sidewalk by the beach but the resort is pretty massive.
We never went farther than between Sunrise and Nizuc by foot.
There is shuttle service between them so it's not difficult to try everything the entire compound has to offer.

We stayed at Sunrise, luckily in a room very close to the lobby and pools.
The front of Sunrise lobby.

Monday, July 17, 2017 - Skincare: Biore Watery Essence, Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule

Restocked on the Biore Watery Essence.

Trying out this Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule.

I really like the thick texture and it dries pretty quickly.

Sunday, July 16, 2017 - Skincare: Dear Packer, Mediheal Masks

Cosmetic World

621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005

Picked this up at the Madang Plaza!

Sunday, July 16, 2017 - Pasadena: Miniso, Mohawk General Store, The Pie Hole; Koreatown: Somi Somi, Bumsan Organic Milk Bar, HMart

Pasadena

Mohawk General Store

24 Smith Alley, Pasadena, CA 91103

https://www.mohawkgeneralstore.com/

Also visited:

Miniso

88 W Colorado Blvd #101, Pasadena, CA 91105

http://www.miniso.com/

The Pie Hole Pasadena

59 E Colorado Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91105

http://www.thepieholela.com/

Koreatown

Somi Somi

621 S Manhattan Pl #208-A, Los Angeles, CA 90005

https://www.somisomi.com/

The ube flavor just tastes like vanilla to me but both were still pretty good.

Bumsan Organic Milk Bar
534 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90020
http://organicmilkbar.com/


We got the dragon fruit lychee but I didn't like it too much.
It's very milky and the fruit flavor doesn't really work with it.

Also visited:

HMart

621 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90005

http://nj.hmart.com/

Thursday, July 6, 2017 - Amara Chocolate & Coffee, Miniso, Pasadena, CA

Amara Chocolate & Coffee

55 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105

https://amarachocolate.com/menu/

Miniso

88 W Colorado Blvd #101, Pasadena, CA 91105

http://www.miniso.com/

Monday, Jul 3, 2017 - Little Tokyo: Yamazaki Bakery; Koreatown: Magal KBBQ, Somi Somi, Los Angeles, CA

Yamazaki Bakery

123 Japanese Village Plaza Mall, Los Angeles, CA 90012

http://www.yamazakipan.co.jp/english/

Got this little bun with "taco" flavor.

It was pretty okay, I should have gone with red bean flavor!

Magal BBQ

3460 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA 90005

https://www.yelp.com/biz/magal-bbq-los-angeles

Uhhhh fancy.

Honestly, all KBBQ is pretty the same to me but this was kinda new with the egg and corn slots.

I loved the corn and I feel bad we didn't eat all the egg but it was pretty okay too.

The egg for the volcani rice thing was better than the one that comes with the grill though.

They cook the meat for you which is kind of awkward but their service is good.

Somi Somi

621 S Manhattan Pl #208-A, Los Angeles, CA 90005

https://www.somisomi.com/

Waited 30 mins but totally worth it.

Matcha and black sesame swirl.

They validate parking for two hours!

Sunday, July 2, 2017 - Mitsuwa, Torrance, CA

Weird random udon craving hahha

And takoyaki

Saturday, July 1, 2017 - 626 Night Market, Arcadia, CA

626 Night Market

285 Huntington Dr, Arcadia, CA 91007

http://www.626nightmarket.com/

This market was way bigger than I expected but a lot of the options are similar.

There's a lot of gimmicky stuff like this drink we got lmao.

(Which tastes a lot like mango nectar from Costco!)

These garlic fries were super good.

I also got jambalaya which...was just okay, I'm not trying to hate but I don't think it came out right haha.

Some of the rice wasn't even fully seasoned.

I probably would't come here again.

Too crowded and too much waiting for my liking.

I'd prefer Smorgasburg over this (although we didn't find any food there!)