Emmanuel’s cousins went on a deep-sea fishing trip while they were visiting from Hong Kong. Rebecca made a delicious meal of steamed red snapper and ginger boiled calamari. [slideshow]

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Emmanuel’s cousins went on a deep-sea fishing trip while they were visiting from Hong Kong. Rebecca made a delicious meal of steamed red snapper and ginger boiled calamari. [slideshow]

Posted from Irvine, California, United States.

Rebecca made a bunch of spam musubi for Toby’s birthday party. And they looked so good, had to take some pictures to share. [slideshow]

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Rebecca made a bunch of spam musubi for Toby’s birthday party. And they looked so good, had to take some pictures to share. [slideshow]

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After Ying dropped off the kids in the morning (from the sleepover), we finished up packing up all our bags. And then headed over to Cafe Kaila for some breakfast.

With a couple of hours before we had to check-out, we headed over to the Ala Moana Mall and discovered Shirokiya Department Store, which has a whole [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

After Ying dropped off the kids in the morning (from the sleepover), we finished up packing up all our bags. And then headed over to Cafe Kaila for some breakfast.

With a couple of hours before we had to check-out, we headed over to the Ala Moana Mall and discovered Shirokiya Department Store, which has a whole Sanrio section. And on the top floor, they have a food court filled with food stalls of authentic Japanese dishes, which we were only too happy to buy up for later consumption on the road.

We then went back to the hotel to get our bags and headed over to the airport where we met up with Fred and Joyce who were on the same flight back to LA. [slideshow]

Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

We had our last official family reunion party of the trip, this time celebrating Fred and Toby’s August birthdays. Afterwards, everyone made use of the house’s great location and layout with some swimming, fishing and general lounging.

In the evening, Emmanuel’s parents watched the kids, while we headed out for some izakaya at Tokkuri-Tei [yelp]. [slideshow]

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We had our last official family reunion party of the trip, this time celebrating Fred and Toby’s August birthdays. Afterwards, everyone made use of the house’s great location and layout with some swimming, fishing and general lounging.

In the evening, Emmanuel’s parents watched the kids, while we headed out for some izakaya at Tokkuri-Tei [yelp]. [slideshow]

Posted from Honolulu, Hawaii, United States.

We spent two weekends picking grapes from our friend Chik’s backyard. The kids had fun climbing up on the ladders and all over the trellis. We also enjoyed some tasty food as a bonus. [slideshow: 1, 2]

Updated: More pics from Moses [slideshow]

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We spent two weekends picking grapes from our friend Chik’s backyard. The kids had fun climbing up on the ladders and all over the trellis. We also enjoyed some tasty food as a bonus. [slideshow: 1, 2]

Updated: More pics from Moses [slideshow]

Posted from Laguna Hills, California, United States.

After checking out the new church plant in 101, we took the whole family down to the 101 food court for lunch. The younger kids went for McDonald’s (go figure), and the adults and older kids got some high-end Asian food court grub. [slideshow]

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After checking out the new church plant in 101, we took the whole family down to the 101 food court for lunch. The younger kids went for McDonald’s (go figure), and the adults and older kids got some high-end Asian food court grub. [slideshow]

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We started off our last day in Taipei with the traditional Taiwanese breakfast of egg pancakes and my new favorite shau-bing / you-tiao with egg. [slideshow]

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We started off our last day in Taipei with the traditional Taiwanese breakfast of egg pancakes and my new favorite shau-bing / you-tiao with egg. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.

For dinner, we tried out another new restaurant for us called Sashi-Miya. It reminded us of our favorite restaurant Honda-Ya which is also Izakaya-style. Granted the decor and presentation is more modern, but it was still good eats. The girls were happy to get their fill of soba, and I think next time, we’ll pass on [...]]]> Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/emmfan/er-fans/wp-content/plugins/wordpress-flickr-manager/FlickrManager.php on line 831

For dinner, we tried out another new restaurant for us called Sashi-Miya. It reminded us of our favorite restaurant Honda-Ya which is also Izakaya-style. Granted the decor and presentation is more modern, but it was still good eats. The girls were happy to get their fill of soba, and I think next time, we’ll pass on the mountain yam skewers.

Afterwards, while walking to the Zhongxiao-Fuxing MRT, the girls found a park to play on. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.

After the photo studio, we headed over to RT-Mart, which is like Taiwan’s version of Target, to pickup some snacks to take home. And of course, with the girls latest craze for Mister Donut, we found one nearby for an afternoon snack. [slideshow]

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After the photo studio, we headed over to RT-Mart, which is like Taiwan’s version of Target, to pickup some snacks to take home. And of course, with the girls latest craze for Mister Donut, we found one nearby for an afternoon snack. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.

We tried a couple new restaurants in our final days in Taipei. The first one is Anzu where we got some really tasty pork tonkatsu. They even have you grind fresh toasted sesame to go with the delicious katsu sauce. [slideshow]

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We tried a couple new restaurants in our final days in Taipei. The first one is Anzu where we got some really tasty pork tonkatsu. They even have you grind fresh toasted sesame to go with the delicious katsu sauce. [slideshow]

Posted from Taiwan.