Phoenix Bakery

I'm a big fan of Phoenix Bakery, even though I think "bakery" is a misnomer. It should be Phoenix Desserts, because they don't actually served many baked goods. Instead, they have a lot of other interesting Chinese desserts: interesting flavors of pudding and custards, shaved ice, layered dessert drinks, etc. This last trip I had black glutinous rice with young coconut chunks and coconut milk. Delicious, but a bit too sweet for my taste. My mom had a clear sweet soup with harsmar (you don't want to know), dried jujubes, and lotus seeds. I liked hers a lot; the harsmar were HUGE!

In (yet again) wedding related news, I found these cool corsage magnets (ignore the plastic rectangle). They're designed for ladies whose dresses are made out of material too delicate to subject to the jabbing of a corsage pin.

And (and this is an important one) we found J's mom and outfit! It's a classic St. John's suit, in what they call hydrangea with silver accents. I found the shoes today when I was out. I don't know if she'll like them, but Nordstrom was having its anniversary sale so I snatched them up while I could. What other color shoe would possibly match? I thought a medium/dark gray in satin would work.