Discovering Pasadena's Tokyo Chick Restaurant

Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Tokyo Chick

                         Discovering the brand-new Tokyo Chick restaurant, during their soft opening, was a nice surprise. I was walking from the convention center, after attending the Pasadena Comic Con, to check out the food photography exhibit "Open Flowers Bare Fruit" by Stephanie Shih at the USC Asian Pacific Museum. I was with my friend Nay Nay cosplaying as Iroha & Yachiyo from Magia Record. I stitched together my friend's accessories from fabric scraps my great aunt had given me. I even made a cloak and hand painted it. I later noticed a similarity in how I layered the different pieces of clothing together to make the costumes, just like Tokyo Chick layers the delicious sauce choices (Ninja Teriyaki, Fuji Wasabi, Garlic Soy & Tokyo spicy) over the chicken they serve. There truly is an art aspect to food presentation.

                        Even in the rain, the friendly giant yellow chicken mascot is quite attention getting. Tokyo Chick is located at 231 Colorado Ave, Pasadena, California 91101. When I first stepped inside, the first thing that I noticed was their open kitchen concept. The seating choices are booths or a reading nook with single chairs. Above the kitchen, there are delightfully a lot of chicken mascot plushies. If you peruse the area where the extra sauce, soda fountain, & utensils are located you may discover that there are boba straws but no boba listed on the drink menu. That's because there is a secret menu that you can request to order from! My favorite drink was the Sprite packed with a generous amount of rainbow jelly. Some other soft drink creations I tried from the regular menu were the delicious honey lemon green tea & refreshing strawberry lemonade.

                        Food is prepared fresh. You may dine in or get it to go. Both cash and cashless options are accepted. You can place an order to be delivered through UberEats with an $8 discount as well. Your meal will arrive in whimsical packaging & inside of a reusable tote bag. The types of crispy Japanese style karaage chicken you can choose from are wings, drumsticks, & boneless. The best deal is the bento box version. It includes a soda, egg, gyoza, pickled radish, & steamed rice. Additionally, you are also able to order a large side of fresh fruit, organic garden salad, & fries. If you feel the need to reheat, the oven is a good option, if available.  I'm grateful to have stopped. I had fun watching the food being made fresh in the clean open kitchen by a very friendly staff who brought a little taste of Tokyo to Pasadena.

Important contact information:

231 E Colorado Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91101

(626) 460-8005

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Wavelength Game Night with My Squad

Disclosure: I received Asmodee games from Tryazon in order to facilitate this review. All opinions are my own. I may collect a share of sales from the links on this page if you decide to shop from them.

       As a fan of hosting fun themed parties, I wanted to find a table cloth that was on point, to decorate my gaming space. I decided to go shopping at my local fabric store with my mom, who is really good at spotting a bargain and knowing my style. This means we are on the same wavelength of what I was looking for. We headed over to the sale section and the fabric that caught her attention reminded me of a wavelength pattern. She succeeded in helping me to pick out the perfect colorful fabric to match my game night theme.

       I recommend playing the game with your close group of friends, since the game requires the players to be on the same wave length. In particular, it helps players in terms of giving and comprehending the clue. However, I had my friends draw for team spots. One example from a round that we played was that I gave my team the clue utensils, because the colored lines were skewed slightly more to the un-hygienic part of the wheel. Most people may think that a spoon is clean, but they could have been used.

       I think it is interesting that the opposing team has an opportunity to score a singular point during your team's turn. They must discuss as a group whether they think the clue is generally pointing more in agreement to one side or the other. When my mom's team played. The clue was SpongeBob and the colorful lines on the wheel were just a bit on the round side. She thought this because in the episode "Not Normal" the typically square shaped Sponge Bob loses his sponginess, such that his head takes on a round appearance. In this case, the card the team got read square versus round. Unfortunately, her team misinterpreted the clue as being only square. On the other hand, I got a point for my team because I had insider knowledge on her thought process, since I have watched the cartoon with my mom.

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