Marky comes to visit Part I: Boba & Sushi

On his first day in L.A. we thought we should force Marky to experience a little bit of California with some tasty Asian treats: boba and sushi. "What in the world is boba?" you ask.

Well... boba is a little brown ball of tapioca derived from the starch of the cassava root. It's sweet, it's slimy, it's chewy and it's very delicious!

In West LA you can find little tiny boba shops all over the place. They put boba in coffee and tea mostly, BUT... they also put it in these milky, creamy, unbelievably good fruit smoothies... and if there's something milky and creamy and unbelievably good, you better believe that this dairy farmer's daughter has discovered it.

So, anyway, the friendly people mix up your drink, the boba sinks to the bottom, after which you grab a special extra-wide boba straw and immediately begin to slurp (some people think they are too good to "slurp"... eh hem, Brian). Sometimes, I even forget to chew those little bobas because the slurpie is so tasty! Brian likes to chew every single one until it's completely disintegrated. It takes him hours to finish... unless I get my hands on it, which I usually manage to do.

So, here's a little diagram for your information.

And here is Marky slurping it down. It took a little coaxing... but I think he liked it!

This is Brian not slurping...


And here's the sushi... unfortunately, it wasn't as well recieved by Marky. Oh well, B and I liked it!