這間餐廳就位在公司的美國辦公室附近，或許因為其招牌是豬肉漢堡，其實同事也並不常來此用餐，某一天，有同事想到，又記得我挺愛嚐嚐不同的美式料理，就帶我來嚐鮮囉～
Meat Up BBQ is a restaurant that near our US office. The most special point is that the restaurant is famous by its pork food which is really uncommon in United States.
既然招牌是豬肉，自然點了Meat Up Pulled Pork作為我今天的午餐，薯條記得是典型的麥當勞薯條，外穌內軟，挺不錯吃的。
Because of that, I ordered the Meat Up Pulled Pork for my lunch one day.
豬肉漢堡的部分就稍微不太合胃口了，首先是賣相實在不是很好，看起來就挺油膩的，似乎充滿了烤肉醬汁與沙拉醬的味道，雖然豬肉的口感不錯，加上麵包的中和，其實也算是可以的漢堡，只是我個人實在不愛那麼濃郁的醬汁味，只是這就是某些美國人很愛的口味，感覺上有點愛醬汁甚過原味，最明顯的就是吃薯條的時候了，台灣朋友們大多都只是沾一點蕃茄醬讓薯條的味道重一點，比較好吃，但我覺得美國人根本是在吃蕃茄醬，咬著薯條是為了讓蕃茄醬有可供咀嚼的口感～
To be honest, it doesn't look delicious. For me, I don't like my food that full of the sauce's taste. I just like a little bit of the sauce with the original flavor of the food. But for the pork hamburger, the BBQ sauce and the salad sauce are the most strong flavor. The taste is strong and good, but maybe just not the way I like for tasting food.
Meat Up BBQ 地址：
1450 N Kraemer Blvd,
Placentia, CA 92870
某天，正好在尋找午餐時，發現了這家以前沒吃過的拉麵店，未多考慮，直接進入店家點菜；我發現，麵店是我在找餐點時，很容易吸引我的餐廳類型。
One day, I found a Ramen restaurant on the street and I was hungry at that time, so I just went in to have some.
我點了看起來非常豐盛的豚骨叉燒拉麵，第一次能在一碗拉麵裡品嚐到五片軟嫩的叉燒，好滿足。
I ordered Tonkotsu Cha-shiu Ramen which looks really delicious with a lot of Cha-shiu.
湯還滿濃的，不過味道並不會太重或是太鹹，光喝還不錯，不過仍然建議搭配細麵一起品嚐，如果最後剩下大半碗的湯，還是會覺得太多，會喝到太膩而無法全部喝完，真的是很佩服日本人，吃拉麵時幾乎都能把湯汁喝完。
The soup is strong but not very salty or greasy. It's good but I still recommend to taste it with the noodles which should be the best way to taste the noodle and soup.
搭配的細麵煮得軟硬適中，正好是我喜歡的口感。這是一家可以依照個人口味調整的拉麵店，可以選擇湯頭的油脂份量，濃汁濃厚程度，還有麵的軟硬度，既然是我第一次來吃，自然都點「正常」口味囉！
The noodle is thin with a little hard which I like.
One interesting thing of this restaurant is that the customer may choose how the ramen will taste by his/her own. How greasy and how strong of the soup and how soft or hard about the noodle. Since I never try this restaurant, I just chose "normal" style.
依慣例，另外還點了一盤的炸雞塊，老實說，剛看到時實在是很普通，就這樣盛在碗裡就端上桌，沒想到咬了一口才發覺很多汁，炸得挺不錯的，不知是不是一種行銷手法，讓人覺得有超出期待的美味，哈～
As usual, I also ordered the fried chicken as the side. To be honest, it doesn't look very nice, it just looks cheap. When I bit it, it's very juicy, much more than I expect. It doesn't look nice, but it taste good.
哲麵(Tokyo Japan)林森店地址：
104 台北市中山區林森北路151號
啟程回洛杉磯時，在車上利用Yelp尋找午餐地點，找到了這家距離動物園不遠的Buger Lounge。
On the way back to Los Angeles, we used Yelp to find a place for our lunch, the Burger Lounge.
簡單明亮的裝潢，有點連鎖店的風格，不過看來又主打手工漢堡，似乎挺不一樣的，我就直接點了招牌的1/3磅Lounge漢堡。
It looks good and it's handcrafted, it should be good. I ordered the 1/3 lbs Lounge Burger.
上菜之後真的看起來有點普普，簡單的生菜，漢堡肉加起士，咬下去才發現好吃！就像下面照片廣告，簡單的好吃呀！
It looks so so, but in fact, it's good. Just like what they say, it's pure simple delicious.
有點特別的一點是，這兒主打牛肉是來自「吃草的牛（草飼牛肉）」，其實我一直以為美國人更愛「穀飼牛肉」的，記得曾有同事告訴我，有機會一定要去美國德州吃牛排，而且還要挑穀飼牛肉，他覺得是世界上最好吃的牛排了～
And I think this might be the only place I know that highlights their beef is grass-fed beef. I thought Americans love grain-fed beef, ha~
Burger Lounge 地址：
406 University Ave
San Diego, CA 92103
隔天，我們只安排了一個行程─聖地牙哥動物園，上面的無尾熊招牌，是人人都會來一張合照的地標。
The next day, we only went to the famous San Diego Zoo. The sign above is where every tourist would like to take photo with.
動物園的門票一個人要48元，有點小貴，看到價錢才想起來，昨晚住的青年旅館也有在賣票，一般來說，青年旅館的票，應該可以便宜個幾塊錢，真的是虧了；進了動物園，決定先搭個遊園車逛一下，對動物園整體有了概念再下來用走的，逛了一圈下來發現，在遊園車上，應該要坐右手邊的座位，因為大部分的動物都在馬路的右手邊，只有最後一區的長頸鹿例外。
The ticket is 48 dollars per person, a little bit be expensive. We forgot to buy it before we left the hostel, the hostel might provide few dollars discount. When we get in, we took the Guided Bus Tour to have an overview of the zoo. Remember one thing, take the right-hand side seat. All most all the animals you will see are at the right-hand side of the bus, except the last one, the giraffe.
(冠毛長尾猴The Wolf's Monkey)
在看到這個展區前，我一直以為河馬只會泡在水裡，在水面上露個頭，沒想到會全身都泡在水下，只有要換氣時才會浮上水面，不知道是不是因為木柵動物園沒有類似的設計，以前在木柵動物園都沒看過這樣的行為。
Before seeing this, I don't the hippopotamus may stay in the water to cool itself down. In Taipei Zoo, maybe because the pool is not deep enough, I didn't observe that in the past.
(白紋牛羚The Bontebok)
以上是在動物園裡，個人覺得拍得還算不錯的照片。
Above are some beautiful photos I took in the zoo.
在動物園裡，我還滿喜歡用來分區的告示牌，這些告示牌都設計得符合該區的風格，給人一種似乎在叢林裡探險的感覺，好玩。
These signs are another interesting things that I like here. It makes me feel like I'm exploring something in the jungle.
貓熊區則是要排隊入場，而且因為人太多，不太好意思停下來一直拍照，只能邊走邊拍，以排隊的清況來說，目前的明星動物，就是貓熊了！
Another interesting thing is that the Panda Trek, you may need to wait in a line to see the pandas. Maybe just like Taipei Zoo, people need to wait to watch the most famous and attractive animals.
我們在下午兩點左右離開，也許因為我們都不是狂熱的動物迷，同時也想避開塞車，算是離開得有點早了。
We left around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Compare to others, it's kind of early. I guess that's because we are not a big animal fan and we also want to skip the traffic jam.
San Diego Zoo 地址：
2920 Zoo Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
