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03/05/2024

🌟 TOP THINGS I LOVED IN APRIL 🌟
(📌 SAVE this post to add to your eat + drink itinerary)

1. All the food esp the smash burger and the chicken Caesar wrap

2. The fresh food the CRISPIEST + FLAVORFUL falafel

3. Edamame dumplings so much depth of flavor and the broth is the perfect accompaniment

4. New menu items The shroom tacos 🌮 are so good you’ll forget they’re vegan. Adobe chicken bowl with garlic rice is 🔥

5. All the food Amazing drinks, and can’t get over how good the stuffed sopapilla was

6. Duck with New Mexican mole crafts the most delicious moles

7. Green chile and red chile ice cream

8. The green chile pie honestly a combo I never knew I needed

9. Ice cream from so fresh and so worth the wait!

Have you tried any of these spots? Comment below your fave thing from April! 😋

10/04/2024

Happy Hump day!

If you’re in the mood for delicious dumplings and wonton soup, then look no further than 🥟

has delicious Szcheuan dishes and some comfort dishes such as General Tso’s chicken!

Their dumplings 🥟 are filled with delicious ingredients and served with chili oil 🌶️

We ordered:
🥟 Dumplings
🍜 Wonton soup
🍜 Beef Lo mein

has multiple locations in Austin and have take-out available if you don’t have time to dine in.

Have you been to China Family? Comment your fave order! 😋

29/03/2024

Craving Dim sum? 🥟

recently launched their new delicious dim sum menu available during the weekends! 🥂

We tried a few dim sum dishes alongside rice and noodle dishes 🍚 Huge thanks to our waitress Natalie for walking us through the menu and for the delicious recommendations! 💕

🥟 We ordered 🥟

🍹 The canto Mary
🍹 Gone guava
🍸 Layover in Austin
🍖 BBQ’d Berkshire pork belly with grilled lychee
🍖 Pastrami egg roll
🍤 Pork & shrimp shumai
🥢 Gold coin scallion pancakes with spicy bean sauce
🍜 Wide rice noodles with bbq’d duck
🍚 BBQ’d Beef fried rice

Loved all the flavors and can’t wait to go back!

Have you been to before? Comment your fave dish below! 😋

27/03/2024

🍳 Need brunch ideas this weekend? 🍳

delicious spring menu is still available this month and has a variety of fresh, savory, and even sweet dishes too!

Comment below your fave thing to order at Snooze! 😋

21/03/2024

🌹 Date Night Happy Hour spots pt. 2 🌹

Which one is your fave for date night? Let me know in the comments 🥂

06/03/2024

is a non-alcoholic beverage made with fresh fruit, organic cane sugar, and infused with full-spectrum h**p 🍃

Enjoy delicious and fresh flavors such as pineapple, mango, and grapefruit.

These h**p-infused seltzers are a great non-alcoholic alternative to enhance experience and regulate sleep.

Try it on its own or mix into a delicious mocktail!

Use YZABELLE20 for 20% off!

20/02/2024

is a beautiful cottage tucked away in Clarksville, and it’s also a great place for a romantic Valentine’s Day 🌹❤️

Josephine’s House had a delicious valentines menu this year, full of fresh and decadent dishes 🍴

We had:
🥖 House sourdough
🍹 The road not taken: bright gin cocktail
🍹 Mezcal razoblade: citrusy and smokey mezcal cocktail
🥚 Amuse Bouche: jamon croquette, caviar deviled egg
🥗 Lobster wedge salad
🐠 Tuna tartare
🥩 Filet mignon
🍴 Seared Diver scallops
🍓Strawberry mousse cake (tastes like the strawberry shortcake bar from the ice cream truck 🛻)
🍫Flourless chocolate torte with candied orange peel

It’s been a couple years since we last dined here and was such a great experience to be back 🥰

Highly recommend for a romantic date night or special occasion. Excited to come here one day to try their brunch menu 🍳

📌 1601 Waterston Ave
🚗 Parking on site and street parking

Have you been to Josephine’s? Comment below what you like to order 😋🦞🥗

15/02/2024

always has delicious food and got the chance to try their delicious Lunar New Year menu this year🧧

The menu was so nostalgic for me and reminded me of my grandmother’s food and traditions we’d do every year

We had:
🍹 Dragon blood
🍹 New Year new ming
🍖 Tamarind pork spare ribs
🍗 Soy sauce chicken
🍖 Char siu (Chinese roasted pork)
🥗 Sweet potato noodle salad
🥦 Charred brussels
🍚 Malaysian fried rice with chicken and shrimp
🍨 Matcha parfait Bing Su

Can’t wait to see what has in store for future holiday menus 🥂❤️

Have you been to ? Comment your fave dish! 🍖🍹

07/02/2024

🌹HAPPY HOUR SPOTS(DATE NIGHT EDITION PT.1)🌹

These spots are perfect for a cute happy hour date night 🌹🍷❤️

🍹 🍹
HH Tues-Thurs
4-6pm

🦪 Half off oysters
🍹 $10 cocktails
🍹 $8 wells
🥘 Free passed canapés

🍕 🍕
HH Everyday
4-530pm

🍕 50% off pizzas
🍷 $8 house red, white, rosé
🍺 $2 off beer
🍷 50% off wine bottles under $100

🍹 🍹
HH Mon-Fri until 530pm

🍹 $9 cocktails
🥘 $2 off all bar snacks & shareable
🍷 $3 off all glasses of wine + 25% off bottles
🍺 $5 draft beers + $1 off canned beer

🍝 🍝
HH Tues-Friday
4-6pm

🍷 $8 house red, white, bubbles, & rosé
🍺 $7 Italian beers
🍺 $3 local beers
🥘 $8 calamari
🍖 $6 meatballs
🥘 $6 white bean dip
🍃 $8 fried artichokes
🍟 $6 Garlic parm fries

🍸 🍸
HH everyday 5-6pm (All day Sunday)

🍄 Truffle Chex mix on each table

🍸 $10 Martinis all night Wednesday
🍟 $5 Truffle fries all night Wednesday
🍹 $10 Drinks

🦞 🦞
HH Mon-Friday
3-5pm

🍔 1/2 off burgers
🍸 1/2 off martinis
🦪 50 cents off oysters
🦪 $5 oyster shooters

🌙 🌙
HH Tues-Friday
4-6pm

🍹 $2 off all@house cocktails & beer
🍷 1/2 off wine by glass

🍔 $8 wagyu slider
🍟 $11 parm truffle fries
🍅 $14 heirloom tomato & burrata
🍔 $20 honeymoon burger & fries

🍹 $12 honeymoon marg (classic or spicy)
🍹 $12 old fashioned
🍹 $6 La mijita (zero proof)

Have you been to any of these spots for happy hour? Comment your fave below! 🍷🍸🌹

31/01/2024

Need Valentine’s day dinner plans? 🌹

is the perfect spot for a romantic dinner this V-Day 💕

We came here for our anniversary, and had such a wonderful experience from the food to the service. Huge shout out to Mallory, the in-house sommelier, who took care of us and walked us through the menu 🥩

Sammie’s has a great cocktail and wine menu with so many options to choose from. If you want to digest after dinner, they also have great digestifs to try. Highly recommend trying their braulio!

🍴 Must try 🍴

🐙 Calamari
🍝 Mafaldine with funghi & tartufo (for truffle lovers!)
🥘 Sammie’s Lasagna
🍝 Linguini Vongole
🎂 Cheesecake
🍰 Tiramisu
🍞 Foccacia (made in house!)
🍹 Braulio (to help digest everything)

We enjoyed everything, especiall the truffle pasta and the lasagna— would order these again in a heartbeat.

Have you tried before? Comment your fave dish to order 🍝🥘

10/01/2024

Warm up with a delicious and cozy happy hour 🍕

has HH everyday from 4-5:30 🥂
🍕 50% off pizzas
🍷 $8 house red, white, rosé
🍺 $2 off beer
🍷 50% off bottles under $100

Bufalina has quickly become a happy hour favorite with its cozy and intimate interior and great service 🫡

They have such a great dough here, that you’ll find yourself sopping up extra pizza sauce with the crust 🍕 (no crusts left behind here!)

Must try:
🍷 2021 st Laurent claus preisinger “ancestral” neusiedlersee (tastes like fresh lemonade 🍋)
🍕 Fresca pizza
🍕 Zucchini pizza with lemon confit
🫕 Burrata with shish*tos & focaccia
🫕 Mozzarella of the day

Have you tried ? Comment your fave thing to order! 🍕

29/09/2023

🌟 TOP THINGS I LOVED IN SEPTEMBER (Save 📌 these spots for your to eat/drink in October 🍁) 🌟

🥑 Guacamole with chapulines (grasshoppers!) and salsa macha

🍹 The Tractor: Refreshing kombucha without all the tartness!

🍣 Ahi Tuna bowl and green yaupon tea

🍝 Mafaldine with funghi & tartufo: Get this if you love truffles! So creamy and decadent

🌮 Tacos de barbacoa & asada: Fave deal

☕️ .coffee Horchata latte

🍖 Brisket & sausage sandwich w/ slaw & Mac

🍲 Tikka con queso: the most delicious Indian-Mexican fusion

🍲 corn fritters & Brussel sprouts

What did you love this month? Comment below your fave drink/meal! 🍝😋

16/06/2023

Ready for the weekend? Here are some casual happy hour spots to check out this weekend! 🍻

📌 SAVE this the next time you need a casual happy hour spot 📌

🍻 HH Spots 🍻

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Comment below your fave spot! 🥂

10/05/2023

creates beautifully scented candles and home sprays that you’ll be sure to keep on using 🕯️

Raj, the owner and creator behind uses her travels and memories all around Texas to create these beautiful scents. ☀️

These Texas-inspired scents are a perfect gift (or maybe even a treat for yourself 😜)

The candles are hand crafted with natural soy wax; All candles are small batch and hand-poured, each with their own scent journey.

The candle I wanted was sold out, but I purchased one of the best-selling room sprays.

Fresh picked is a natural room spray that can be used all around your home or even on your sheets. It has notes of avocado and ginger; it smells exactly what an expensive eco-friendly spa would and I love spraying it all around 🧖‍♀️

You can find Raj at markets in the local Austin area, but be sure to check out her IG for more information 🌺

28/11/2022

has delicious wrap, bowls, and salads that are filling and healthy 🥬

🚨 FYI: Check in on Yelp to get 50% off your next order of Crave fries 🚨

When you order you have the choice of 3 different styles:
🍴 Wrap
🍴 Box
🍴 Plate

Once you select your style, you can customize the rest of your order 🎉They’re happy to omit any toppings if you’re allergic or don’t want them.

The wrap and box comes with garlic yogurt, greens, tomato, cucumber, pickled or raw red onion 🧅

🍴 We ordered 🍴

🍖 Chicken doner plate: Chicken doner kebabs, saffron rice, Greek salad 🥗

🍗 Chicken doner box: Saffron rice base,chicken doner, greens, tomato, pickled red onions, garlic yogurt, cucumber

The Kebab Shop’s food is super filling and great for a quick lunch 🥗

Their saffron rice is super flavorful and a great base to your meal 😋

Have you tried the kebab shop? Comment below what you would order! 😋

26/09/2022

🎉✨ *✨🎉
It’s time to BOSS up at the JEFA BRUNCH and MARKET on October 2 with !

I am so excited to be joining as a Jefa Partner for this empowering event where we all get the opportunity to learn from BIPOC Powerhouses and connect with other empowered Jefas! This intimate conversation space is open to all and centers around BIPOC leaders and bosses as they share stories of building successful businesses and becoming bosses of their own creative entrepreneurial lives!

Tickets are now on sale for this highly anticipated, Q***r and BIPOC-centered experience and I am partnering with to give away one FREE ticket for The Jefa Brunch and Market on October 2! This ticket includes brunch, signature cocktails, access to the exclusive Jefa panel from 12-2pm and a makers market following the panel discussion from 2-6pm! The market will also feature a photobooth and live music by ! So. Much. Fun! 🙌🏽

🎉HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:
1. Must be following my Instagram and
2. Like this post!
3. In the comments tag three of the JEFAS in your life!
A winner will be chosen on Friday, 9/30 and announced via my IG story!

Good luck, jefas! Tickets are on sale now for this event via link in bio, and this is an event you don’t want to miss! 🎉

12/08/2022

Happy Friday ✨

If you’re looking for dinner plans this weekend, look no further than 🍴

has a great mix of cuisines from Vietnamese to Chinese and they have something for everyone 🍷

Their main menu is broken up into sections for poultry, red meat, seafood, and vegetables 🥕 And you’ll also find labels indicating spicy and gluten free options.

Wednesday is Wine Down Wednesday and select bottles of wine are 50%. This is a great deal especially if you want to try a more expensive bottle of vino 🍷

We ordered:

🥟 Xiao Long Bao: pork soup dumplings

🍚 Thai pineapple Fried Rice (Spicy!): Roast duck, shrimp, bell pepper, basil, egg, pineapple served in a half cut pineapple

🍖 Pho Rib: Pho broth, filet mignon, grilled ribs, and a egg

🍷 Iron + Sand Cabernet Sauvignon, Paso Robles CA

🍰 Flaming Cheese: Flambéed cheese, served with ice cream (worth the price!)

Highly recommend for a date night or special occasion. The staff are super attentive and happy to answer any questions that you have! 🤗

Will definitely be going back to try their happy hour and other dinner entrees 🍴 but will for sure get the flaming cheesecake again!

It can get very busy on the weekend, so highly recommend having a reservation or using waitlist ✅

Have you tried yet?

📍 1618 E Riverside Dr.
Austin, TX 78741

Comment below your favorite Asian cuisine/dish! I love Vietnamese food so much but could never say no to dumplings! 😋😆

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04/08/2022

Happy 🍪 To celebrate this delicious treat, I’m sharing my fave go-to for cookies ✨

Chip City has 4 flavors in rotation everyday 🗓 Their rotation includes a mixture of their delicious Chocolate chip and other special flavors such as funfetti, triple chocolate, or most recently their good humor ice cream inspired flavors 😋

Their cookies are the perfect combo of crunchy on the outside and soft and gooey on the inside. While I love all their flavors, chocolate chip is still my fave 🍪

Their cookies are $4.50 each, so highly recommend getting a box especially if you want to try multiple flavors. Their Box special comes with 6 cookies (buy 5, get one free) ✨

Chip City has multiple locations and a Chip City mobile too 🚐 Be sure to follow their IG stories for daily menu lineups and updates!

Do you like Chocolate chip cookies? Comment below your fave cookie flavor! 🍪

31/07/2022

.co handmade cactus soaps are cleansing and moisturizing, and they have options to fit your needs 🌺

Two of my favorite soaps have been:

🌺 Flor de mayo cactus soap: Crafted with plant butters and oil. Scented with jasmine oil and rose clay

🌸 Desnuda cactus soap: Unscented and perfect for sensitive skin. Crafted with nopal and other moisturizing plant ingredients such as rice bran oil

If you’re interested in trying a little bit of everything, Nopalera also sells sets that include the soap, lotion bar, and scrub!

All cactus soaps are made by hand and are vegan and cruelty-free 🐰

Nopalera is one of my favorite Latina-owned businesses and I highly recommend if you want to try natural skin care/body care products 💐

You can use my code for a discount on anything you order on Nopalera’s website 🥰

🌺 CODE: Yzabelle15

30/06/2022

My favorite new step in my routine has become .co cactus flower scrub with mandarina 🍊

It’s a 3-in-1 cleanser, exfoliant, and moisturizer that leaves your skin so soft, you won’t need to moisturize after ✨

This is perfect for hot summer days, specially when you don’t want to put an extra layer of lotion that’ll melt off 💧

As a scrub it’s super gentle and nourishing on both my face and body. The scrub uses ingredients such as nopal( 🌵) to cleanse + hydrate, while safflower oil and achiote seeds soothe your skin 🧖‍♀️ and a little goes a long way 🍃

Love products with their clean ingredients, and can’t wait to try their new Desnuda soap for super sensitive skin 🌺

✨Use my code: Yzabelle15 to get a discount on your next .co purchase 🌵 ✨

Do you like body/face scrubs? Comment below your fave thing in your skincare/body care routine! 🌺

28/06/2022

Delicious belated birthday dinner post with 🥕

serves fresh, seasonal dishes with flavor and flair. Each time you visit the menu will be a little different depending on what’s in season 🍃

Copper hill also has a great Brunch menu that is just as delicious + fresh 🍊

✨ Drinks ✨
🥂 Complimentary champagne

🥂 Bad seed: jalapeño infused tequila, lime, salt

🥂 Two shakes: rhubarb infused gin, egg whites, lemon, club soda

✨ Appetizers ✨
🍯 Fresh ricotta + honey: fresh whipped ricotta topped with honey and cracked black pepper and sea salt

🍴 Fresh burrata: topped with red cabbage, grapes, roasted delictata squash, pepitas, drizzle of olive oil

✨ Dinner ✨
🍴 Seared steak with spicy chimicurri sauce, served with potatoes
🍴 Roasted Brussel sprouts
🍴 Roasted potatoes with raclette
🍴 Fresh trout, served with grapefruit, roasted fennel and dill

✨ Dessert ✨
🎂 Chocolate mousse: hazelnuts and brownie brittle, fresh whipped cream

Amazing experience , and excited to go back and try their other seasonal menus 🍴 definitely a farm to table dream come true 🧺

Highly recommend for date night or a special occasion. If you’re only stopping in for drinks, they have a bar area and drink specials too 🍺

📌 234 Hillside Avenue
Williston Park, NY

Dinner hours
Mon-Sat 5-10pm
Sunday 5-9pm

Brunch hours
Sunday 11am-3pm

Have you tried a seasonal/farm to table restaurant before?

Comment below your fave thing to eat when it’s in season 😋 I love having peaches when they’re the freshest in the summertime 🤗

16/06/2022

Happy Thursday 💫Are you looking for a delicious craft brewed tea to have On-The-Go?

by comes in a wide variety of flavors 🍊 Their sparkling botanical teas are healthy, sparkling and delicious 😋

I tried their Dandelion Ginger after having a kebab and fried ice cream, definitely helped me digest while walking around 😆

✨ Flavors ✨

🍋 Black lemon: Black tea, California lemons, black lemons from Guatemala

🍈 Grapefruit quince: Quince, hibiscus, orange peel, lemongrass, strawberries, grapefruit peel, yuzu juice

🌼Dandelion ginger: Ginger, lemon, roasted dandelion root, black lemon, kurokoji fermented green tea, rosemary, tangerine, chili peppers

🍓 Schisandra berry: organic schisandra berries, water. Notes of cranberry, wild rose and citrus

🫐 Elderberry maqui: Blueberries, hibiscus, maqui berries raspberries, rooibos, elderberries, hawthorn leaves, red wine grape skins

🍃 Tumeric saffron: Goldenberries, lemon, tumeric, cardamom, black lemon, eucalyptus, black pepper, saffron

If you visit their website and sign up, you get a coupon for $7 off your next purchase of a case of tea 💵

Comment below which flavor you’d try! 🍹 😋

11/06/2022

Have you checked out the new ? 🍔 They’ve recently revamped their restaurants and menus but the quality and taste is still top notch 🔥

locations now offer a bar area where you can order local beers on tap while snacking on items like chicken bites, pickle chips, or their honey brussel sprouts 🍴

We ordered:

🍺 Mermaid pilsner

🍺 Golden monkey

🍔 Ranchero burger: Sub bison instead of elk, pepper jack, jalapeño, red onion, organic lettuce, garlic aioli

🍔 The National burger: 2 organic beef Patties, uncured bacon, colby, pickles green tomato, red onion, organic lettuce, special sauce + fried egg

🍟 Large Truffle fries

🍗 Popcorn chicken with a side of Nashville hot sauce

Each burger now comes with 2 patties instead of one, and there’s new options such as ostrich if you’re feeling adventurous 🐦

They also have new additions such as new cocktails and salads 🥗 Some exciting cocktails include their spicy blood orange margarita and the scarlet macaw (for my mezcal lovers) 🍹

For a quick bite + drink, also has a Happy Hour 4 days a week! 🥂

🍻 HAPPY HOUR 🍻
Monday-Thursday
3pm-7pm
1/2 price beer & wine

Have you tried Bareburger before? Comment below your go-to burger toppings/order 😋 I love beef burgers but when I love ordering bison 🍴

08/06/2022

Happy Hump day 🐪 With temperatures rising this means more occasions to treat yourself to some ice cream 🍦😋

is a Queens staple and they specialize in making homemade ice creams and floats, even their whipped cream is made in house 🥄

We ordered:
🍦 Vanilla sundae: Scoops of vanilla ice cream, hot fudge, fresh whipped cream, maraschino cherry

🍦Coffee chip sundae: Scoops of espresso chip ice cream, whipped cream, and maraschino cherry

If you want to order to-go, Eddie’s can pack pints or cups to-go. If you can’t eat your sundae here, then you can get it to-go!

There’s plenty of seating inside, you can sit at a table or at the counter. I liked sitting at the counter, watching them make all the sundaes, milkshakes, and floats 🥤

💰 Eddie’s is cash only, so be sure to have some on-hand

HOURS
Mon & Tues: Closed
Sun, Wed, Thurs: 3pm-10pm
Fri & Sat: 3pm-11pm

📌 105-29 Metropolitan Avenue #1 Queens, NY 11375

Comment below your fave ice cream flavor! 😋🍨

24/04/2022

Looking for a new brunch spot? is open and ready to satisfy all of your brunch needs 🍳

Definitely one of my fave places to grab brunch 😋 l always look forward to Phoebe’s and never get tired of their menu 🍴

We ordered:

🍳 Cheeky Monkey ($9.95): Crispy fried 7min egg, wrapped in sausage, potato and smoked cheddar. Served with sage sausage gravy and green onions

🍳 Chorizo hash ($12.95): Green chorizo, crispy masa cake, over-easy eggs, corn, onion, sweet potato, spinach, guacamole, pickled chiles, cotija cheese, cilantro

🍳 Brisket Benny($13.95): Chopped bbq brisket, buttermilk biscuits, over easy eggs, hollandaise, and bbq sauce. Served with hash brown casserole and green onions

🍹 Beet orange mimosa with cava (cava is extra, but worth it)

We went the more savory route with our brunch, but Phoebe’s also has a great selection of sweet treat brunch items such as deep fried French toast,
crepes, and banana fosters French toast 🍞

They also have mouthwatering daily specials such as crab benedicts, beef ribs, and the classic southern chicken fried steak 🥩

Phoebe’s is super casual and walk-ins are welcome, but highly recommend to join their waitlist to beat waiting long on line 🕰

Oltorf location serves breakfast, brunch, and lunch:
Monday-Sunday 7am-3pm

📍 533 West Oltorf Street
Austin, TX 78704

What’s your go-to brunch order?Comment below!😋

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