San Diego Supercomputer Center, Oliboli Donuts, Broth Shabu Shabu

San Diego Supercomputer Center

Last day of SDSC Summer Institute 2024

One last continential breakfast courtesy of SDSC.

Knowledge management and graph workshop the last day.

Overview of Voyage and of Cosmos, SDSC's two newest HPC.

Lunch box.

Farewell, SDSC. Was an informative week!

Trying to beat traffic.

Oliboli Donuts in Tustin.

Fancy but not too fancy.

The kitchen. Freshly deep fried then freshly glazed and presented. Inside.

Inside.

Boxes are nice but not fancy.

Strawberry glazed.

Peach glazed.

Both donuts.

Not quite as raised as I would like. Maybe the super-duper-fresh-and-hot isn't for me?

Broth Shabu Shabu's big patio.

Broth Shabu Shabu. Inside.

Inside.

Buffet-- noodles, veggies, seafood.

Tofu, shrimp, crab balls.

Noodles and rice cakes.

Veggies.

Mushrooms and more veggies.

Don't go overboard at the buffet, get the meat.

Time to cook.

Sauce bar is modest.

Beef. It's what's for dinner.

Seafood and bean curd from the buffet.

More beef.

Old school Porsche.

The last day of San Diego Supercomputer Center's excellent week-long summer institute for high performance computing (HPC) and data science. Quite a packed morning, including a session on knowledge management and graph, plus two sessions on SDSC's newest supercomputers, Voyager and Cosmos. They were even nice enough to send us off with boxed lunches.

Left immediately in an effort to beat traffic, quick stop at Oliboli Donuts for their fresh-made, fresh-glazed treats. Between Duck Donuts and Oliboli Donuts, I think it's safe to say I actually don't care for freshly-pulled-from-the-deep-fryer donuts and their still melty glaze. Give me a few minutes to enjoy a glaze that has properly set, please. The vibe was very stereotypical wholesome Orange County, but welcome enough for all that, and then was time to get back into traffic.

A few errands later and it was clear that I was not going to make it back home (let alone to the office) at a reasonable hour, so gave up and headed to Broth Shabu Shabu in Cerritos for dinner. For all you can eat, they are extremely affordable and well worth the stop if you are in the area. They have ample parking as well, unlike some of their competitors in k-town or in 626. The quality of the meat is pretty good but won't blow you away, the sauce bar is basic but adequate. Stick to the nicer cuts of beef for ample enjoyment.