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Tra House | Food Adventures

Tra House has come a long way since it opened back in 2012. It use to be strictly a boba shop and then out of no where evolved into a full blown restaurant. Tra House is known for making Vietnamese dishes with a little twist to it, so if you’re a Vietnamese food fanatic and you eat here you’re going to be mind blown.

This is my favorite photo ever.

Garlic shrimp noodles. Pretty basic, but the shrimp was on point. I just wanted some dry noodles to eat.

Chicken vermicelli with egg rolls. Can’t go wrong with this combination.

When Vietnamese people think meat with baguette bread, they automatically think of banh mi sandwiches. When ordering this dish we did not expect it to come out like a pizza. Pretty good.

Crispy rice with Chinese sausages. We were expecting a bowl of fried rice with sausages. This was a pleasant surprise and also good.

Bo Ne. A slap of steak with tater tots and a fried egg. Taste delicious.

Great place to have dinner and the place has a nice vibe to it. Also the drinks here are really good too. Try the New Yorker.

February 8, 2015

99 Problems

Vinh’s garage is where most of our cars have been worked on or fixed and usually we come back the next day because we messed up on something. We’re not perfect, maybe Instagram makes it look like we have perfect cars, but we don’t. It actually takes a lot of work to build a car that we would be happy with. A suspension drop, wheels and a lip kit doesn’t really count as a build for us. It’s definitely a start, but what separates the car scene kids to the true enthusiast is the attention to detail and the never ending thirst to build a complete all around car.

From Lexus to Nissan now Subaru, Vinh is trying to catch them all. He has always been able to build some unique cars with his simplistic style, every car he has built had it’s own way of grabbing your attention without it having something crazy to it.

Vinh’s room mate, Bryan’s M5. Shit’s packing heat with 500hp.

Henry’s freshly bagged GS on Loc’s Work CR Kais. They’re for sale for $1,900.

Today’s project is Abbitt’s Subaru, we were getting it prepped for a tune. Abbitt is not about the details of his car, if it works and looks good, it’s fine for him. He still builds some pretty cool cars though.

Love/hate relationship for Vinh and building cars. He likes building cars, but he hates being broke from buying the parts.

Henry was trying to fix his air leaks all day. #airproblems

John’s been a rut trying to sell his Work VS-TX. Seems like people now a days don’t want to be a gangster.

Holy camber, Batman!

Sunsets and slammed cars. Even though cars can be a headache, nothing beats seeing your hard work put into a car with the sun setting in the background. Do it for the love of the build instead of Instagram likes.

February 5, 2015

Free Museum Day | RO Explore

If you’re building a car or saving up for that next louboutin heels, you have to figure out some easy ways to save up money. One of my ways is to go out with a girl only once a year and that one time is on National Museum Day, where museums are free all over the United States. This year I thought the more the merrier so, I took out three guys that I really like and then these two girls just kinda tagged along.

Hayle ready for some cool photos today.

Introducing Becky Hoang, who I went to high school with and will be our creative director, make up artist, hula hooper and etc…

Beautiful AW films/AW Stickers/AWDEM.

Hayle said it was going to be cool to see the 405 from a birds eye view. #notimpressed.

Maybe a little now.

House ceiling goals.

Backyard goals. It sucks that they were renovating the garden and we weren’t allowed to be in the garden.

“What chu talking about, Willis?”

The infamous meme!! Sad how bad my culture is when I recognize a piece of art from a internet meme.

Shmurda dance.

Victory Cup.

Welcome to my crib, MTV Cribs.

Finding lines and such.

I want to feel this free and let it all hang out.

Ryo! I missed him a lot and this was our first day of hanging since he came back from Tokyo Auto Salon.

Abbitt looking to make some profile photos for people.

There’s a Harry Potter reference in this chimney and Derek was looking for it.

Lines baby.

Another boy band cover with Hayle in the middle.

“Look at all these fucks I give”

Becky happened to recognize this building and said she never got to visit this museum before. Lucky for her she was with me and I love being able to experience the first of something with someone.

It was a Bullwinke Show art exhibition!

Lots of very cool drawings of some of the characters in the show.

Live in the moment Becky.

We’re not really friends if I haven’t taken you to a good ice cream spot to eat for the first time.

Blue velvet ice cream.

The tag a longs or if Hayle would say it the “tagalogs”.

People who wear glasses stick together, they know each other feels..

Describing to each other their flavors.

“Damn this spoon taste good”

Whoa, a decent photo of Ms. Glaiza.

It’s like one saw something coming and the other one got hit by it.

Vogue Hayle.

What a beautiful day to go skipping in the grass on Rodeo.

This family took notice of Hayle’s professional Instagram skills and wanted her to take their family photo.

The group got split up after this, some went straight to Flask Mob and the rest went to LACMA.

Becky and I were the lucky ones that got to go to LACMA.

A ton of cool stuff in the contemporary art building. I want to use all of them as a piece in my house.

A giant ass elevator.

It would suck if they all got stuck in this elevator with a guy who is lactose intolerant and just ate ice cream half an hour ago.

I miss the American flag television installation they had here last year.

Richard Serra’s Band. I only know of this sculpture because I took an art class for fun in the summer and he was one of the guys I hard to research about.

The classic “why the fuck are you taking a photo of me?” look.

She got use to me though.

Seriously, hanging around me you get some good Facebook profile photos that you can use on Tindr and maybe it will get you laid or a free meal. Thank me later.

Shout out to Shavi, Derek, Glaiza, Becky, Abbitt and Ryo for making this day so fun. We need to have more adventures like these.

February 4, 2015

Flask Mob LA | January

You can come up with some cool shit with just a tripod and some long exposures.The latest trend on Instagram right now is the late night city photography with a sick emo caption which has always been my favorite thing to shoot. I live in the suburbs where there are no city lights to take photos of and when there are lights at nights it’s usually because of traffic. Luckily for me Flask Mob has monthly meets where they show you around the city and make it so cool shit happens for photo opportunities. I saw last month’s photos and made it a priority for me to go to the next meet up.

There was already a large crowd of people when we got there. Amazing to see so many photographers and people who love to capture cool shit come together.

People already started staging out some cool shots.

Flask Mob was like Halloween all over again, but a lot more acceptable to take photos of people.

There was also this dude who was a professional fire breather. First time seeing something like this and it had me in shock and awe.

I wish I had a better angle for a cool shot.

He was like a Charmander all night.

Holy crap.

He who dances with fire.

This guy is epic.

Next to him was a dude that spun burnt wool and it makes this cool effect.

Right when all the cool shit was about to happen, the fun police came and through the down the biggest “TFTI” on us and proceeded to kick us out.

Good thing no one invited them because they would’ve known we were just going to move anyways.

Straight thug.

This guy is a bad ass. Right when he got on the bridge he gunned it and got chased after the police.

Hayle really confused on where we’re going.

It got a little rowdy.

Look at all of these people!

Some low lows. Check out that rim tuck.

Fire wool spinning on the bridge.

These ladies lit some sparklers to guide us.

I think I want to pick up this hobby.

This is so down.

We were slapping these new HOODRATstuff stickers wherever we went.

The guide.

The DJ.

It was a fucking party.

Not amused.

Smoke bombs is another thing on my list to buy.

Our friends eventually caught up to us.

But them being here won’t stop this party.

Even Van Styles was present.

LAPD eventually blocked us in and didn’t let anyone pass.

It still didn’t stop the FLASK MOB.

Wildest rager ever.

Seriously, no rules at this party. It was like we were at a photography competition where everyone was fighting to get a good photo.

She would win.

Insert poetic caption or alternative rock song.

Be the light at the end of a tunnel.

Eventually LAPD let us out four people at a time. This shit took fucking forever.

We thought this was David Vu’s old car.

LA is a crazy place. It was a fun experience thank you Flask Mob for the good times. I know how tough it is to throw events, so I hope you guys keep at it!

February 3, 2015

Trade Show | Agenda 2014

When I was uploading photos from my previous photo shoot with Edris, I realized I had a bunch of photos that I forgot to edit and upload.

Abbitt came through my work to visit and we decided to test out my new lens filter on his car.

If you’re interested in buying these Rotiforms hit him up at abbitt.wilkerson@gmail.com.

Another set I forgot to post up was my visit to Agenda 2014. As we move on to push the HOODRATstuff brand it meant moving out of my comfort zone of car shows to a different type of show that would help network with some of the players in the street wear industry.

Long Beach convention center, I remember having to go here for community service conventions when I was in Key Club. Crazy how things turn full circle.

The famous Agenda sign.

A lot of interesting characters in these rows.

Hung out at the IN4MATION booth for the majority show and it seemed like most of the show was just talking to friends that came by the booth.

My favorite part of Agenda is seeing the creative booth set ups.

An ice cream truck that I will always run out of my house for.

Cool beach theme, I think this company is promoting their shoe line?

Get fresh cuts while shopping for some clothes.

This van is sick.

Seemed like having a decked out van was a theme at Agenda.

Visited the G Pen booth to check out their latest products.

Sick GPRO that burns flowers and vaporizes it.

Leslie checking her tindr.

Seemed like it was just a big party for everyone in the industry.

Sneaky Wipes, it actually works pretty well.

Fresh hair cut and now fresh shoes.

Something familiar at a show.

This booth setup is pretty awesome. Love the grittiness and they even have the baskets to sit on haha.

Movers and shakers.

Strangest thing at a show or even in any situation. A llama appears out of no where.

That wrap’s up our mini coverage of the Agenda show, sucks I couldn’t take photos of the cool products that some of the companies are coming out with, but hey you’ll be seeing them soon in stores. Now I just gotta make it so someone else is blogging about HOODRATstuff.

January 25, 2015

Straw Hat Richey

During our trip to H2Oi, we had the pleasure of finally meeting a long time internet friend, Ryan Richey from South Carolina with his custom wide body bugeye Subaru. Ryan built his car into his own creation with the many different influences he has gained in the automotive realm.

Filmed & Edited By: @ShaviW

The custom wide body Ryan molded with his hands is quite nice and unique of course.

The 326 power wing sits right at home on the body. Good choice.

Cool points for the lambo doors. You either dig it or you don’t.

Finally seeing this car in person is just a surreal experience when we have only seen it via the internet till now. Thanks Ryan for letting us take some shots, and for being such an awesome stud muffin. Hopefully, we can hang out some more next year at SOWO.

-@ShaviW
-@TuckerScharf

October 23, 2014

H2Oi 2014

H2Oi…You have probably heard of this event that takes places at the end of September in Ocean City, Maryland. If you haven’t heard of it by now, then you are missing out on the biggest automotive gathering on the East Coast. This year some of our friends and I decided to go finally check it out, and experience what H2Oi is all about.

The moment we landed in Ocean City it was worth it already. Nothing but the best the East Coast has to offer, especially in the Euro realm.

Once we were on Coastal Highway aka the strip, there was nothing but modified car after modified car. It was almost as if you were living in a city, where auto enthusiasts out numbered regular people.

There was a good variety of everything cruising up and down the strip throughout the weekend.

One of the craziest things was the amount of police activity. People were getting towed left and right because Ocean City police believed their cars to be unsafe to drive. So, they impounded an enormous amount of cars, but all those cars were towed right back out and back onto the streets. Like this tC from New York.

Then once night hit we witnessed the beautiful chaos. There were even more cars on the strip, and this time doing burnouts for days up and down the strip. And the amount of people watching on the sidewalks was utterly crazy. It was really something you had to be there to experience.

The amount of people during the day was nothing to the amount of people that came out at night.

And then any random area you go, you would see a cool car.

This IS300 with some Rocketbunny front fenders and universal rear flares.

Group of Subarus out in a quite remote area of Ocean City.

More coastal parking lot spottings.

Group shot of some of the new and old friends at the Mazda Fitment x Wrong Fitment Crew meet up.

Hawk-eye STi on Enkei RS05RR.

There sure were a lot of Subarus everywhere.

More of the variety you would see at H2Oi.

FD RX-7 on VIP Modular VX610.

Another car on a set of VIP Modular VX610.

Slant lips have been making their rounds onto more cars recently.

This civic showing love all the way from Quebec, Canada. Thanks!
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John’s Orange 350z on Weds Kranze LXZ.

Chris and Ryan hard styling to friendship.

The trip to H2Oi for the first time was definitely something you will not forget, and have major withdrawals. I would recommend everyone to take the chance to experience it for themselves, because any pictures or videos you see online just do not live up to the first hand account.

-@ShaviW
-@TuckerScharf

October 14, 2014

Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff

Royal Origin – Cars, Women, & Hoodratstuff from Vu Pham on Vimeo.

We took a couple of bagged cars, beautiful ladies, and some of our street wear out for a nice day at the park.
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Special thanks to:
EPonym (Song: EPonym & ESTA – H&B)

LS430:
Steve Dam (@instadammmn)

Ladies:
Nathalia (@nattykboo)
Heather (@yofatassma)
Nancy (@_nancysm)

BTS:
Minh Nyugen (@nguass) (Owner: IS250)
Celso Nimo (@celsonimo)
Henry Nguyen (@hennessy_henry)
Shavi Wijegunaratne (@shaviw)

August 6, 2014

The Hoodratstuff Lanyard

Get your shit together, keep your keys together with our Hoodratstuff lanyard.
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These can be cut to any length you want by simple opening the clip end and using a pair of scissors to cut the lanyard to any size you desire.

For basic instructions on how to adjust the lanyard, look here: http://royal-origin.com/2013/06/13/the-crown-lanyard/

Available in Shiny Gold on Red and Shiny Gold on Black.

Buy them over at the Royal Origin Store
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July 15, 2014

Plunk Plunk Done

Recently we spent some time in downtown Los Angeles to take pictures and video of Neel’s Lexus LS400 before he moves away to start his new life journey in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Neel and his big body beauty.