Stepping out for a midday outing, Vanessa Hudgens was spotted leaving Chez Nous restaurant in Toluca Lake, California on Friday (November 21).

Sporting a black top and jeans to go with her bangy hairdo, the "High School Musical" hottie enjoyed a bite to eat and conversation with a friend before passing the paparazzi on the way back out to her car.

Speaking of paparazzi, Miss Hudgens recently revealed her disdain for the intrusive shutterbugs, telling, “I mean, put yourself in my situation: people who you do not know taking pictures of you in your own room!”

“It’s obnoxious and invasive, and I don’t know why they would do it,” the 19-year-old brunette beauty adds.

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Enjoy the pictures of Vanessa Hudgens leaving Chez Nous restaurant after meeting a friend for lunch (November 21).