Sweet Home Waimanalo
My sister asked me to drive her to Waimanalo on the 21st of December, and it won’t surprise you to know that when I asked why, she explained that it […]
Category Archives: Honolulu
Tokkuri Tei
More catchup: I’m eating soup made from year-end refrigerator dregs today, and reliving the past year’s eats in photographs, too. A friend who knows Tokkuri Tei’s menu backwards and forwards […]
Ethel’s Grill
Sumo wrestlers, a line in the sun (more sumo wrestlers, construction workers, Honolulu hipsters, Kalihi businessfolk), fruit punch, iceberg lettuce, famous garlic chicken (the garlic perhaps playing second fiddle to […]
Popcorn Sushi (“But again, no soy please.”)
Here are some pictures from a birthday party at Sushi Sasabune, the Honolulu omakase where the approach to soy leaves no room for nonsense. Above, the halibut (left, no soy […]
Au’s Garden
A Parisian son of our Chinese clan is on island; to celebrate, two round tables at Au’s Garden on Moʻokāula St. in Kalihi. It was my first trip ever, and […]
Morimoto Brunch
It’s been almost a month but I wanted to share these images from the new brunch concept at Morimoto Waikiki. Pork gyoza under bacon foam; wasabi bloody mary bar; eggs […]
Punahou Carnival
Here they are again. Punahou’s perennial Portuguese pastries. Looking much smaller than last year’s, and perhaps tasting even better. Sister and I gnawed daintily on a sackful by the Lily […]
Japanese Macrobiotic
I think it started with the grilled lotus root. What I remember: it was late, I had just gotten out of the ocean, and I let J. pick the place […]
