Aloha Dinner!!

To round off the Hawaiian food porn tour, may I present the final chapter: Le dîner est servi!!

Our first night in Honolulu was late and choices were limited. We made a b-line to the nearest ABC Store and inhaled the first of many macadamia nut snack packs.
Eventually we were lured into one of the dirty little secrets of Waikiki - Late night McDonald's!
I hesitate to mention our whole order (er, 20 piece nuggets for $4.99, how could I say no despite all the warnings about its contents), but the best part was saimin:

A pretty tasty bowl of noodles at midnight if you ask me.

Now we liked the Cheeseburger place so much we returned for dinner:
ROYAL ALI’I CHEESEBURGER™ (say it with me...AH-LEE-EE)-that's what is says on the menu. Sold!

I made Murray order onion rings with his burger so we could share. I think there was a theme on our trip. Making him order something different so I could have some!! Tee hee. Oh of course I shared with him too...

Another late night and we found no choice but the enormous and ever-popular Cheesecake Factory. Funny I've been a few times, but never had room for cheesecake. Why? Because everything here is gigantic! We ordered side salads and thought they gave us entree size. No, the massive portion WAS the side size! And the buffalo blasts (chicken, cheese and buffalo sauce all stuffed in a spiced wrapper and deep fried!) in all their giant glory were tasty and more than plenty for two. The photos do not do their size justice:

We bid our final adieu with one more burger joint - Teddy's Bigger Burgers.
It's fast food but the staff were super nice and patient (there were too many choices to customize your burgers with). Too be honest it was all a blur and I don't even remember what we ordered!

But I made Murray get fries, so I could order the onion rings.

Mahalo mes amies, I hope you enjoyed the Honolulu Food Porn Tour!

kisses,
mh

Aloha Lunch!!

Is it lunchtime yet? It is now!

Chapter Two: Déjeuner

This used to be a Jack in the Box - Marukame Udon

We stumbled upon this around lunchtime and decided to give it try. Pick your own noodles, pick your own side dishes of fried goodness. Total bill less and $25USD and super filling and yummy. Beats Jack in the Box hands down.

Hi, I'm Dan and I'll be your server today - Lulu's Waikiki

Dan was a handsome ex-Navy guy who was stationed in Honolulu and never went back to Portland. Who can blame him? Keep talking Dan, you're so dreamy with your Buddy Holly glasses and tats, studying to get your Masters degree in biophysics or whatever the hell it was you're majoring in. Murray always says I'm not friendly enough. He wasn't too pleased. I think he ordered the Angry Hog as a subconscious reaction to my friendliness with Dan.

Oh and I got the mahi sandwich thanks Dan for the suggestion...

Food truck! - at Giovanni's Shrimp Truck

We only made it to this one food truck. I really wanted to show Murray the greatness that was the Blue Water Shrimp and Seafood truck but we were sad to find out it had just closed and only had a stall in the International Marketplace. Meh, just not the same. But this garlic shrimp scampi with our side of lemon butter shrimp comes a close second.

Mmm. I'm getting hungry again. Dinner tomorrow, mes amies!

kisses,
mh

Aloha Breakfasts!!

J'adore Hawaii. Honolulu to be specific. All the comforts of North America with the smell of fresh ocean air, the perfume of tropical flowers and the touch of warm sunny weather that a girl stuck in the cold half the year oh-so desires. And food to die for! Murray and I didn't even get to all of it in time, but I think we significantly damaged our arteries and fed our souls with ooey gooey food love.

I've decided to show you all the food porn glory in 3 post. So let's begin, mes amies:

Chapter One: Petits Déjeuners

Mmm cheeseburgers - at where else? Cheeseburger Restaurants!

But of course not for breakfast! It was early, it was our first day in Honolulu, we just picked this one because Murray thought it looked friendly. And friendly they were! My "traditional" Hawaiian breakfast of eggs, rice, Portuguese sausage, and Hawaiian sweet bread. It's apparently customary to drink pineapple mimosas too (not pictured er, because I emptied it before the food arrived).

Hmm maybe some pancakes or French toast? - at Keoni by Keo's Restaurant

Or we can share. I made Murray order the pancakes so I could share my French toast with him. That's not ice cream on the side of my toast, it's butter! Hey who can complain when the bill totaled $17USD.
(Mes amies, I tried the resto's own link but my anti-virus forbade it, so be careful!)

Sushi for breakfast? - at any ABC Store

It's 5:45AM and we are waiting for the shuttle bus to take us snorkeling. Spam musubi and $0.99 coffees were the order of the day. And just enough for a long day of turtle watching! If you think the idea is gross, it is, but they are actually quite tasty. We splurged and got another version with tamago (egg) and it was just as yummy!

Road trip! But first a malasada or 12 - at Leonard's Bakery

Before we left for a day on the North Shore, we drove to Leonard's for malasadas. Not knowing exactly what they were, we read they were "puffs". At the bakery, the malasadas are made to order so you don't see what they look like in the counter displays. So we ordered a dozen thinking they were bite-sized. Boy were we wrong!

They were as big as my face! And we ate 6 in the parking lot. Light as air and not really like a donut - so much better. Okay we probably made a big mistake by ordering so many, but it was worth it.

That's all for brekky, stay tuned for lunch tomorow!

kisses,
mh

Commitment-phobe

Mes amies, I found a size-5 twin at my new office. Her name is Noodle and she's uber cute and has tiny feet like moi!

We haven't known each other for very long but I feel as though our shoe size twin connection has somehow made us closer, quicker. (Maybe because we secretly know that we better keep our enemies close when there's a massive shoe sale that we'll sneak off to together during lunch and we end up eyeing the same pair! I digress.)

The other day Noodle told me that she had a salon appointment and she was going to get bangs. Very exciting if you ask me - bangs are hot. Look at Hannah Simone from New Girl. She's pretty sexy if you ask me. It's like hot bangs action on that show - Hannah and Zooey Deschanel, I'm jealous.

All the girls in the office were stoked to see her new bangs and as I guessed they are totally hot. But today there was something different about Noodle. She's tossed her bangs to the side and says she's over it and is growing them out! Qu'est que c'est?! Je ne comprends pas!

But then I realized something else Noodle and I have in common - commitment issues.

Noodle, mon petite chou, I still think your bangs are hot, even if you don't.

kisses,
mh