hawaii food
Mac Nuts, part 3: Boots and Kimo’s
Friday, May 26th, 2006On one of our last days on Oahu, we looked out the window. Raining again. Phooey. I remember driving around, finding most things were closed… no tourist activities for today - Even the Polynesian Cultural Center, which we had hoped to get to, was shut down to due to the severe weather. [...]
Mac Nuts, part 2: The amazing mac nut pie
Tuesday, May 9th, 2006Hilo, instead of being the volcano hike-filled day, ended up being the day of the amazing macadmia nut discoveries.
We were driving around the southern coast of the Big Island, focused on finding a market/restaurant that was described in our borrowed copy of The Big Island: Revealed. We drive around and around, and of course, [...]
Mac Nuts, part 1: the birth of the macadmia nut as we know it
Monday, May 8th, 2006As you probably know, Hawaii is famous for its macadamia nuts. We hadn’t really intended on visiting Mauna Loa, as it’s a huge tourist trap, but we saw it on our way back from Volcanoes national park, so we decided to stop by.
Oh, boy were we impressed. This fine establishment housed not only [...]
Hawaiian Haute Cuisine Ctd.
Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006This is entry #2 in my newly founded series on Hawaiian food. (Of course, you remember Entry #1 on Durian, don’t you?).
Most of our honeymoon was in pursuit of odd and wonderful nourishment, mostly because 3/4 of our vacation was a minor monsoon, closing several of the fine national parks, monuments, and [...]
Durian debacle
Monday, April 10th, 2006 Mark one off the 50 things to eat before you die list. Oak and I (unfortunately) tried Durian on our honeymoon.
Durian, according to slashfood, has an unmistakable odor, described as everything from a combination of onions and sweaty socks to rotting fish and sewage.
The Durian-flavored bubble tea pretty much told that [...]
