Home in the Islands

I was home recently - home being Honolulu - and had two weeks of eating bliss. I thought about documenting my nostalgia-filled food journey but never quite got it done. All that wonderful island food did nothing for my goal to lose 30 pounds this year - it set me back 3 pounds - but it was worth it. Here are some of the highlights:

• Kal-bi, bbq chicken, and pickled veggies from Ono Korean B-B-Q on Waialae Ave.
• Kim chee fried rice from Big City Diner
• Squid luau and lots and lots of snow crab legs at the Sunday Brunch at Sam Choy's Breakfast, Lunch & Crab
• More than a few meals at Zippy's - chili, fried chicken, mahi bun, fried saimin
• Char sui bao, kalua pig bao, ma tai su, sui mai from Royal Kitchen on River Street in Chinatown
• Garlic chicken from Sugoi

That's just a sampling. Not to mention eating cake noodles (why is this only in Hawaii?), malasadas, spicy tuna poke, and all the other good things I just can't find on the mainland.
Some of the things I didn't get to on this trip:

• Hamburger steak plate from Kakaako Kitchen
• Shave ice from Waiola Shave Ice
• Just about anything from 3660 on the Rise (my favorite restaurant in Honolulu)
• Crab-stuffed, tempura ahi from Monarch Seafood

Aloha!