Hawaii Eats

As most of you know, we got married in Kona, Big Island Hawaii, November 11, 2011.
Then we went to Kauai for honeymoon afterwards.
Here are some restaurants we tried on our trip.

Tex Drive In

45-690 Pakalana St Hwy 19
Honokaa, HI 96727

(808) 775-0598

www.texdrivein.com 

We stopped here at the Tex Drive In on the way to our volcano tour in Hilo from Kona. This is a well know local spot and they known for their malasadas.  I had no idea what malasadas were but they said it's really good. Come to find out, they are sugar donuts stuffed with some flavors, ranging from guava, to passion fruit to Bavarian cream. They were just donuts but they really good, but perhaps I was just hungry.

 

Next stop, Kauai. We got a couple hours to kill before we have to head to the airport. We came across a shopping mall, so we decided to go in and walk around for a bit. It was around lunchtime, and I was hungry. I did a quick search on Yelp and it says there's a hot dog shop in the strip mall that has 300+ good reviews and they were open, so we decided to give it a try. 

Sure it's a hot dog shop, its small, only got 2 tables. But it's nicely decorated and their menu is on a surf board, very Hawaiian.  You pick your hot dog (Polish Sausage or Veggie), then select the spice level (mild, spicy, hot, hot-hot), then lastly, select your topping (Mango Relish, Coconut Relish, Pineapple Relish, Banana Relish, Papaya Relish and Star Fruit Relish) OR you can choose the Traditonal Toppings (Ketchup, Mustard, Sweet Pickle Relish, Hawaiian Mustard, Lillkoi or Guava).

The most popular topping, is Pineapple Relish

Garlic Lemon Sauce
Guava Mustard
or
Mango Relish
Spicy Jalapeno Sauce
Lilikoi Mustard

Puka Dog

2360 Kiahuna Plantation Dr
Koloa, HI 96756

(808) 742-6044

www.pukadog.com

Their adorable surfboard menu

The shop

Hubby enjoying his Puka Dog

Mango Relish with Hawaiian Mustard

A cup of their fresh squeezed lemonade, hubby claims it's the best lemonade he's ever had!

Hawaii is composed of many cultures, and Japanese is one of them. In Kauai, I wanted to try this Saimin place. It was a hole-in-the-wall but completely packed. No decorations. And all they served was just pretty much saimin.

Hamura's Saimin

2956 Kress St
Lihue, HI 96766

(808) 245-3271

The kitchen and their menu

BBQ Beef & Chicken Skewers

Lilikoi Chiffon Pie - very yummy!

 

ROTM - Thai Original BBQ Restaurant

6820 W Flamingo Rd
Ste A
Las Vegas, NV 89103

(702) 227-3479

http://www.yelp.com/biz/thai-original-bbq-restaurant-las-vegas-2


I frequently visit this Thai restaurant, it's close to work, have great lunch speicals and they have 3 locations around town. Today I had a Groupon to use, so I got take outs from Thai BBQ for dinner.
The food was delicious but on the spicy side, I order mine all levels 2 but this time they taste like a level 5.  Maybe next time I will get no spice and have the peppers be on the side.

Chopped Chicken Breast with Basil

Papaya Salad with Shrimp (Shredded fresh papaya served with crushed peanut, tomato, dry shrimp, and lime juice.)

Beef Sate Skewers with peanut sauce

Drunken Fried Rice / Spicy Rice

San Francisco Trip

We visited 2 restaurants this trip that's blog-worthy.


Himawari

202 2nd Ave
San Mateo, CA 94401
(650) 375-1005

This is a Japanese restaurant, known for it's ramen. They also have lots of rice dishes. I had the pork belly ramen, the pork was melts-in-your-mouth tenderness. The place is not very big so expect a line of waiting customers on busy weekends.

Interior

Salmon Fried Rice

Stewed Pork Belly Ramen

Deluxe Ramen with Egg

Scoma's Restaurant
Pier 47
Al Scoma Way
San Francisco, CA 94133
Neighborhood: Fisherman's Wharf
(415) 771-4383

Restaurant & View

We were walking along Fisherman's Wharf and searching on Yelp for a good restaurant to eat at.
We came across Scoma's right on the pier.  The restaurant was full but we only waited about 10 minutes before we got seated. It overlooked the way with beautiful views. The restaurant is on the pricey side but it's the price you pay for fresh seafood.

I ordered from the 3-item pre-fixed menu ($49) which the portions are smaller. I had a Caesar Salad with Clam Chowder and Crab Ravioli, it was very delicious and just the right size for me.

Here is what we ordered: 

• DUNGENESS CRAB COCKTAIL
• WHOLE DUNGENESS CRAB
S
• CLAM CHOWDER
• LOBSTER RAVIOLI - House-made ravioli in a Lemon and Saffron Cream Sauce,   Spinach, and Fresh Tomato
• CRAB RAVIOLI - with prawns
• House-made Ravioli with a Champagne Beurre Blanc, Swiss Chard and Fried Leekss
• LOBSTER NEWBURG ALLA SCOMA - Topped with Melted Provolone Cheese

DUNGENESS CRAB COCKTAIL

CLAM CHOWDER WITH CAESAR SALAD

CRAB RAVIOLI - with prawns

LOBSTER NEWBURG ALLA SCOMA