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Easter at Roy’s Koolina

Lori — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:58:41 +0000

Happy Easter everyone! Today we went out to lunch with my parents for an Easter lunch. We were all going to be in Waipahu in the morning so we went to Roy’s in Koolina for lunch. We had an outdoor table which was a little breezy but had a nice view. Three of us had [...]

Easter at Roy’s Koolina

Chili Lime & Panko Salmon

Lori — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 09:48:04 +0000

Last week my mom introduced me to this Kraft product that you find in the refrigerated cheese section of the market. She made it for dinner one night using chicken and it was really good! This is what the package looks like. When you open it there is a divided plastic bag with shredded cheese [...]

Chili Lime & Panko Salmon

Hawaii Food Bank – Great Chefs Fight Hunger Fundraiser 2013

Lori — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 02:04:40 +0000

Last night was so fun…and delicious! I was able to attend the Hawaii Food Bank – Great Chefs Fight Hunger Fundraiser. Knowing that I would love this type of event, my dad invited me along to join him at the VIP table for Chinen & Arinaga Financial Group. Thank you Mr. Arinaga and thanks dad! [...]

Hawaii Food Bank – Great Chefs Fight Hunger Fundraiser 2013

Vegetarian Chili

Lori — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:22:01 +0000

During a lunch trip to Rainbow Drive In last week, I picked up a packet of their chili powder. I decided to use it to make a vegetarian chili for everyone in my family trying to eat healthy these days. On this evening I was over at my parents’ house and cooked with my mom. [...]

Vegetarian Chili

Kauai Plantation Railway

Lori — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:17:32 +0000

On our last day in Kauai, we went to check out the Kauai Plantation Railway. You get to ride on this old fashioned train around their property checking out fruit trees, mountain scenery, and some animals. Halfway through the ride they stop and let everyone off to feed bread to their pigs! If you have [...]

Kauai Plantation Railway

Kauai Fern Grotto

Lori — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:26:05 +0000

After all of my times visiting Kauai, I still hadn’t been on Smith’s Fern Grotto River Tour. So with the morning free, we paid the kamaaina price and got on board! It was a nice sunny day and we had an informative guide driving us up the Wailua River. Apparently there were many more ferns [...]

Kauai Fern Grotto

Waipouli Restaurant

Lori — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 12:11:44 +0000

Looking for a quick breakfast before heading to the fern grotto, we decided on Waipouli Restaurant in the Waipouli Town Center. I had my standard Portuguese sausage, eggs, and rice… And he had a veggie omelet… We also shared a macadamia nut pancake because we were both pretty hungry! Here’s a look at some of [...]

Waipouli Restaurant

Kauai Fishing

Lori — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:53:29 +0000

After our quick visit to Waimea Pier, we headed to a beach near Poipu to do a little fishing. If you remember our last fishing adventure with the homemade fishing rod, I actually still had that in the car and brought it out to try again. We also now had our normal fishing rod and [...]

Kauai Fishing

Waimea Pier

Lori — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 12:01:29 +0000

After driving down from Waimea Canyon we made a 30 minute stop at Waimea Pier. We hadn’t been to Waimea Pier since the crazy aweoweo run in 2003. Back then you just dropped your line down and up came an aweoweo in 5 seconds max! Today however was a different story, no luck for us [...]

Waimea Pier

Waimea Canyon

Lori — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 10:36:39 +0000

One of my favorite scenic places on Kauai is Waimea Canyon. The drive wasn’t too long from Koloa and the view was great that day! Before heading back down and on to some fishing, we had some local cookies that we picked up at a small market. Yum! Waimea Canyon

Waimea Canyon

Koloa Fish Market

Lori — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:36:28 +0000

On our way to Waimea, we stopped off in Koloa for lunch. Here was the menu for that day on the wall… And some fresh poke in the case. He chose the ahi with wasabi cream sauce. And I went with the hamburger steak. Both came with rice, salad, and mac salad, I thought that [...]

Koloa Fish Market

Kilauea Bakery and Pau Hana Pizza…and fishing!

Lori — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 11:46:38 +0000

After brunch at Hamura’s, we made our way around the island to Kilauea and the Kong Lung Center. Here we stopped by to check out Kilauea Bakery & Pau Hana Pizza. I had been wanting to try the pizza so we shared the veggie slice above. I really enjoyed it and loved that they had [...]

Kilauea Bakery and Pau Hana Pizza…and fishing!

Hamura Saimin, Kauai

Lori — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:50:08 +0000

Finally unloading some photos off my camera! The next several posts will be from a previous trip to Kauai. We weren’t there for too long, but had a fun time eating our way around the island. First stop after landing was lunch at Hamura’s. Started off with the special saimin and a tasty bbq beef [...]

Hamura Saimin, Kauai

Highway Inn, Waipahu

Lori — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 23:19:04 +0000

I’ve been enjoying the new renovated look of Highway Inn as well as some of their new dishes. Right after their renovation, I noticed a lot of new items offered as specials. The Ahi Sliders with chili aioli above started as one of those specials and has now made it on to the regular menu! [...]

Highway Inn, Waipahu

Off the Wall

Lori — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 06:15:19 +0000

Last week after work we stopped by Off the Wall in Pearl Kai for lunch/dinner. I tried the San Diego Spicy Ahi Poke Don. This is ahi poke on furikake rice with spicy aioli and avocado slices. I loved this!! He went for one of the daily specials. I think it was called ahi belly [...]

Off the Wall