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JumblyJu

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  1. A Tsukiji Fish Market and Restaurant is supposed to open in Ala Moana Shopping Center, Hawaii's largest shopping center. From their website: That opening date has changed many times so I wonder if it will actully open at the end of 2006.
  2. rlivings, what kind of information were you looking for? I am most familiar with Mitsuba deli and Mitsuken, both located on North School St. Both are very good, I will list some of their highlights (and low lights).Mitsuba: - has a parking lot - has ready made bento for a quick grab and go - three different types of chicken (garlic, shoyu, fried) - serves breakfast: fried rice, eggs, choice of breakfast meat - makes a sweet potato crumble, a manju crust shaped like a small turnover filled with purple okinawan sweet potato - also sells rice krispy type cookies - other items commonly found here: spaghetti, hot dog, lup cheong, fried fish, fish cake, corned beef hash, maki sushi (v. good), cone sushi (v. good), various musubi (plain, w/ ume, spam, garlic chicken, hot dog). Menu here. Mitsuken: - no parking - very small, you go in order and wait outside - known for their garlic chicken (pieces of boneless chicken thighs floured and fried then drenched in a shoyu, sugar, garlic mixture) - cheap breakfast plate, it used to be $1.99 for fried rice, eggs and bacon. - there's usually a long line
  3. Most of the items at the Marukai 99 cent store in Hawaii are now $1.49. The quality of the items are not as good as they were before and they no longer carry Disney and Snoopy items.
  4. Is Kewpie the mayo of choice for pizza in Japan?
  5. Neat! Thank you for sharing. What's this for? The page with the towel and hands.
  6. If you're near the airport 99 Ranch Market would be ideal. They have a vast seafood (and meat) counter along with Asian groceries. Google map to 99 Ranch..
  7. There are two types of Longanisa I am familiar with. A sweet one and a vinegary one. Both can be found fresh or frozen. This is how I was taught to cook them by a Filipino friend: poke holes in the casings where there are large chunks of fat. In a skillet place a little water and simmer sausages, when water evaporates leave it to brown. It's great plain with rice.
  8. Thank you so much for sharing your pictures and New Year's experience! It has inspired me to buy my own mochi maker. I love mochi and am always sad when I don't get to eat mochi around New Years. I'm always busy around the end of the year and forget to order my mochi and the stores always sell out.
  9. I highly recommend Sushi Factory on W. Tropicana, they are open for lunch and dinner. They have set meal options, ala carte sushi (both nigiri and rolls) or a very reasonable all you can eat lunch. The fish is very fresh and of high quality.
  10. Relocating to, or opening a third location? (My husband didn't make it to town on Tuesday.) ← Relocating. That whole area is scheduled to be demolished. Taiyo and So Gong Dong have already found other locations.
  11. I wish I knew they sold mochi at their Kapiolani location. I'm only familiar with their back door as that's where the parking is. And it looks like November 1 they're moving to 99 Ranch.
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    the tuna melt

    My fav is Coral chunk light Hawaiian Ahi tuna with mayo, onions, lots of sweet pickle relish and pepper on buttered sweet bread and american cheese. It's the simplicity of it all that makes it so wonderful!
  13. my favorite way to eat sweet bread is with butter. my favorite bread to eat a tuna sandwich with is sweet bread. Is King's sweet bread carried in Hawaii? I do remember the bakery on King street though.
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    Summer Party

    Where's this party? It must cost a bundle to get heavy things like poi and sweet potato flown in. The menu looks great, lots of variety!
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    Bubble Tea

    I love milk tea boba, unblended. The best way to avoid bad balls is to go to a place with high turnover. Balls go bad when they have to be refrigerated, fresh balls are soft, plump and chewy. They also get hard when they get too cold because the drink is blended. The best places to get boba in Honolulu is at Coffee or Tea in McCully or Bea's in the 99 Ranch complex.
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    Summer Party

    What kind of food did you serve at your last luau? It's interesting to find out what people serve at luau outside of Hawaii.
  17. How about the Pacific Beach Hotel? They have private rooms for parties. I think the tea house you're thinking of is Natsunoya Tea House. Unfortunately, it would be difficult for your wheelchaired guest, there are a few steps here and there. The food at the Wedding Cafe in Manoa is good, but it's a little more casual than the other places you mentioned.
  18. Yes, thank you for sharing those pictures! The hamachi looks heavenly! Is there a parking lot at the Izakaya or is it street parking only?
  19. Foodland does carry Wahoo, look for it near the canned tuna. If you're looking for jams/jellies and stuff to take home, while farmer's market products most likely will be the freshest, Longs in Ala Moana has a vast selection of items worthy of taking home so you can avoid the ABC trap.
  20. I loved Hilo Bay Cafe. Read about it here: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/...4/il/il01p.html and here: http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/specials...restaurant?id=5 And don't forget omiyage from Nori's!!!
  21. If i've got the need for chicken katsu I go to L&L. I know their chicken katsu is almost paper thin, ok maybe cardboard thick, but it has decent taste and can stand alone without sauce. The sauce does vary from L&L to L&L, but I like to put mine on the mac salad, since that's the thing with the least taste. I also like the chicken katsu from Coco Ichibanya (Curry House). They give a more substantial chicken katsu and the sauce there is the curry. Yum!
  22. Huli Huli chicken is great! It's usually sold as a fundraiser but on the weekends in the summer you can sometimes stumble upon some in parking lots of markets, schools or churches.
  23. In Hawaii plain fresh mochi are usually only available around the New Year, so to make it last for the rest of the year my mom would freeze it and when we wanted to eat some she would defrost it in a jar of water. After a day or so she would cut up the mochi into chunks then slowly "fry" it in some butter in a non-stick pan. When the mochi "melted" and formed one goop it was ready to be coated with kinako (mixed with a little sugar and a pinch of salt). My favorite way to eat mochi is when it's fresh, to heat it on a rack over the stove until it's crispy on the outside, then dip it in a shoyu/sugar mixture. Yummy!
  24. In addition to coating fried mochi with kinako, my other favorite use for kinako is as an addition to Oatmeal, about a teaspoon (or to taste) mixed with quick oatmeal. Also, Trader Joe's (in the US) sells a yummy Soybean butter. Just like peanut butter but out of soybeans, it taste just like kinako (as it should )!
  25. A Japanese restaurant here in Hawaii serves it with a spicy mustard (not French's or Coleman's) and tonkatsu sauce. Is this common anywhere else?
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