Hot dog, with ketchup, mustard, and a mix of serrano, onion, tomatoes




Some southwestern salsa, with habaneros


Rib Plate from Flame Broiler


Need lots of sauces


You can kind of see the hot italian sausage under all the grilled peppers and onions, and sriracha

 

Pepper Jack <strike>Bacon</strike> Burgers for my birthday dinner. Except I cooked.

I slow cooked them, but two hungry women were angry so I rushed and the bacon was undercooked. It had to be removed. But the burgers were still delicious. The bacon and peperjack is stuffed into the patty, and normally it works out very well. Goes to show you cant rush perfection.

 

Had some great Chinese food last night using the hot pot in the middle of the table. The art of using chop sticks is slowly coming back to me.

 

hhhhmmm looks good....that's what they call shabu shabu right? Where it's a hot broth that you dip and basically cook the meat in? I wanna try it

 

Food from our hawaii trip....my parents were there a total of 9 days and then I met up with them and I was there 6 days. I did a lot of yelping on this trip...and will do even more on our road trip to Nebraska

First hour on the island, was starving after the 5 hour flight and didn't wanna get anything too big cuz we had reservations for that night. Hawaii gets kalua pork on their nacho bellgrandes


Now from dinner that night at Huggo's (pronounced Hug-go's)
Garlic bread


My caesar salad


moms salad


dads seafood chowder


My mom and I both got the penne pasta with shrimp


dad got prime rib.....pretty darn good and usually wouldn't expect to find this at a restaurant on the water in hawaii


Dessert....there take on banana's foster....I had a bite of the ice cream, not a fan of bananas



And the view from our table


just looked over the railing of the restaurant.... you're on the rocks

 

On our drive around the Big Island, from Kona to Hilo we stopped at a bakery for lunch.



BBQ Riblet plate


Hamburger Plate


Bacon Baked Potato soup


and some of the very best coffee ice cream, I've ever had and made from the local Kona coffee beans

 

Two nights we had sushi

First night at a place called Shima-Ichi if I remember correctly...it was alright


we also had some rice, miso, and edemamme...my mom had a seaweed salad too.

The other sushi night....the restaurant was Sushi Rock located in Hawi, Hi. It's more of a sushi/japanese fusion and it was awesome...kinda expensive but I've never had any of this stuff anywhere else Sushi Rock


One of their salads...forgot the name


gazpacho my mom had


miso soba I had


First 2 rolls we got: top is Surf n' Turf...spicy shrimp inside shiitake mushroms other stuff, topped with seared tenderlion and onions on top......absolutely amazing. bottom was Capn' Crunch forgot exactly what it had but it also had seared tuna on the outside


Second 2 rolls: Bombay sunset, and Rising Sun


Pele's Revenge...they said it was super hot, but it wasn't...the top red sauce tasted like a mix of curry and Franks hot sauce


then some of their sinful, flourless cake, and ginger ice cream, this again was amazing

 

Another day we went to one of the local Kona coffee farms


and then had lunch at this place called "Da Poke Shack" i love poke and definitely wanted to try it out.....sooooo good

I had what they called Pele's Kiss, it wasn't too spicy and added some sriracha...very similar to like a spicy tuna roll flavor wise


My mom got the chicken plate


and my dad got a pork plate


and we shared some spicy tako poke, and their house Poke Shack Special poke which was super good and had like a sweet teriyaki marinade

 

A breakfast we had at one of the traditional american restaurants....lotta white people there haha



brulee oatmeal




and got one of their massive cinnamon rolls to go for later

 

Also stopped at the Mauna Loa Mac-nut headquarters





Our last dinner on the island at Ruth's Chris

Bread and butter



they even made my sprite look fancy


my caesar and parents steakhouse salads




16 oz Ribeye..slightly over cooked than the medium-rare I ordered, but still flavorful


our sides



dessert...bread pudding, chocolate lava cake




dessert drink....kona coffee, bailey's, kahlua....if it didn't have the coffee and you added vodka, it'd be a screaming orgasm (yes, it's a name of a drink )

and on our flight home, this is what we got in first class

 

Even the Chinese gasoline (liquor) was made from fungi .

 

Omaha might have good steaks but where I went, seemed they need to learn how to cook them. Don't think they know what medium-rare is, or chives on a baked potato

 

Well I just ate my mouse and router.. Off to best Buy.

 

A great idea from Shorebird (Brian). Just in time for the 4th.

Why You Should Spiral-Cut Your Wiener - CHOW Tip - YouTube

 

Tried some of this tonight, not bad...