3 Star Gourmet Restaurant – Ahi Katsu w/ Aioli Sauce

Since it was raining I needed to go somewhere close to my building so since I try to get as
far from work as possible hehe I usually neglect the great eateries near by for rainy days
or when I eat with coworkers (and to keep from seeing other employees who love
to ask questions about work when you are eating).

I ran next door to 3 Star Gourmet restaurant which has two locations one on Queen Street and then one
I went to on Bishop Street. I opted for the Ahi Katsu with Aioli Sauce, now usually when you get Ahi Katsu
from some places it tends to be dry but at 3 Star they give you a slice that is about 1 inch thick so it still
stays very moist and very tasty, with the plate I got the Brown rice and it comes with mixed vegetables.
On first bite I realized how much I missed their Ahi Katsu having not eaten here in a while the Aioli sauce just
really complements the fish and doesn't overpower it giving it that little bit of extra yum factor.
The only thing I would change would to be able to get a bit of mixed greens instead of the mixed
vegetables (corn. peas, beans and carrots) but then again I never really asked if you could do that.

Well as for my review… the Pictures tell you what I thought of it (Nuff Said)

1111 Bishop Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

810 Richards Street
Honolulu, HI 96813

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Chinese New Year Festivities – Chinese Cultural Center

Once again the Chinese Cultural Center has the annual Chinese New Year booths in their courtyard.
The smells of incense, food and the brightly colored Jade and Toys for the Tots brighten up the courtyard.
As soon as I saw this my mouth watered as I thought of Gin Dui the deep fried mochi with Sesame seeds on the outside and bean paste, Coconut and a occasional Char Sui one.
I just had to get a Coconut Gin Dui as that is My favorite and when they are freshly made and still nice and warm sooo good!
I quickly snapped some pics before buying my Gin Dui and forgot about everything else after that…

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Mr. Mandoo (Pua Ln and N. King St. location)

Having no intention of eating Lunch at all I was planning on a long walk..
However as I walked from Bishop St. down N. King and beyond I spotted a Mr.
Mandoo, Hey what is a Mr. Mandoo doing here? I didn't know there was one here…
On the corner of Pua Lane and N. King Street, Wow and it even has parking cool
(not that it mattered I was walking).

I had always wanted to eat at Mr. Mandoo and just couldn't get myself to look
for parking at the Piikoi St location and Wow here's my chance just by chance.
Well I wandered in and was greeted by a nice display of the King Mandoo and a
nice menu. so I quickly made my selection which turned out to be the Kalbi King
Mandoo and the Spicy King Mandoo. I figured that would be a good representation
of the King Mandoo I was also happy that there were seats to sit and eat what
you bought so I plopped down and took a few pics even taking the time to break
them open to show the filling.

Now to get down to business I grabbed the Spicy one first (Mostly because I
love spicy) on the pictures it's the one on the Right the longer one is the
Kalbi. Let me digress first when I broke open the King Mandoo my first thoughts
were that it's like a Manapua but with less bread. Now when I took my first bite
I was pleasantly surprised that it was really moist and that it's good that
there wasn't a thick layer of bread which let the taste of the Spicy King Mandoo
shine through I liked the blend of vegetables and filling just like any other
Mandoo and it was just spicy enough to make it a enjoyable experience and still
be able to taste the mix. In my scarfing haste I didn't even give it a chance to
inspect the ingredients of either one the Kalbi one went down just as fast as
the Spicy and in retrospect I should have eaten that one first to be able to
taste the Kalbi better instead of having the residual spicy effect. I have to
say though that both of the King Mandoo I had were great and I need to visit
this place again. maybe next time actually have the Mandoo soup to try.

The two locations are:
436 A Piikoi St.
Honolulu, HI 96814
(808) 589-0555

(unfortunately I don't know the address)
Pua Lane and N. King street corner
Honolulu, HI

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Island Sushi , Las Vegas, Nevada

Got a chance to go to Lunch with the family to Island Sushi All You Can Eat for 20.95 it is pretty good with all the selection and attention to detail sorry can’t write much I’m still eating

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Bravo Italian restaurant

Went a bit late so was a bit crowded got the Italian Sausage and Eggplant siciliano a bit spicy just how I like it I just love this dish.

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Bytemarks Lunch at Bishop Museum

First of all I’d really like to thank @bytemarks (Burt Lum) for setting up this Bytemarks lunch. I’d also like to thank Allen Allison of the Bishop Museum for taking the time to show us around and enlightening us to the tedious and very important work that the staff of the museum does.

I really rushed out to this Bytemarks lunch as I just happened to scan the twitterverse and saw the post from @bytemarks and made it a point to go out and learn. I didn’t know that the Bishop Museum was ranked in the top 5 largest Museum Collections in the Country and the largest Pacific Collection in the World.

I got there just in time to have 5 minutes to eat my lunch which by the way I got from Mitsuba (Garlic Chicken, Teri Beef & Chow Funn) which I promptly had to scarf down like a starving dog… but I’m getting off track, anyway during which I was listening to Dr. Allison give us some history of the museum and it’s collections.

We then went into the bowels of the museum where not many people get to visit, our first stop was the Entomology collection or in other words “the scientific study of insects”. It was like looking at the last scene in the movie Indiana Jones where the Arc was being archived in some huge collection of physical data warehouse, oh okay it wasn’t THAT huge but it was large enough to get dizzy. It was quite a bit of bugs to give our sole female in our group shivers not wanting to get too close, quite to the amusement of Burt and Ryan as shown in one of the photos (#9 where they are finding something amusing in the picture of Kara Imai near the bugs).

We then went to visit the Birds, Reptiles and other small animals okay, I can’t remember what the department was called I was too much in awe. (update: Vertebrate Zoology Collections dept.)

But we were shown the Hawaiian Hoary Bat and a rat from New Guinea that could grow as big as a small dog. I’ve been lucky enough to see a lot of birds working at Lyons Arboratum, so this was quite interesting to me. I hope that we get to go back to see more of the collections and learn a lot more.

I unfortunately had to rush off to get back to work and didn’t get to wander around more but it is definitely something I’d like to go and see again since the last time I wandered around the museum was something like 10 years ago.

Pictures of Bytemarks lunch outings HERE

Terrance

Runt of the Litter

Little guy is so cute the runt of 4 baby bunnies

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Haha Here I am on Google Maps Street View

Seems that Google Maps Street View has finally come to Hawaii I took a look at where I saw the Google Car and got to see me crossing the street with my face blurred out (like they usually do) I am in the middle of the picture halfway across the street.

My little Rock Star

Trisha just loves the drums and she actually isn't too bad…

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Sugoi’s Garlic Chicken Bento, Yum!

Sugoi's a place that brings Garlic Chicken to my mind I decided to go have lunch there today and of course was not disappointed, Yum! Great Garlic chicken as usual.
I opted for the Bento that came with two pieces teri-beef ,a hotdog, egg omelet, and two Ume's on a bed of rice topped with furukaki. Now my poor coworkers will have to endure the garlic breath Rawwwrrr! heh.

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