Hawaiian Vacation

I have not been posting lately for two reasons. First , we have not done much cooking worth posting about. Second we were in Hawaii for a vacation. We were on the big island and spent time around Kona ans Waikoloa.

In the picture above Erin and I are at the outdorr bar at Ruth Chris. They had 1/2 of appetizers during their happy hour. We had some great carpaccio, crab cakes, crab stuffed mushroom and some BBQ shrimp on top of gralic mash! We also had a great bottle of 2004 Shafer One Point Five Cabernet Sauvignon http://www.shafervineyards.com/

Above is an "IMU PIT" for a Luau. http://www.primitiveways.com/Imu1.html The pig is seasoned the Hawaiian Alea salt only. I did not find the pork to be all that good. One thing i did not like was that they served it "pulled" or "shredded". I thought we would get some nice chunks of the pig with skin and all the good stuff! I also tried the Poi and it was pretty bland. One of the best theing was the Lomi Lomi which is like a ceviche. They also had mahi mahi, teriyaki ribs, potatoes, salads, just a ton of food!

Above is a beautiful Hawaiian sunset! We took this at the bay across from our condo!

Below I listed some of the meals we had!

1.) Hawaiian Styles Cafe Waimea - The best local joint we found. Huge portions and great flavors I had the kalbe ribs (Korean Style Ribs) with rice and potato salad. Erin had the Big Mok which is white rice topped with spam, portugese sausage, pork sausage, egg and brown gravy! Hert attack anyone???

Hawaiian Style Cafe65-1290 Kawaihae Rd, Kamuela, HI 96743 (map)(808) 885-4295

2.) Fresh Ono Fish and Chips. We just had this a local sports bar, but it was the best fish and chips I have ever had!

3.) Maui Onion and Ale soup at the Canoe House @ Mauna Lani Resort. Had a great rib eye and lobster tempura also! Just a beautiful location, see picture below!

More to come!