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Din Tai Fung

Posted on by under food, Just me, My travels, Photos, Uncategorized

OMG, got to go grub on some bomb ass dumplings tonight. The first time I had soup dumplings I was in New York, at Shanghai Joe’s. I had never had them before, and didn’t know if I could find them here on the west coast. Thankfully my friend Laurie (a major foodie) knew exactly where I could find them. Din Tai Fung. So tonight I met some friends at the Americana in Glendale and ate until I could eat no more. The soup dumplings have a different name, here they’re called “Juicy Pork Dumplings” but they are so delicious! I highly recommend them!

Unfortunately I was too absorbed with eating them that I didn’t take a photo of the soup dumplings, so you’ll have to settle for photos of the pork and shrimp dumplings and the rice and pork dumplings.

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And then there was this little dude at the door, greeting all who enter.

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I’m meeting some friends for lunch tomorrow at El Torito, so expect a Mexican food post mañana!

Stay classy!
Getting2KnowL

DinoMickey at Makapu’u & Kona Brew!

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Today my best friend Kristin and I took DinoMickey to the Makapu’u Lighthouse trail, it’s a relatively easy hike seeing as it’s entirely paved… However it is uphill pretty much the entire way. The trail round trip is about 3 miles and took us just over an hour to complete. The weather was overcast and a little gloomy, but luckily it didn’t rain.

Since the weather was still holding up we decided to stop at some of the scenic view points along the way before finding something to eat for lunch. We ended up along the jagged coast, watching the waves crash against the rocks from beyond the marked safety viewing area, something we only attempted because the tide was low.

DinoMickey with Koko Head in the background!

DinoMickey at the Makapu’u Lighthouse!

Learning about whales!

Rabbit Island in the background!

Posing on the edge!

From the Koko Head Scenic Point

Well deserved post hike/adventure refreshments at Kona Brewing Company, Hawai’i Kai

Super thanks to Kristin for treating DinoMickey and I to lunch! The Kona Brewing Company had some delicious pupus and some pretty tasty brews, I’ll definitely be making a return trip!

Until the next adventure! Stay happy, healthy and full!

–Getting2KnowL

Let the food adventures begin!

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Two weeks have gone by and it still hasn’t fully sunk in that I’m home for good, it still feels like I’m on a long vacation, that I’ll have to go back and face another monotonous year in the office…

And since I’m in the my time here is limited mindset, I have been doing my absolute best to eat as much ono (delicious) local grinds (food) as I can!

Whenever friends/ohana (family) gather together, one thing that is almost always present is a poke [pronounced po-kay] starter… For those that don’t know, poke is cubed sashimi (raw fish, typically tuna or salmon, in this case tuna or ahi) that is seasoned in several different styles, ranging from the simple which consists of shoyu (soy sauce) green onions, onions, limu (seaweed), and Hawaiian salt all the way to the more complex like the spicy ahi which consists of a mayo-chili sauce, green onions, and masago (capelin roe aka little orange fish eggs). Spicy ahi is a favorite of mine, but sometimes I prefer some plain unseasoned sashimi… And thanks to my awesome neighbor Uncle Floyd, I have been supplied with an awesome amount of fresh poke from some of the best poke joints on the island.

Shoyu ahi poke
Spicy ahi poke

Sashimi

And since one cannot live on fish alone, there have also been heaps of garlic chili soybeans!


I’m going to keep this post short as I hope that it’ll be the first of several food related posts… I really need to learn how to better use my camera, so I can hopefully capture and write about things other than food…

Until the next food adventure, stay healthy, happy and full!

-Getting2KnowL