It's kind of funny……in 2010, I hadn't been "home" in nearly a decade, then during the course of less than 2 years or so, I travel back 3 times! This one really wasn't planned way in advance. A few months back, we got word that Mr.D and his family would be visiting with the In-laws. After taking us around Beijing , it only seemed right that we return the favor. Sadly, the Missus couldn't make it, so I flew to Oahu solo and spent a couple of days helping the in-laws out. I really enjoyed my time with Mr.D and family and will get more into that in future posts. For some reason, I'm kinda bushed…even more tired than I felt after returning from our recent Istanbul-Tunisia-Rhodes-Istanbul trip. So give me another day to regroup. In the mean time I thought I'd do a short post on some "stuffs"…..
Let me just start off with a requisite photo…….
Here's some of the grinds I had during this trip……
Plate lunches and bentos of course…….
And of course, some of the other standards as well……
You know I'd have to have one of these, right?
I did manage to make the best of the time I had to myself and ended up having a pretty darn good meal.
I did find more then a few things that I really didn't want to eat…….like a "loco moco burger". I could probably do the gravy, bread, and protein thing. But for some reason, the thought of having a "mound" of rice between two buns just felt….well, wrong for some reason.
As for 7/11 having the best Spam Musubi…… all I can say is "really"?
It's a sad day when okazuya's and mom-and-pop stores can't make a better Spam Musubi than 7-11…really?
Then of course, there was that sign to my right. Oxtail soup with fat-free broth? I think this one ends up on my "why bother" list. Though….it might be good…..
While on my way to baggage claim in the airport, the July issue of Honolulu Magazine caught my eye. Mainly because of this article.
I'm pretty sure you really had to live it to understand the phenomenon of this show. During it's run, it was such a huge hit on the local Japanese language station, KIKU, that it basically wiped the floor with shows on all the other stations….we're talking stuff like Mission Impossible! Just thinking of the show has me humming the theme song……
Yikes, I'm regressing……I better get some rest!