Just a quick post for tonight!
During our last full day back "home"; we headed out to do some shopping, you know omiyage stuffs. We also went to Foodland Farms in Ala Moana Center and of course ogling the Park Lane Condos. I made the Missus promise if we ever hit it big in the lottery (though it would have to be pretty big), we'd get a place there!
As for grindz; well, it was a rerun of places we posted on many times before. We'd already hit up Fresh Catch, but the Missus was really missing Her favorite poke stop, so we had to go to Ono Seafood. And, I can say, that after devouring the wasabi poke on brown rice; it's still Her favorite.
Ono Seafood
747 Kapahulu Ave.Apt 4
Honolulu, HI 96816
We made a few more stops; then headed back to Ewa Beach….but of course, I had to stop at Tanioka's for our last poke fix.
We got the Hot Alae and the Ahi Limu bowl and ate it when we got back to my In-Laws.
Tanioka's Seafood and Catering
94-903 Farrington Hwy
Waipahu, HI 96797
Regardless of what the folks who love those "Chi-poke" places in San Diego say…..there's nothing even close to what we have back home.
As is the family tradition my MIL made jiaozi for our last dinner together.
We ate way too much!
And then the next day; after a light breakfast, it was time to leave…..for now.
Though a part of me will always stay here and I'll never forget where I'm from. As the years go by; I've gained a greater appreciation for this special place.
I still shake my head when I think; how the heck this poor kid from Kaimuki, who never left the state of Hawaii until the age of thirty, took a consulting job from a Mainland Firm a few years later. On the way to his first gig in Fort Smith, Arkansas he met his future wife on the first leg of that flight from HNL to LA. Life is funny that way, huh?
Thanks for stopping by!