Aloha! Hawaii is the place to be – beautiful weather, pretty scenery, amazing poke – what more can you ask for? Here are some highlights from my most recent trip!
Places to Visit
Pearl Harbor National Memorial
Dole Plantation
Kailua Beach
Activities
Diamond Head Hike
Pillbox Hike
Makapu’u Point Lighthouse Trail
Kualoa Ranch Hollywood Tour
CLIMB Works Keana Farms Zipline Tour
Food to Eat
Breakfast
Kono’s
Local Bombers – Portuguese Sausage & even more Portuguese Sausage
Haleiwa Bombers – A whole lotta 12-hour Slow Roasted Pulled Kalua Pork
Moke’s Bread & Breakfast
Liliko’i Pancakes, Loco Moco, Loco Moke
Kona Coffee Purveyors | b patisserie
Lilikoi Bostock
Snacks
Musubi Cafe Iyasume
Teriyaki Spam Musubi, Avocado Eel Egg Spam, Green Shiso Spam, Musubi Roll – Chikuwa Mentaiko Green Shiso, Inari Egg Spam, Shrimp Avocado Spam, Avocado Bacon Egg Spam
Lunch
Ono Seafood
Hawaiian Style Ahi, Shoyu Ahi, Miso Tako, Spicy Ahi, Wasabi Salmon, Seaweed Ocean Salad
Helena’s Hawaiian Food
Kalua Pig, LauLau, Short Ribs Pipikaula Style, Macaroni Salad, Haupia
Fresh Catch
Shoyu Poke & Ahi Limu, Salmon Poke, Ahi Katsu
Foodland
Hamachi Poke, Wasabi Salmon Poke, Spicy Ahi, Ahi Shoyu
Dinner
Tonkatsu Tamafuji
Jyukusei (Aged) Pork Loin Katsu Teishoku
Shingen
Cold Soba, Mini Gyu-Don
Dessert
Leonard’s Bakery
Original Malasada
Holey Grail
Tasting Box: Wild Guava, Lilikoi, Saffron Snickerdoodle, Chocolate Crunch
Banan
The Royal Hawaiian
Matsumoto Shave Ice
Tropical – Lilikoi, Guava, Papaya with Mochi