Birthday Brunch at The Whale


Lobster +Waffles


Frosé


Beautiful interior.


Dallas loved the smoked salmon toast.


Crab cake benny. Dallas said this was good but not excellent. He liked the smoked salmon more.


Gorgeous chandelier.


Muffin donuts for the table. Makai had a plain waffle with syrup.

Drinking frosé and eating lobster (and waffles) as one should always do on their birthday. Happy to try this new Logan Square addition. Dallas and I were both pleasantly surprised by the food, service, and decor.

Hawaii 2019 Day 8: Date Night in Poipu

Most of the day was pretty chill and we hung around the house in Waimea. For lunch I went out and got 1. a Subway sandwich for George, 2. a garlic shrimp plate from the Shrimp Station for myself and on a whim I got 3. The Korean BBQ chicken plate (with rice, kimchee and Korean potato salad) from Hoku’s, a new food truck in Waimea. From the chef profile on Yelp I learned that Hoku C. is the name of the guy who started the truck. He’s lived on Kauai his entire life, went to school for cooking, and worked in the industry for 20 years before starting his own food truck. Dallas really enjoyed the Korean plate!

In the afternoon I helped Kathy plan out how to put some photo collages on their stairwell. I enjoyed looking at all of the old family photos!

That night Dallas and I went out for drinks and dinner while Makai stayed home with his grandpa and grandma. We repeated a date night we did a few years ago and had cocktails at Seaview Terrace, followed by dinner at Stevenson’s. Both are at the Grand Hyatt in Poipu. I love relaxing on the terrace and I was happy to do it again. Stevenson’s was amazing as always.

Makai was sort of a punk at home, but that wasn’t really our problem. Grandma promised him chicken nuggets for dinner then forgot they had dinner plans with friends at Port Allen Bar & Grill. Makai refused to eat there and grandma and grandpa took him to McDonald’s in Hanapepe on the way home. Spoiled!
We called Kathy to see where they were at, but they’d already left Hanapepe. On a whim, Dallas and I stopped off in Hanapepe to go to the Bon Festival at the Kauai Soto Zen Temple, a Zen buddhist temple. We were talking about it at dinner and how they used to go when they were younger. Dallas asked me if I’d ever had a “Flying Saucer” and that I hadn’t lived til I had one. I realized from the description that this was basically the pudgy pies we made by campfires as kids!

The Bon Fest is a Japanese celebration that honors ancestors. It was so… festive! there was music, and dancing, food, and games. Everyone was having a great time. We got in line for a Flying Saucer. We were just going to get one to share and as we were talking to the cashier, the guys behind us stepped in and said we should at least get one EACH. Then he ordered a dozen! So we got 2. We also tried Andagi, a Japanese donut. Makai had a couple in the morning and really liked them, too!

 

Day of Indulgence

? Office donuts from Do-Rite, ? Office bagels from Einstein 

?? New hire lunch at all you can eat Indian lunch buffet 

? Office pumpkin fest, including pumpkin bake-off (I made pumpkin cookies with browned butter icing, Lupe made pumpkin butter.) 

?? Dinner and drinks with the girls at Momotaro

? More drinks at Blvd

? More drinks at Haymarket

? More drinks at Dugans