Grandma & Dallas, Alewa Heights, Honolulu

For dinner or first night of vacation we called Dallas’ cousin Quincy to see what was up. Dallas’ Uncle Bob and Aunty Helen were traveling and his cousins Quincy and Kala were up at the house taking care of their Grandma (Dallas’ Grandma) and Grandpa (not Dallas’ Grandpa) who live with them. We were thinking maybe we’d bring dinner over since the grandparents are getting too old to go out. Quincy said that Uncle Mel and Aunty Wendie were coming over to barbecue and invited us over for that. We stopped off at the store on the way over and bought some poke for pupus and some beer. Steinlager is another beer that we always drink in Hawaii. (See also Hinano and Primo.) Steinlager is from New Zealand, so you don’t see it everywhere, but we have occasionally seen it at Jewel in Chicago and they have it at Quencher’s. Something new this time, though. They had Steinlager Pure at the supermarket so we had to try it.

For dinner we had some pretty standard stuff: rice, grilled chicken, grilled steak. The standout for me was the fish. Uncle Mel grilled kumu, a smallish-sized fish that Quincy caught, but not just caught with a fishing pole. He went diving in the ocean and speared these fish! The kumu had a very light, delicate flavor. I could see having some more spices or sauce on them and then grilling them to give it a kick.

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