Entries Tagged as 'kauai'

Portuguese Vinegar Meat

February 12th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Whenever we go back to Kauai Dallas’s Aunty Nancy makes Dallas’s favorite meal for him and sends him home to wherever we’re staying with a ton of leftovers for the trip. Aunty Nancy is Portuguese and the dish she makes is like a beef pot roast, but really vinegar-y and served with rice, of course. I don’t know what this is really called, but we have always called it Portuguese Vinegar Meat and Dallas loooves it.

A few months ago Dallas was in Washington DC for work. Aunty Nancy’s oldest daughter Tandy lives there with her husband Chris. They just had their first baby, Kai (photo to the right!!!), and Aunty Nancy has been staying with them to help out. They all spent a couple days together and somehow Dallas got Aunty Nancy to give up the Portuguese meat recipe!

Dallas came home and immediately had to try his hand at it. It turned out good.. maybe a little too much vinegar for my liking, but very good. I think we have a few tweaks to work out before it’s up to Aunty Nancy’s standard. I’m sure we’ll be making this many many times until we get it exactly right! We also thought about trying to adapt it for the slow cooker.

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The Original Jo Jo’s Anueanue Shave Ice

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

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The Original Jo Jo’s Anueanue Shave Ice, Waimea, Kauai

Finally, at the end of our day, Aunty Cathy took me to The Original Jo Jo’s Anueanue Shave Ice on Pokole Rd, not to be confused with Jo Jo’s Shave Ice on Kaumualii Highway, which is the one we usually visit, since it’s right at the end of the road to Dallas’s house. Supposedly, the owner of Jo Jo’s on the highway sold her business 7-8 years ago and the new owner kept running the shop with the Jo Jo’s name. Then the original owner opened this new place but called it “The Original.” I don’t know the whole story, but I’m sure it’s full of drama and competition.

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Aunty Cathy waving in front of The Original Jo Jo’s Anueanue Shave Ice, Waimea, Kauai

We had shave ice. It was good. We had to wait in line. It was worth the wait. This is the same story at every shave ice place I’ve been: Jo Jo’s, The Original Jo Jo’s, Matsumoto’s, etc.

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POG and Lemon Shave Ices :: The Original Jo Jo’s Anueanue Shave Ice, Waimea, Kauai

When we got back to the house Dallas and I took a nap. Then we packed, had leftover Portuegese meat for dinner and flew to Oahu. We stayed overnight at a hotel near the airport and early the next morning flew back to the mainland.

Vacation over. Wah!

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Shopping in Poipu & Lounging at Salt Pond Beach

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

After checking out the Russian fort and Kauai Coffee, we drove to Poipu to go shopping at the Poipu Shopping Village. I’ve been shopping there a lot before, it’s mostly the same. I got Billy and Ging a baby gift for their first son, Damien, who was born a couple weeks ago. It was good to go down to Poipu, though, because even if the shopping village has not changed, Poipu has. There is a ton of development.. and a lot of it only half complete because of the poor economy. And, get this: There’s a roundabout in Poipu now. It’s kind of neat to see all this, but I can’t help but feel a bit nostalgic over seeing the small town blow up.

After shopping we had lunch at Joe’s on the Green (at the Kiahuna Golf Course).

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Joe’s on the Green, Koloa, Kauai

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Kalua Pig Sandwich :: Joe’s on the Green, Koloa, Kauai

And then after lunch, we headed back towards Waimea, but stopped off at Salt Pond Beach in Hanapepe. Again, a place I’d always wanted to check out, but never did. Aunty Cathy told me this is a popular beach for locals and not many tourists were there, and she was right. So we just lounged around and walked on the beach, swam out in the water for a couple of hours.

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Salt Pond Beach, Hanapepe, Kauai

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Salt Pond Beach, Hanapepe, Kauai

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Salt Pond Beach, Hanapepe, Kauai

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Salt Pond Beach, Hanapepe, Kauai

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Salt Pond Beach, Hanapepe, Kauai

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