“Weird” Chips

Our team at work was a little obsessed with odd flavored chips for a while. (null)Chris brought these back from a trip to China. Italian Red Meat Flavor was good. Yogurt flavor? Not so much!

IMG_8764_editI brought these back from Jackson Heights, NY. Naughty Tomato was only purchased for the name. I thought they’d be spicy, but they weren’t. I like the Masala chips. And I bought the American Style Cream & Onion ones just because I thought that was funny too. They were just the same as Sour Cream & Chive.

Luke’s Lobster


Luke’s Lobster


Jacqui ordering at the window.


Lobster Roll


Cape Cod Potato Chips


Maine Root Blueberry Soda

One day when I was in New York I tagged along with my coworkers RJ and Jacqui to go to Luke’s Lobster. I didn’t know what it was really, except that they had lobster rolls. When we arrived, there was a window you ordered from and then you just got your food to go. I think they had a restaurant with a small dining area, but we just did the window.

Luke’s Lobster offers a lobster roll, a crab roll or a shrimp roll, or a combo with half of each. I stuck with the lobster roll. I think you could also get clam chowder, but I didn’t. I got my lobster roll in a combo that included soda, chips and a pickle, although it should be noted that I never got the pickle. The chips were, appropriately, Cape Cod chips. The soda was Maine Root Soda. I could choose from root beer or blueberry and I got the blueberry. I never had blueberry soda before and I really liked it. I also really enjoyed the lobster roll. The chunks of meat were huge and you got a lot of it on the roll.

I liked Luke’s Lobster for something different for lunch, but it should be noted that this is not the cheapest lunch. My combo was $17, which is much more than I could afford to spend on lunch on a regular basis. Still it would be a good spot to visit once in a while.

Guri-Guri

Donna had a freelance photography gig in afternoon so Dustin, Dallas and I hung out. We went to Queen Ka’ahumanu Shopping Center to look for a store but it had closed, so we just had lunch there. I had Maui Taco again, but Dustin and Dallas went for Blazin’ Steaks. We ran a few errands and then Dustin took us to get Guri-guri.

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Guri-guri is a cross between sherbert and ice cream. The only place you can get it is in Maui at Tasaka.

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When you walk into Tasaka, which is located in the Maui Mall in Kahului, there are just a couple people behind the counter. The older man behind the counter is Henry Tasaka and is the grandson of the founder. You can choose from two guri-guri flavors: strawberry or pineapple. I got one scoop of each. We paid a whopping $1.10 for two scoops, which are served in a little Dixie cup.
The recipe for guri-guri
has been in the Tasaka family for 4 generations and is a closely guarded secret.

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It’s said that guri-guri originated during Hawaii’s plantaton days in the 1890’s. Supposedly the Japanese plantation workers pronounced “goodie-goodie” as “guri-guri” and the name stuck.

Dallas doesn’t really care for guri-guri so he got Maui made Kitch’n Cook’d potato chips. He did try just a taste of my guri-guri, but didn’t get any of his own.

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After our guri-guri adventure, Dustin took me to Billie J. Boutique (444 Hana Hwy, Kahului), a store that Donna loves. I got a dress, blouse, necklace and bracelet for less than $90, which I thought was a pretty good deal. I needed a dress for Cory & Chris’s wedding, so I was happy to find one at a great price!

Later on Dustin made kalbi ribs for us for dinner. Yum!