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Showing posts with label Hawaii- August 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hawaii- August 2009. Show all posts

Sunday, September 4, 2011

My Travels in Pictures- Hawaii's O'ahu, 2009: Places to visit

Waikiki Beach



Rainbow in Honolulu



Diamond Head



Polynesian Culture Center



Hanauma Natural Preservation Park



Rainbow at Ala Moana Beach, looking towards Eiwa Beach



Hawaiian-born, Chad "Akebono" Rowan's statue, Waimānalo, HI



Kaneohe Bay



Ala Moana Beach, looking towards Diamond Head



Shopping at Hard Rock Cafe, Honolulu



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Hawaii 2009- Video Clips

Hanauma Bay, Hawaii- August 2009


Waimānalo, Hawaii- August 2009


Kaiten Sushi Bar, Kuru Kuru Sushi, Aiea, Hawaii- August 2009


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My Travels in Pictures- Hawaii's O'ahu, 2009: Places to eat

Places to eat on Hawaii's O'ahu Island:

Zippy's, a chain store with affordable cuisine featuring main dishes craved for by the locals with sides of white rice and macaroni salad.


Zippy's featured dish, garlic miso chicken with white rice and macaroni salad.


Zippy's chili and white rice with fried chicken. Hawaiian's like their chicken sweet.


Rainbow Drive-in, located not too far from Diamond Head has a excellent breakfast plate.

Rainbow Drive-in's Scrambled eggs over white rice with slices of grilled Portuguese sausage.
Rainbow Drive-in's breakfast place same as above with soy sauce and sugar based barbecue beef.


A tall glass of pale ale made by Big Wave at The Colony located in the Waikiki Hyatt Regency.


Yellowtail nigiri sushi at The Colony.



If you are going to eat at a steakhouse, there is only one way to eat. A fillet minion with a loaded baked potato.



A breakfast item of smoked salmon slices over tomato slices with a toasted bagel on the bottom.
Various Hawaiian, Mainland US and Japanese dishes at the Polynesian Culture Center.

Restaurant Suntory, in the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Mall in Honolulu. Suntory is known as a beverage giant in Japan. Years ago, they were in the fine dining teppan yaki business.




Suntory beer, a rare find outside Japan.

White fish sashimi with a garden salad and dipping sauces to be used for the cooked items to follow.

Surf n' Turf consisting of shrimp, lobster, beef and vegetables. Beef was a hybrid of American black angus and Japanese wagyu, known as washugyu.

Miso soup, fried rice and Japanese pickles.

Kozo sushi in Kaneohe Bay. This chain can be found in California under the name, Sushi Boy.

Smoked salmon nigiri sushi.

Combination nigiri sushi (L to R) tamago, octopus, shrimp, squid and tuna.

Kuru Kuru Sushi in Aiea/Pearl City. This place features kaiten style service where the sushi dishes are prepared in the back of the restaurant and brought to the waiting customers via a conveyor.


Salmon nigiri sushi with hot tea with the conveyor in the background at Kuru Kuru Sushi.

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

Kaiten Zushi Bar, Kuru Kuru Sushi, Aiea, Hawaii- August 2009



The word "kaiten" in Japanese means to rotate or spin around. Kaiten zushi (the pronunciation of sushi changes to zushi when it is combined with another word) is popular in Japan as the food is prepared in batches then distributed to diners who select their dish as it is brought to them via the conveyor belt. Diners know how much the dish costs by the color or design of the plate. Lastly, kaiten service is good for foreigners since you can eat what you like without having to speak in Japanese.

While kaiten service is popular in Japan, is can only be found in the mainland US is certain pockets. The US's Aloha State, Hawaii, has a kaiten zushi bar, Kuru Kuru Sushi located in Aiea that had sushi as it is back in Japan. Having eaten in kaiten zushi bars throughout Japan, I highly recommend Kuru Kuru Sushi your next visit to Hawaii.

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