A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
So this is actually a grocery store (a chain in exclusive to Hawaii), but decided to grab a poke lunch from it (we went here to shop for Thanksgiving).
I got the seaweed salad and the California roll poke. Gotta say, neither were that good (now I know).
I was told this was an excellent place to watch a sunset while drinking a pina colada. I would have to say this is very true (although our sunset had some clouds covering it).
I ordered a banana lava flow and a mango lava flow (a lava flow is basically a flavored pina colada). Both were good, but the mango one was less sweet, so I thought it tasted the best.
The food at this place is meh. The coconut breaded shrimp was not that good. The poke chips were ok.
Decided to have a poke bowl for lunch, and went to this place (tried it once before, and it was phenomenal).
I got the poke bowl with the shack special, spicy garlic sesame, with a side order of spicy crab. I have to say the shack special poke is definitely really good, and the spicy garlic sesame is meh. Should’ve got both poke scoops with the shack special.
I also tried the seaweed salad from a friend, and it is also good.
Went here and tried Kava for the first time.
Gotta say, the taste is pretty bad, but it is also a bit relaxing. Definitely 1 coconut cup makes you feel the effects.
We also got a pulled pork dish, which I actually thought tasted great (which came with a side of purple sweet potatoes, which were also great).
Needed to grab coffee, and this place was recommended by a friend.
I definitely liked the ambience of the place (could go there to work). I ordered an iced mocha, and thought it was great. They also have musubi. I ended up getting the crab musubi, which I thought tasted pretty good. Overall, liked this coffee place.
Update 11/29/2020: I tried the soak musubi this time, and because of the hot sauce they added on top, the crab musubi was way better.
Went to this outside bar for the food primarily, and then for the food.
For food, got the spicy poke on nachos. The nachos was a wonton based chip, and I thought it was a really good combo. However, the chips are a bit greasy, so didn’t finish the whole things. For drinks, got a mai tai, which I thought was good too.
Update: on 11/27/2020, went to this place again for lunch (as most places are closed for the Thanksgiving). Ordered the mai tai and lava flow. Both great drinks that got me really buzzed after drinking both. I also ordered the pulled pork nachos, which I would say are ok, but not the best.
We went to this place originally to grab a bite, but instead just had a drink because we wanted to pivot to somewhere else.
I grabbed a pina colada, and yea, definitely up to my standards.
Tried this Japanese restaurant in Hawaii (we had an interesting conversation about a Japanese restaurant in this state, but I guess 80 years is a long time that it isn’t an issue).
I ordered the tonkatsu ramen. The broth was good, but the pork was too salty. Also, I tried the gyoza, and only thought it was ok. The shrimp and chicken karaage were basically like breaded shrimp and chicken. I was ok with it, but definitely under impressed.
Also, unfortunately this place does not serve any alcohol.
Overall, not sure if I would go back to this place.
We grabbed dinner after a long day at Green Sands Beach at this brewery. I was more interested in the spritzer portion, but also got a flight of beers since they had some interestingly named ones.
For my drinks, I got the Liliki Pineapple Shake, the Dragon Lychee, some porter and the Ola IPA. Honestly, not a fan of beer, but I did find the lychee one slightly interesting. For the spritzer, I had the orang vanilla one, and it was AMAZING. Hands down my favorite spritzer.
For my main course, I got the pestoroni flat bread (which was just ok), and the onion rings, which was terrible.
Update on 11/29/2020: the circle of life flatbread and the margarita flatbread are actually good. Also, the second time around I only ordered the orange vanilla seltzer, which was a great choice.
Stopped by this place to get an espresso (as this is Sam’s go to cafe in Kona). Got an espresso shake (which is vanilla ice cream with 2 shots of espresso). Definitely did not regret it. I’ll grab a latte and mocha next time (and update this post).
