A personal blog detailing dining and eating experiences
Came here for a second lunch, since a friend recommended that this place had the best Açaí bowl in Kona.
I ended up getting the Kona Wave Bowl, which was really good (I don’t usually have açaí bowls, so it’s difficult to make any comparison. However, I would get another here again).
We had a late lunch for our trip to Hilo, and fortunately this place was still open.
For drinks, had a Big Island Coffee (Kalua, macadamia nut liquor, creme de cocoa, baileys, and coffee). Also has a lychee rum martini. Both drink were great, and what I wanted 🙂
For the appetizer and starter, I had the clam chowder and see fried calamari. I thought the chowder was a bit too salty, and the calamari was too fried. Didn’t hate either of them though.
For the main course, I got the mandarin bbq pork ribs, with a side of pesto pasta. I enjoyed the ribs. The pasta tastes good, but I think the crushed nuts texture was a little weird (but like I said, tastes was good).
Lastly, thought the view in this restaurant was great.
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).
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).
We came here for lunch to eat poke bowls.
I got the sampler poke bowl (see picture below for the 4 fish I got). The only fish that was good was the Salmon. The Go Girl has too much Mayo, and the other two were really salty. Also got a crab cake which was great.
This place is right in the heart of town in Holualoa, with a really great view.
I got the Mai Tai for a drink (which is pretty good after you stir the drink since it is layered).
For the main course, I had a very Hawaiian omelet, which was a pulled pork omelet with sausage and potatoes. It was really good (I finished most of it).
