Hawaii Five-O...
Friday, January 12, 2007
1) Don Ho’s Island Grill
This joint has gone from ‘ono to O- NO!
The delish food, fun, kitsch, and namesake owner are gone. What remains? A dreary overpriced tourist trap with poor service, bad food, and a wilted atmosphere. So sad!
2) Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck
Last week, I drove to the North Shore just to satiate my craving for these plump, garlic- infused oceanic dream bites. Will I do that again? Probably not. The plate lunch I ingested was beyond insipid— scrawny little shrimp, barely detectable garlic, chewy rice. O-NO!
Save your cash for Matsumoto’s, in Haleiwa, and buy a much coveted tee shirt and shave ice with azuki beans, instead. O-YEAH!
3)Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Association
H.S.P.A. has dispersed its archives. O-NO! If your g-pop immigrated to the islands to work as a contract laborer, you now need to head to BYU or Hawaii or UofH at Manoa to do your research. And, as my Grandpa would say, “Da people der... bery nice... bery nice!” O-YEAH!
4) Hawaiiana Hotel
Want a low-key place to kick it while staying on Oahu? Then the Hawaiiana is the hotel for you. However, make sure NOT to book a standard room. O-NO! My little sis and I were so SHOCKED by its tired flop house decor, and unexpected view of the wall and maintenance area, that we fled the scene immediately and pleaded for an upgrade. If you really want to treat yourself, ask for an Ali’i room— the King Kamehameha or Princess Ka’iulani, perhaps— and channel your inner royalty. O-YEAH!
5) Dave’s Ice Cream in Sears
Sears? Yes, Sears. Seeking out Dave’s— on the bottom floor of Sears— at the Ala Moana Center was like time-traveling back to the ‘70s of my childhood: muumuus, airline tickets, and ice cream all in the same store. So old-school; so cool!
Take the time to lose yourself in the retro-ambiance of this one stop department store and then treat yourself to a scoop— or two— of the best green tea ice cream on the planet! O-YEAH!
Aloha!
Blue Girl
posted by Blue Girl @ 12:11 PM,
