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Monthly Archives: December 2014
Best of Oahu Eats: The Alley Restaurant
The Alley Restaurant at Aiea Bowl (Dinner, Leeward) One way to know Jeff and Julie are on vacation is after their 12-hour day shifts of zany activity they flop dead on the bed and watch the food network. We don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged ahi, aiea bowl, bacon, bowling, cabbage, DDD, dinner, dinner and bowling, food network, furikake, furikake ahi, green onion, guy fieri, hawaii, hip, kamaboko, leeward, mac salad, noodles, oahu, ox tail soup, seared furikake ahi, spam, take out, the alley restaurant, triple d, yakisoba, yakisoba noodles
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Best of Oahu Eats Asian Edition: Royal Kitchen, Mana-Bu, & Elena’s
Oahu is very culturally diverse and has a large population of people from across the Asian continent. One of our favorite Asian derived dishes was the Japanese food we had at Marukame Udon, though there were many other great finds including: … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged affordable, asian, asian cuisine, breakfast, buffet, cheap, cheap eats, chicken, chicken adobo, chinatown, Chinatown Cultural Plaza, chinese, comfort food, DDD, dumpling, elena's, filipino, free, guy, guy fieri, halo halo, hawaii, healthy, honolulu, japanese, lechon, lecon special, leeward, lumpia, lunch, mana-bu, manapua, Marukame Udon, mochi, musubi, oahu, pansit, pork, regal bakery, royal kitchen, spam, strawberry daifuku, takeout, tanioka's, triple d, udon
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Best of Oahu Eats Northshore Edition: Kahuku Farms & Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck
Top Picks: Kahuku Farm Cafe (Locally Grown, Lunch/Dessert, Northshore) Even on a chilly windy day under a tent in the pouring rain, this place managed to leave a really positive impression on us. We scampered from the car to the … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged banana, banana bread, basil mac nut pesto, best of, caramel, daytrip, dessert, dressing, farm, farm fresh, farm pizza, food truck, fresh, fresh seafood, garlic, gifts, Giovanni's, Giovanni's Shrimp Truck, grilled banana bread, haleiwa, hawaii, healthy, holiday, ice cream, kahuku, kahuku farm cafe, lilikoi, local, lunch, macadamia nut, northshore, oahu, organic, pesto, pineapple, salad, scampi, seafood, shrimp, shrimp scampi, Shrimp Truck, smoothie, tours, vanilla, vegetarian
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Best of Oahu Eats: Marukame Udon
Top Picks: Marukame Udon (Udon, Cheap Eats, Lunch/Dinner, Waikiki) Ultimate comfort food. This was one of the best meals we had on our trip, situated smack in the middle of Waikiki, super cheap and super fun experience. If you walk … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged asparagus, beef, best of, bukake, cheap eats, chopsticks, comfort food, condiments, dinner, egg, fresh, green tea, hawaii, japanese, lunch, Marukame Udon, mushroom, niku, oahu, onion, ontama, perfect, soft boiled egg, soup, tempura, udon, waikiki
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Best of Oahu Eats: Tanioka’s Seafoods
Top Picks: Tanioka’s Seafoods: (Poke, Cheap Eats, Lunch [or early dinner], Takeout, Leeward) Our favorite meal of the entire trip was here; we visited this spot twice and both times were fantastic. This small local joint is situated in a strip … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged ahi, beach, cheap eats, crunchy, feed me, fish patty, fish patty musubi, garlic, hawaii, inari, ko olina, lagoon, leeward, local, lunch, musubi, oahu, onion, picnic, poke, seafood, sherbert, spicy, spicy ahi crunch roll, spicy ahi inari sushi, sushi, takeout, tanioka's, vacation
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Winter Vacation!! A trip to Oahu, Hawaii
Hi, I’m back from winter vacation! This year I was fortunate enough to visit the Hawaiian island of Oahu with my love for nine whole days, internet free. Last winter we visited Maui, which was an entirely different world. Maui … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged affodable, beach, best of, charm, cheap eats, china town, Chinatown Cultural Plaza, city, country, dives, esrot, farm, farmers market, fauna, flavor, flora, food truck, hawaii, hawaiian, hiking, history, honolulu, hostelr, indiginous, island, ko olina, leeward, local, maui, military, military history, mother nature, nature, northshore, nyc, oahu, ocean, peaceful, pearl harbor, pipe master, rain, rain forest, rainbow, sunset, swim, tourist, trails, vacation, waikiki, walmart, wind, windward, winter, winter vacation
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Quackenbush Square: Albany Heritage Visitors Center, Olde English Pub, and Albany Distilling Co
The Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center is a small space packed with some pretty interesting bits and pieces. Their gift shop has a variety of locally made items and Albany themed gifts, perfect for holiday shopping! Their little museum has … Continue reading
Posted in Albany
Tagged Albany Distilling Co, Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center, bloody mary, bring the kids, brunch, eggs benedict, england, feed me, fireplace, free, henry hudson planetarium, history, holiday shopping, Olde English Pub, omelet, planetarium, quackenbush square, shop local, sunday brunch, tasting, whisky, yum
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Breakfast in Mechanicville: the Ugly Rooster
I like the Ugly Rooster in Mechanicville. It’s a bit of a drive from Albany, but relatively scenic, and it’s worth it. The town is quiet seeming, and this joint just works here. The menu has got some unique flare … Continue reading
Posted in Saratoga County
Tagged blockhouse, breakfast, breggfast, buttermilk biscuit, chili, eat me, eggs benedict, feed, french toast, fried green tomato, gluttony, groupon, history, living social, lunch, Mechanicville, nick's famous french toast, pancake, pancake challenge, rooster, southern, stillwater, Ugly Rooster, yum
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Museum of Natural History
Have you ever been to the Museum of Natural History in the city? There are so many different museums in Manhattan, but this is certainly one of the most well known and elaborate ones of them all. If you enter … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged animals, bring the kids, christmas, christmas tree, culture, dinosaurs, fortune teller, holidays, manhattan, mask, mosaic, museum, Museum of Natural History, native american, nuts for nuts, ocean, oragami, pizza, sculpture, shopping, soho, subway, the city, whales, winter
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