This location is little sister to Kapiolani and Honolulu restaurants. The seating is limited and the ordering set-up is more like fast food (order at the counter, find a seat, server brings food).
Lotsa Congratulatory Welcome Flowers
The Mouse visited the second day of opening, lots of selections were sold out. The Mouse ordered steamed taro cakes for take-out.
Steamed Taro Cake
The Mouse thinks the kitchen lightly pan-fries the cakes to order. The Mouse is growing to like this version.
So now, The Mouse has a dim sum option nearby. Yay!
Long story short, Chef H wanted to cook The Cat and The Mouse something. His suggestion was a rabbit. Chef H has cooked us a rabbit before. Uhm, The Cat and The Mouse not used to eating rabbit, visions of Bugs Bunny and the Easter bunny. The Mouse texted Chef H and politely declined.
After contemplation, The Mouse didn’t want to “rain on Chef’s parade” and texted him a suggestion, how about Ratatouille? Kinda fancy, kinda accessible ingredients, no furry animals involved. Chef H agreed.
Ratatouille
Zucchini, eggplant, red bell pepper. The twist? Pine nuts.
One of The Mouse’s father’s favorites, simple, no-recipe.
Sweet Onion
The Mouse practiced his knife/slicing skills, still needs practice.
In the Pan
A little bit of olive oil, and little bit of oil from the sardine tin.
Low Medium Heat, Slightly Browned/Caramelized
Deglaze with sweet vermouth, take pan off heat, stir in sardines, vigorously, salt and pepper to taste, splash of chili pepper water, and splash of shoyu.
Done
Green onions to finish, serve over steamed white rice. Mmm. 🙂
“D*mn the torpedoes – full speed ahead.” The Mouse picked up breakfast after fruit run for The Cat. MikeyD buy one, get one for a dollar.
Breakfast Sausage Burrito, Sausage Muffin
The sausage muffin could be ordered without cheese, but the burrito could not. Doesn’t the burrito look a little like a torpedo? Hee hee. The Mouse took two lactase enzyme pills. Not much ill effect, just a little gas/bloating. The Mouse has not had a breakfast burrito from MikeyD’s for at least 20-25 years, since becoming lactose adverse. The Mouse thinks another 20-25 years until the next one. Hee hee.
First, Yen Yen update. The Mouse made a trek to Yen Yen. The Mouse was a little discombobulated, forgot to take pics until almost too late. Apologies for the more than half-finished dish pics.
Soft Cooked Shrimp Omelet
The Mouse thinks Yen Yen makes one of the better omelet dishes. Alongside Kin Wah Chop Suey, different but both yum.
Crispy Won Ton
The crispy won ton, an indulgence for The Mouse, don’t tell my doctor. Hee hee.
“Bread” purchases this week.
Sweet Bread Rolls – Liliha Bakery
Japanese Wheat Bread – Epi-Ya Bakery
The moisture is from being in the freezer. The Mouse’s method of storing bread. 🙂
Opps, operator error, The Mouse forgot to “press the button” to publish
Street parking near Hoy Tin take-out. The Mouse took it as a sign. Hee hee.
Char Siu Bao Buns
A slight shmear of hoisin sauce, missing was a slice of green onion.
Shrimp Foo Young
Flour was added to the recipe. Not The Cat’s favorite. The Mouse will finish. The Mouse maybe take a trip to Yen Yen for their shrimp scrambled eggs. Should be much better.
A couple of days ago, The Cat was in the mood for pork hash with salted duck egg.
The Mouse had to run an errand so stopped in at Kin Wah Chop Suey to order.
Steamed Pork Hash with Salted Duck Egg
A different preparation. Usually, the duck egg is raw before steaming, but this dish looks like the duck egg was cooked before steaming. No matter, The Cat liked.
Since The Mouse was there, picked up an order of gon lo mein (dry fried noodles, no gravy) for lunch/dinner.
Gon Lo Mein
Tasty. Tasted a little like yakisoba and gon lo mein hybrid.
Grab and go selection at Times grocery store. Usually, one lau lau in the container with rice or poi. This time, two lau lau, no starch (except for the haupia). The Mouse scored! 🙂
Grab and Go Lau Lau
The Mouse has lunch for two days. 🙂
The Mouse also bought a can of beans.
Can
First time try, The Mouse usually gets pork and beans, but sometimes a little too sweet. This can is good, less sweet, a touch more spice. May be new choice. Paws up.
The Cat had a client lunch, client was paying, The Cat bought chocolates from Diamond Head Chocolates, The Cat bought The Mouse treats too. 🙂
Dark Chocolate Graham Cracker and Peanut Butter, Chocolate Covered Oreos
The Mouse rationed. First was the dark chocolate graham cracker and peanut butter thingy.
Breakfast
Graham cracker thingy, banana, chocolate-covered coffee beans from See’s Candies, coffee mixed with Lion’s Mane mushroom powder. A bigger breakfast than the “usual” coffee mix and fruit.
Bite/Layer Shot
Just right amount of peanut butter and chocolate. Not peanut butter cup heavy. Mmm.
To a container of S & S saimin, which contained noodles, green onions, one small slice of luncheon meat (dunno if it was SPAM, and one slice of kamaboko fishcake, The Mouse added turnip strips, freeze-dried tofu, SPAM strips, minced ginger, and more green onions. The Mouse didn’t have kamaboko in the refridge. Sigh. No worry, still yummy. 🙂
The Mouse had a weird thought, use tomato paste as ketchup replacement. The Mouse can never use the whole bottle of ketchup without it expiring. A tin of tomato paste is smaller.
Tin
Plus tomato paste has less ingredients, no high fructose corn syrup. Seems healthier.
First test was mixed into orzo pasta bowl.
Sardine Bowls
The bowl on the left is The Cat’s beginnings of her dinner. Rice, nori, sardines with oil. The Mouse’s lunch bowl contained orzo pasta, tomato paste, frozen vegetables, and sardines. Mmm. 🙂
For dinner, The Mouse made a pita “sandwich”.
Pita “Sandwich”
Kewpie mayo, tomato paste, fried fishcake, vegetable croquette, sesame leaf ribbons. The fishcake and vegetable croquette were remains from The Cat’s bento.
Nori Bento
Cheap eats from Times Supermarket. Rice, nori, burdock root, pickled ginger, fried fish. Ingredients contributed to three eats, The Cat’s bento, The Cat’s dinner bowl, and The Mouse’s pita sandwich. 🙂
The experiment works, will be using tomato paste instead of ketchup. 🙂
Early-ish dinner at Kin Wah Chop Suey. Reasonably priced, good portion, and we are considered “regulars”, although there are a lot of “regulars”, hee hee.
The Cat and The Mouse’s usual order is choi summ, oyster sauce on the side, plain egg omelet with green onions, and rice. An additional something is usually added (pork, fish, or sometimes chicken).
Omelet, Rice
Yesterday, add-on was fish.
Steamed Fish Filet with Ginger and Green Onion
Enough food for dinner, fish for two bento, eggs and rice for at least two bowls, and choi summ for several more servings. 🙂
An “old” packet of cilantro lime rice, from Costco, “MRE” style, frozen peas, tin of sardines in olive oil, dash of chicken bullion, MSG, and Ssamjang. Mmm.
Lunch
Kalua pork, Friday special from Foodland, fried chicken skin, also from Foodland, KD pack, from Kozo Sushi, take-out sushi shop.
Sweet Potato Fries
Kizuna Sushi Bar & Grill.
Teri Salmon and Tempura Soba
Also from Kizuna.
Buffet Breakfast, 100 Sails
More Breakfast
Scrambled eggs, made to order omelet (shrimp, spinach, green onion), veggies. 🙂
The Mouse used to eat canned tuna in whatever oil it was packed in. Based on recent discussions, the oil was not the healthiest. Made a switch to olive oil.
Tin
Can Tuna in Olive Oil
The Mouse likes, tuna texture is solid, good chew, olive oil is good too. 🙂