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  • Honolulu, Hawaii : Day 4 continued
      • ED-209 (Login EDW209)
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      Posted Jun 22, 2009 9:58 PM

      Day 4 - After the first few days of all that food, we had to burn it off with a hike up Diamond Head. We woke up really early in the morning and make the trek up the mountain.

      To reward ourselves after the climb, we drove over to Diamond Head Grill & Market on Monsarrat Ave. near Kapahulu for fresh baked blueberry and cream cheese scones:
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      Late lunch at one of my favorite ramen places Goma Tei in the Ward Center.

      Shoyu ramen with chasu pork. Isn't the wooden spoon cool?
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      The cold noodles with chicken. I've seen people order this on past visits and this was the first time I've tried it and it was great. The noodles had a perfect texture and the sesame sauce with the cold sliced cucumbers were refreshing. The only thing I didn't care for was the chicken. It was kinda dry and tasteless:
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      A side order of pork tonkatsu:
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      My other favorite: gyoza's!!
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      And another plate of karaage chicken. They do a great job of frying this using mochiko flour:
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      Then a late night dinner at one of my favorite Izakaya style restaurants in Hawaii: Imanas Tei. It's located near the University area in a small place named Puck's Alley. What's the deal with good restaurants always being located near a massage parlor? LOL
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      Imanas Tei is very well know for their sushi and chanko nabe. We ordered a small side of sashimi:
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      Grilled beef tongue:
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      Asari clams:
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      O-toro sushi and ikura sushi:
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      karaage chicken:
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      scallop kushi katsu:
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      And a small dish of miso marinated butterfish (black cod):
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      Our main entree was the chanko nabe:
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      Cooked at our table in a broth:
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      It takes about 10 minutes to cook so we sat around chatting and munching on a spider roll (fried soft shell crab):
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      We were so full that we didn't even order dessert. Actually we even passed on Lappert's ice cream....

      Regards,
      ED-209
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