One rainy Wednesday, Mom and I found ourselves with dinner arrangements canceled on both ends. We phoned up one another and made plans for an early dinner and shopping. Those unscheduled for, easy-to-relax nights are among the best I store in memory.
We met at Yotekko-Ya, our favourite ramen shop on the island.
It's tradition to come here, just mom and I, every time I visit home. My father and sister are not such great fans of ramen, but mom and I are borderline obsessed with this place. A fair majority of my eating preferences are unintentionally molded after her - mochi, bibim kooksoo, and gnocchi. Not to mention lamb chops, dumplings, and doughnuts. Thank you, mom :)
Gyoza
We slid into the window corner table as they opened for dinner service. The restaurant would be full and in dire need of another waitress upon our departure an hour later. Though till then, it was nice to bask in silence and watch the rain pound down with no end in sight. We started with a trio of pan-fried gyoza to whet the appetite...
Yakibuta Chahan
...then moved to the glistening pork fried rice, complete with eggy bits, onions, and extra fatty cuts of pork. It's done "wet" style, they way I prefer fried rice.
Yataiaji Ramen
Unable to settle for one style of ramen, we shared two. First the lighter one in a shoyu-based broth, the Yataiaji Ramen...
Paitan Ramen
...and then their thickest, and heartiest offering, the Paitan Ramen. I've batted my lashes over the wonders of their charsiu - nothing has changed since my last visit. Couple that with a addictively deep and heady broth, and you have a very happy diner.
Banana-Chocolate Ice Cream
And because we needed to build up energy for the shopping to follow, we had the only dessert offering (aside from single ice cream scoops) on menu. This dessert may look silly/amateurish, I'll give you that. But after a belly warming meal, I like to cool down in an uncomplicated manner with ice cream or fruit. Or in this case, both ice cream and fruit. Starting from the base: canned fruit (peaches, pears, mango) followed with three scoops of ice cream, sliced bananas, whipped cream, and chocolate syrup.
Then…off to Ala Moana to build our collection of handbags, hehe ^_^
Happy Monday!
Yotteko-Ya
McCully Shopping Center
1960 Kapiolani Blvd. #214
Honolulu, HI 96826
(808) 946-2900
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