Punahou/Hawai'i Reunion

photo from Shann

Just attended a Punahou/Hawai'i reunion at the Marriott (Times Square location) this past weekend. I'm always amazed by how many Hawai'i people there are in this city. The gathering was a breakfast buffet consisting of rice, eggs, and Portuguese sausage. The Portuguese sausage was flown in from Hawai'i!! How cool is that? And they even passed around shoyu bottles! I think there were only a few bottles so it had to slowly make way from table to table.

There was a huge mix of alumni...I sat next to a woman who graduated from Punahou in 1940...she pointed to my name tag which said '04 grad...and then confessed to seeing a '01 tag on someone else and wondering for a second if it was 1901! ^_^

P.S.
I might not post every day, but I do plenty of eating (especially desserts!) on a day to day basis...keeping current with my flickr is the easiest way to stay updated ;)

Hawai'i: Gazen Izakaya

...just republishing a post that was accidentally deleted :/ Hope you had a good weekend :)

We come here for the tofu. Three types of tofu to be specific. Order them separately should you desire, or get the tasting trio for a better deal. That's the black sesame tofu upfront. All is made in-house.
Pretty huh? ^_^
This is the Zaru Tofu...
...to be eaten with salt. Plain salt on the left, and hojicha salt on the right.
Dab a little wasabi on the black sesame tofu, the firmest of the trio.
And then my favourite, extra tender and silken tofu in soymilk. Shaved bonito and green onions to top.
And because all the tofu is served chilled, and it doesn't feel like a "real" dinner without some warm (temperature-wise) food, I like to end with the Fried Yuba Mochi in Vegetable Broth. The broth is more akin to a savoury sauce as opposed to a soupy broth. Plus one bowl hot white rice, and we're good to go ^_^

Gazen Izakaya
2840 Kapiolani Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96806
(808) 737-0230

Sugar Rush'ed...

...for the week at Serious Eats New York. Plus, a stop at the new Village Tart in Soho, Led Zeppole in the East Village, and lunch at Carteles ^_^
The Dessert Files: Village Tart...
...where I found olive oil madelines...
...and grapefruit tarts!
Sugar Rush: Spiced Hot Chocolate at Locanda Verde
First Look: Led Zeppole...
...it was all about the fried (funnel cakes)...
...fried (zeppoles)...
...fried (cream stuffed zeppoles)!
Lunch for one: Carteles
Sugar Rush: Balthazar's Hot Ginger Citrus Tea
Sugar Rush: Maialino's Olive Oil Muffin
Sugar Rush: Mud Cake at Rye House
Sugar Rush: Ceci-Cela's Pear Tart

Happy Friday! ^_^