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Best of the Week 05/19/2012

Best food I ate: The Prince Court buffet was enjoyable. We all had a nice time for dinner. I also enjoyed my downtown doner during the week. Best thing I listened to this week: I liked listening to Best Coast on spinner.com. I also took a free listen to the new Cornershop CD; I think Judy Sucks a Lemon was better. Best thing I watched: We Bought a Zoo was good. In the Land of Blood and...

May 22nd

Best of the Week 05/12/2012

Best food I ate: Ono Hawaiian Food’s salt meat watercress is good. If you don’t want laulau this is the dish to order. Best thing I listened to this week: The Descendants soundtrack. It’s old school Hawaiian and was relaxing. Best thing I watched: The Vow, Water for Elephants and Haywire … all were equal … watch at your own risk. Best thing I cooked: kim chee...

May 14th

Best of the Week 05/05/2012

Best food I ate: I ate Green Door Cafe for the first time since she moved back to downtown. I had fresh basil chicken which was not bad. I also had chicken curry katsu at Hinone Mizunone which was good; I think Taiyo is still my current fave. We all had the supersub at Rosarina Pizza and it was good. Best thing I listened to this week: I was listening to a lot of Beastie Boys over the week...

May 9th

Best of the Week 04/28/2012

Best food I ate: I ate at some pretty good places this past week: Mexico Restaurant, Komala Curry House, Shige’s Saimin and Kuru Kuru Sushi. Best thing I listened to this week: Previewed the new Cornershop and it was pretty good. Best thing I watched: We watched MI: Ghost Protocol which was still good the second time. I thought The Sitter was pretty funny. The Iron Lady, The Skin I...

May 1st

Best of the Week 04/21/2012

Best food I ate: Anna Miller’s loco moco was pretty good as was Rosarina Pizza’s sausage and pepper sub. The choices at Shirokiya are overwhelming as you can keep buying food as you like. I ate the bittermelon, okonomiyaki and the takoyaki. Best thing I listened to this week: Cut Chemist put out a sick remix of Tom Sawyer. Best thing I watched: I fell asleep during Footloose...

Apr 23rd

Best of the Week 04/14/2012

Best food I ate: I ate a pretty good meal at Flamingo’s; ox-tail stew. Is it really a special if they have it every day? We also had prime rib for Easter dinner which was good as were all the side dishes. Best thing I listened to this week: Waipuna. Wow. My renaissance into Hawaiian music continues. Best thing I watched: We watched five movies. The best of the lot was Three...

Apr 17th

Best of the Week 04/07/2012

Best food I ate: I ate the gyro plate at Good and Healthy Cafe and it’s good. I also had some good kalbi at Sorabol. Usually I order the kalbi chim and I will probably order that the next time. Best thing I listened to this week: I started to listen to HawaiiKIne 105.1 again. It’s good to hear traditional Hawaiian music on the radio. Best thing I watched: I watched a movie...

Apr 13th

Best of the Week 03/31/2012

Best food I ate: I ate out once this week at Chili’s. They have pretty good burgers and salads. We had a birthday party at the in-laws on Saturday which was a nice gathering. Best thing I listened to this week: Listening to some new stuff at NPR like Of Monsters and Men, M. Ward and the Gift of Gab. Some of the stuff sounded like it was from a generation away. Best thing I watched:...

Apr 4th

Best of the Week 03/24/2012

Best food I ate: We ate at Huong Lan in the Chinese Cultural Plaza. Ivy and I used to go there a lot after Sunday morning exercise. It was great. I also had some kalbi chim at Sorabol; it was pricey but good. The food at the Kapolei High School prom was good; props to the Ihilani. Best thing I listened to this week: I am listening to Ursula 1000 mixes in the car. Best thing I watched: We...

Mar 28th

Best of the Week 03/17/2012

Best food I ate: I ate some ramen from Shirokiya; spicy pork with egg ramen. It was ono. That was probably the most I ever spent on ramen. I also enjoyed my meatloaf and roast pork with gravy from Max and Lucy’s. Best thing I listened to this week: There were a couple of good mixes on mixcrate.com. One mix was indie music. Best thing I watched: We enjoyed watching The Adventures...

Mar 20th

Best of the Week 03/10/2012

Best food I ate: Fort Ruger Market laulau was good. Genki Sushi proved to us why Kuru Kuru Sushi is better. :) Best thing I listened to this week: I was listening to Talking Heads. Perusing the CD collection and pulled them out to listen in the car. Best thing I watched: We watched Drive which was pretty good. Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 … what was that?!? A Very Harold and Kumar...

Mar 20th

Best of the Week 03/03/2012

Best food I ate: Ate out once at Yum Yum Thai. It was the same as usual. I had a key lime cheesecake slice from Otto Cakes. That was good. Best thing I listened to this week: Listening to some Rabbit! and Poi Dog Pondering. Best thing I watched: Hugo, Being Elmo, The Change-Up and The Help were all pretty good. Being Elmo was my favorite out of that bunch. Best thing I cooked: I made some...

Mar 7th

Best of the Week 02/25/2012

Best food I ate: I ate out twice. I enjoyed my pho from Fort Street Cafe. It’s what I was craving. Best thing I listened to this week: Ursula 1000 mixes. Pumping up the volume in my car. Best thing I watched: Ides of March was a pretty good movie especially since this is an election year. I enjoyed all the performances. I would easily recommend that movie. Another Earth not so much....

Mar 1st

Best of the Week 02/18/2012

Best food I ate: I thought my doner was pretty good. I also enjoyed my meal at Acapulco. The horchata was good there. Best thing I listened to this week: Relistening to Mocean Worker. Best thing I watched: We watched Mildred Pierce which was pretty good but predictable. Kate Winslet. I also watched Killer Elite which was Jason Stratham vs. Clive Owen. Best thing I cooked: I’ve been...

Feb 22nd

Best of the Week 02/11/2012

Best food I ate: The Angry Korean Lady for lunch then Zippy’s sushi bar for dinner. Saturday was quite a day for eating out. The AKL has the best meat jun. I ate at Komala Curry House during the week. I don’t think I have chosen a bad curry there yet. Best thing I listened to this week: I listened to a couple remixes but nothing that will grab you. Best thing I watched: 50/50 is...

Feb 14th

Best of the Week 02/04/2012

Best food I ate: We got treated to Mei Sum Dim Sum. It was great! We will be back. Best thing I listened to this week: I was mostly looking around soundcloud.com this week for artists that I like. Best thing I watched: Akira scored his first basket in a game. Real Steal was pretty good. I also liked Contagion and The Debt. Best thing I cooked: I only cooked beef brisket and canned...

Feb 11th

Best of the Week 01/28/2012

Best food I ate: Ate out once this week so I better make up for it this week. :) Best thing I listened to this week: I guess I was still listening to Krafty Kuts. :) Best thing I watched: We watched Dolphin Tale. That was predictable but pretty good. Best thing I cooked: I cooked some steak in a pan and some ahi that was pretty good. I also have been cooking a lot of watercress. Best...

Jan 31st

Best of the Week 01/21/2012

Best food I ate: I walked to J’s BBQ to eat their spicy bbq chicken. It was good but it’s getting a bit pricey. $8 for two chicken thighs. How will we feed our son when he gets older. He and his pals will have to spend $15 for a plate lunch and we will lament when it was about $5. Best thing I listened to this week: I found DJ Krafty Kuts on soundcloud. Take a listen...

Jan 25th

Best of the Week 01/14/2012

Best food I ate: Thai again. Bangkok Chef’s green curry. I also ate at Hinone Mizunone but that was more about the company than the meal. The meal was okay. Best thing I listened to this week: I was going around soundcloud.com looking for bands/musicians to follow. It’s an interesting mix on there. http://soundcloud.com/john-pescador Best thing I watched: Midnight in Paris,...

Jan 19th

Best of the Week 01/07/2012

Best food I ate: Plumeria Thai Cafe’s chicken katsu with red curry. The green curry that Ivy had was better though. The company was good for that Saturday lunch. Akira loves his Aunty Annie and Uncle Vic. Best thing I listened to this week: Still listening to best of 2011 mixes on mixcrate.com. Best thing I watched: I watched Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol. That was pretty good. I...

Jan 9th

Best of the Week 12/31/2011

Best food I ate: It was probably our New Year’s Eve meal. All kinds of poke wrapped in lettuce leaves. As far as eating out goes Komala Curry House and Mililani Bar-B-Q were solid but not spectacular. Best thing I listened to this week: I was listening to a bunch of end of year mixes on mixedcrate.com. Good stuff. Best thing I watched: I enjoyed watching Warrior. Cowboys and Aliens...

Jan 3rd

Best of the Week 12/24/2011

Best food I ate: Sunflower Cafe’s beef and bittermelon black bean chow fun. I think the serving could have fed four people but I ate the whole thing. Best thing I listened to this week: Soma.FM has some of the best versions of Christmas music. A must for the holidays. Best thing I watched: We did finish Season 3 of The Clone Wars. You can sense that the episodes are getting darker....

Dec 28th

Best of the Week 12/17/2011

Best food I ate: Ah Lang (The Angry Korean Lady). We ordered fish jun, meat jun, kalbi and bbq chicken and spicy pork. It was all good. I also enjoyed the fish and chips from Nico’s. The first time my fish was not dry. ;) Best thing I listened to this week: I like the Christmas mixes at Soma.FM. Best thing I watched: Kung Fu Panda 2 was good as was Harry Potter and the Deathly...

Dec 19th

Best of the Week 12/10/2011

Best food I ate: I ate lunch at my sister’s on Sunday. There was a variety of food but pancit bihon and crispy pork with tomatoes and onions was the best. Best thing I listened to this week: Erasure live. It doesn’t sound as good as they sounded in person. But it is nice to have a copy of the set they played when we saw them in October. Best thing I watched: Pirates 4 was...

Dec 14th

Best of the Week 12/03/2011

Best food I ate: We tried Bruno’s Forno which was alright. It’s different. I tried laksa a Singaporean noodle dish. It was okay also. I would try the laksa again from some place else though. Best thing I listened to this week: Christmas music. Soma.FM’s Christmas Chill station. Great stuff! Best thing I watched: We watched Crazy, Stupid, Love, Friends with Benefits,...

Dec 8th

Best of the Week 11/26/2011

Best food I ate: Bob’s Bar-B-Que’s kalbi was pretty good. I think I should the other American bar-b-que ribs next time. Best thing I listened to this week: I have been trying to film Akira “singing” the Angry Birds Theme song. Best thing I watched: Batman Year One was pretty good. Best thing I cooked: Chili spaghetti. It was leftover week so I cooked once. Oh...

Nov 28th

Best of the Week 11/19/2011

Best food I ate: I enjoyed the Hawaiian Plate from Ruger Market Hawaiian Food. I saved the kalua pig to make kalua pig and cabbage. The plate was just under $10 too. Best thing I listened to this week: I’m still listening to Erasure and slowly adding some Depeche Mode. Going retro. I’m still looking up mixes on MixCrate.com and new music on SoundCloud.com. Best thing I...

Nov 28th

Best of the Week 11/12/2011

Best food I ate: Gyotaku’s Ox-Tail Soup. The soup was dark in color and rich. I like the mustard cabbage and peanuts that was in the soup too. The company at Gyotaku was pretty good too. Komala Curry House is usually pretty good no matter what curry you choose. Best thing I listened to this week: Alvin’s Erasure Tour Mix. More Lullatone. More Poi Dog Pondering. I liked this...

Nov 16th

Best of the Week 11/05/2011

Best food I ate: Chicken katsu curry from Taiyo Noodle House. I think they have one of the best versions of chicken katsu curry since IchiRyu was sold. I actually had to eat pork fried rice because someone else ate most of the curry. ;) Bangkok Chef was pretty good. The food tasted healthy. We ate a lot at home this week. Best thing I listened to this week: Lullatone. Cute melodies. It...

Nov 9th

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Best of the Week 10/29/2011

Best food I ate: My Wagyu beef sandwich at Fendu Boulangerie. I would go back for that “hamburger.” After much anticipation for Ono2Go I’d say it was ok. It does deserve a second look. Best thing I listened to this week: Alvin’s Erasure Mix of 2011. I finally got around to buy the new Rabbit! CD off iTunes. Best thing I watched: I wished The Walking Dead. What a...

Oct 31st

Best of the Week 10/22/2011

Best food I ate: Makino Chaya. Dungeness crab, hamachi and some sushi is what I basically ate. Best thing I listened to this week: Drifting back toward MixCrate.com. A lot of musicians are using SoundCloud.com so checking out that site too. Best thing I watched: The Bridesmaids was fun. I would not compare it to the Hangover. I’m also starting The Walking Dead Season 1. Best thing...

Oct 31st

Oct 23rd

Best of the Week 10/15/2011

Best food I ate: The BBQ Ribs at Bac Nam. Vietnamese restaurant? Ribs. Yes it was good. We ate at Hinone Mizunone twice this week. The food is good and the prices are reasonable. Best thing I listened to this week: I’m still listening to Neon Indian. I’m using SoundCloud.com to find music: Erasure, Ivy, and Mocean Worker. Best thing I watched: Breaking Bad season 3....

Oct 21st

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Oct 16th

Best of the Week 10/08/2011

Best food I ate: In Seattle I enjoyed many meals. Korean Tofu House (Mixed Seafood Tofu Soup), Pot Belly (Breakfast Sandwich with Ham, Mushroom, Cheese, and Egg), Pho Ba (Pho), Lowell’s (Mixed Grill: Salmon, Crab Cake and Prawns). We ate at several chains: Chipotle, Olive Garden, Bahama Breeze, Mod Pizza … all good. When in a new place I don’t think you can go wrong with...

Oct 14th

Best of the Week 10/01/11

Best food I ate: Pike Place Chowder’s seared scallop chowder in Seattle. Yum! I enjoyed it more than the clam chowder. We also had a good meal at Thai Village in Kunia the night before our trip. Best thing I listened to this week: I am listening to the new Mocean Worker and Erasure which is streaming. I am looking forward to seeing Erasure live. Best thing I watched: I started...

Oct 14th

Best of the Week 9/24/2011

Best food I ate: Maybe the chicken and papaya soup I cooked. Jollibee was okay. The food at the First Hawaiian Bank Cafeteria is cheap and not bad. Best thing I listened to this week: More and more Mocean Worker. New CD due 9/27. My wife is really getting into turntable.fm. You can find her in the “80s” room or the “anything goes” room. iPad app available. I was...

Sep 28th

Best of the Week 9/17/2011

Best food I ate: Sizzling hamburger from Dot’s Wahiawa. Remember don’t eat after a hard weekend. I also ate at Utage; goya champuru with shoyu pork. Both meals were with Fongie. We didn’t eat out as a family this past week. Ivy went to Mililani Eat the Street which was okay. Best thing I listened to this week: I am listening to Mocean Worker. He has a new CD at the end...

Sep 21st

Best of the Week 9/10/2011

Best food I ate: Ichi-Ryu’s chicken katsu donburi was pretty good. Too bad they are closing. I liked Mr. Oyama’s luau stew that he made for Saturday nights dinner. Best thing I listened to this week: Going back to the Poi. :) I think the wife is now hooked on turntable.fm. Mixcrate.com Best thing I watched: I started Dexter Season 5. I’m not sure where this is going...

Sep 13th

Best of the Week 9/3/2011

Best food I ate: I had a Downtown Doner this week. I forgot about gyros for a while. Best thing I listened to this week: I’m starting to look for remixes on mixcrate again. I’m also starting to listen to sports radio again with all the football coming up.. Best thing I watched: I enjoyed The Perfect Game about a Mexican Little League Team. I also liked True Grit. I barely...

Sep 10th

Best of the Week 8/26/2011

Best food I ate: I ate out twice. Ahi & Vegetables’s Bento B7 (spicy ahi, spicy salmon and ahi poke) was a lot of food. I also at a hot ham and mushroom sandwich from MaGoo’s which brought back memories of dorm life. Best thing I listened to this week: Jumped on to turntable.fm so I could get a new avatar. We mostly hung out in the Ska room. Best thing I watched: We only...

Sep 10th

Best of the Week 8/19/2011

Best food I ate: JJ Dolan’s pizza with friends. Good pizza, beer and friends what more is needed. Best thing I listened to this week: turntable.fm. I enjoy listing in the mashup room. I enjoyed DJing with Gush, Yeo and Arnel. We took over the Food Tripper 2 room. Gush and I also commandeered the ska room for a bit which was fun. Best thing I watched: Conviction was pretty good....

Sep 2nd

Best of the Week 8/13/2011

Best food I ate: We had a pretty good week of eating capping it with the buffet at Makino Chaya. We had some Thai food from Thai Village in Kunia, Indian food from Komala Curry House, a sandwich and potato salad from Storto’s Deli. Best thing I listened to this week: I’m still listening to those mixes of pop music from mixcrate.com. The new Ursula 1000 was fun and Akira was...

Aug 21st

Best of the Week 8/6/2011

Best food I ate: Hata Restaurant oyako donburi was good. I would order that again. Best thing I listened to this week: Listening to the same thing as last week. I’ll probably get tired of it and switch back to something else. Best thing I watched: I enjoyed Flipped (and didn’t think I would) and Cedar Rapids (like a tamer version of The Hangover). Akira really enjoyed Rango. ...

Aug 8th

Best of the Week 7/30/2011

Best food I ate: Zippy’s Pearl City Chirashi. It was a bit better than the sashimi combination I ate earlier in the week. The fish was fresher. Best thing I listened to this week: Listening to remixes on mixcrate.com. Mostly mixes of current stuff that Akira likes to dance to. Best thing I watched: I watched a lot of movies. Source Code was the best of the lot. Followed by the...

Aug 8th

Best of the Week 7/23/2011

Best food I ate: Saturday was a dinner party and the food was alright but the company was fun. Thanks Ivy. I had some pork belly and bittermelon from the expanded Shirokiya food court on Saturday and the food was good. Sashimi from Zippy’s Pearl City was also good. Ahi & Vegetable made a pretty good spicy ahi bowl this week. Best thing I listened to this week: I still have Poi...

Jul 30th

Best of the Week 7/16/2011

Best food I ate: Easily it’s Hinone Mizunone’s Chicken Ama-Kara Age. The whole meal was pretty good. Best thing I listened to this week: Akira’s still dancing to LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem. Best thing I watched: I only watched one movie last week and it was Hobo with a Shotgun. That movie is not for everyone. We also watched Green Lantern: Emerald Knights which was...

Jul 20th

Best of the Week 7/9/2011

Best food I ate: We had the Gomes over on July 3rd. The food that was cooked/bought was good. The company was great! I also ate some pizza and a sandwich from Fendu Boulangerie in Manoa which was pretty good. Best thing I listened to this week: I’m still listening to the genius that is Poi Dog Pondering. There is an evolution in music from the folky roots to the house music....

Jul 13th

Best of the Week 7/2/2011

Best food I ate: I ate chicken katsu twice. I figured I might eat some steak during the 4th. Best thing I listened to this week: Got Poi? I received a lot of Poi Dog Pondering CDs in the mail. I’m listening to them all! Best thing I watched: The 3 Idiots a Bollywood movie. It was long but worth it. Aamir Khan is in some of my favorite Bollywood movies like Lagaan. Ip Man 2 was...

Jul 7th