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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

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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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Nov 5th

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

Best of the Week 6/25/2011

Best food I ate: Mary’s Mediterranean Kitchen’s gyro deal meal. It was good. The fries were good. I would go back. Maybe I would try something else though. Cafe Olive was pretty good. I think I would order the complete meal again but I would try something else. I had the mahi limone which was not bad but I’m sure there’s something better. Ivy’s lasagna was...

Jun 30th

Best of the Week 6/18/2011

Best food I ate: Lots of food and all were pretty good: Arirang (Kalbi and Fish Jun), Cinnamon’s (Hawaiian Omelet), Soul Patrol (Gumbo), Teddy’s Bigger Burgers (Pastrami and Tots) and Ethel’s Grill (Garlic Pork Chops). All pretty good choices for once. Best thing I listened to this week: Back to the remixes by Ygo Ongtawco. I liked this group called Minnutes; they remind me of...

Jun 24th

Best of the Week 6/10/2011

Best food I ate: The Angry Korean Lady’s (Ah-Lang) cooking. We had bbq chicken, fish jun, pork bulgogi and vegetable pancake. It was all good. She could work on her side dishes. She got into an argument with one of our party so it was entertaining as well. Best thing I listened to this week: I didn’t listen to much music. Best thing I watched: Best movies this week … The...

Jun 14th

Best of the Week 6/3/2011

Best thing I ate: Probably the Poi Bowl’s (in Ala Moana): laulau, kalua pig, lomi salmon, chicken long rice and haupia. It was not a good week for food. Best thing I listened to: Still listening to Pomegranate by Poi Dog Pondering. Actually Akira sang “Firework” by Katey Perry. I have to post it. Best thing I watched: The Other Woman. It was a bad movie week. Natalie...

Jun 9th

Best of the Week 5/27/2011

Best thing I ate: I only ate out once. Downtown Doner. I would eat there again. I do think a gyro has better flavor though. We went to Eat the Street. It’s a fun event but I think I have to make better decisions on what to eat. Perhaps I should go with lunch wagons that I know or have established reviews. Best thing I listened to: I’m still listening to Poi Dog Pondering. I...

May 30th

Best of the Week 5/20/2011

Best thing I ate: I ate the bento at Yohei Sushi. What a fun way to eat. All the little things to eat with different tastes and textures. I also enjoyed the salmon kama at Maguro-Ya. Best thing I listened to: Frank Orrall of Poi Dog Pondering live. What a show! A one man acoustic show accompanied by a slide show with audio. This is much different from 1999 when he arrived with a full...

May 25th

Best of the Week 5/13/2011

Best thing I ate: I ate several good meals out. Dot’s (in Wahiawa) Loco Moco and the Tan Tan Ramen at Goma Tei. Best thing I listened to: The new Okkervil River was streaming and that was pretty good. The Cars new album was streaming too and it sounds like the 80s all over again. Best thing I watched: I liked Tamara Drewe, Summer Wars (Anime) and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...

May 17th

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May 11th

Best of the Week 5/5/2011

Best thing I ate: Spicy Beef and Vegetable Soup (Yook Gae Jang) from Mililani Bar-B-Q hit the spot with my sinuses all plugged up. Best thing I listened to: The Mililani Ike May Day program. :) Best thing I watched: Hmm, The Way Back. That was an amazing journey. I’m still trying to figure out if it was fiction or non-fiction. We have been watching a lot of cartoon series and not...

May 11th

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May 4th

Best of the Week 4/29/2011

Best thing I ate: It would have to be the super sub from Rosarina Pizza. It was sixteen inches of sandwich. It had been a long time since I’ve eaten there. We also got food from Eat the Street. The pastele from Malia’s was ok and there are some places that do it way better. The jerk chicken was good from the Jerk Chicken truck but the sides were just ok. I think we may go...

May 1st

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Apr 27th

Best of the Week 4/22/2011

Best thing I ate: I liked the chirashi special I had from Tadashi the best this past week. I also enjoyed the Jamaican chicken from 99 Local Plate Mix in Mapunapuna and pig’s feet soup from Likelike Drive Inn. Komala Curry House had this green banana curry this past week and I really enjoyed it. I will order that again if it’s available. Best thing I listened to: Last weeks Pop...

Apr 25th

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Apr 20th

Best of the Week 4/15/2011

Best thing I ate: I ate a gyro plate from TheDeli. It was pretty good. I guess I’m tired of going to Leo’s Taverna. I would usual eat at Good and Healthy but I wanted to give TheDeli another chance. They have not been that good since Toufik passed on. Best thing I listened to: I listened to a bunch of stuff on Spinner.com. They must have all be okay as none of them were...

Apr 19th

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Apr 16th

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Apr 16th