Category: Restaurant
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Dumpling Kitchen – Noe Valley
We hadn’t got grocery shopping, so we decided to eat out for lunch. We hadn’t been to Dumpling Kitchen in awhile. We ordered the Pea Sprouts w/ Garlic (one of Andrea’s favorites), Steamed Soup Pork Dumplings (i.e. XLB. I suppose they “Americanized” their menu a bit), BBQ Beef Ribs (to try something different) and the
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‘Ulu
This was our last night here so I had reserved what I guessed was the nicest restaurant in the area. This property is quite immaculate. Walking to the restaurant, you cross a little bridge to get there. Since we had a reservation for right when they opened, we were seated at one of the tables
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Brown’s Beach House
This was our penultimate night here on the big island. I booked us at the nicest of the dining options at the Fairmont resort. It was clearly a much nicer resort than any of the Hilton Waikoloa properties. Since we had an early seating (5:45 and the restaurant opened at 5:30), we were seated in
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Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company
Andrea wanted to go here, so we stopped by on our way back from Hilo. We’ve been in this area of the island before, Kawaihae, but not exactly on this street which was all seemed industrial until you went up the driveway to get here. The shop offered samples of their various nuts. I did try
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Hilo Bay Cafe
I was trying to find some place nice for us to eat in Hilo so after a brief amount of research, I booked this place. The restaurant is located right by Hilo Bay and near the Suisan Fish Market (which we still haven’t been to). The restaurant is located up on the second story (all
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Two Ladies Kitchen
We saw a short line of people standing in front of this place so we were curious what it was all about. Turns out it is a mochi place. The primary reason there were people standing outside is because it was very small inside and they didn’t want people crammed in there so they really
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Puna Chocolate Company
Andrea wanted to stop by this chocolate shop which we had also visited the last time we were here. We ended up buying 3 bars – Kona Coffee with Cocoa Nibs 70%, Macademia Nuts and Toasted Coconut 70%, and the Aleppo Pepper with Cocoa Nibs 70%. Andrea also had the Cacao Nectar. https://punachocolate.com
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Pineapple’s
We needed a snack so we saw this place. It’s an open air restaurant. Andrea ordered Pele’s Hot & Spicy Margarite and I had the Pineapple’s Pineapple Mojito. The Mojito had a strong mint flavor, but not much else. I should have ordered their signature cocktail the Pineapple Pow which was served in a cored
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Island Gourmet Market
We just wanted a quick bite before we had to meet up for our Mauna Kea tour, so we just popped into the Island Gourmet Market at Queen’s Marketplace and just bought food at the deli and brought it back to the condo since seating (only a few tables) was full at the deli and
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Engawa by Islander Sake Brewery
Andrea saw this place listed in Open Table. We love sake and this seemed like a great option. The restaurant is located at what I think was a golf clubhouse, but the course is currently under going renovations, so there wasn’t much activity here at this time other than the restaurant/brewery. To get here, you