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Friday, November 8, 2013

PLATE LUNCH SERIES FALL 2013 #20 MEAT JUN

MEAT JUN (Korean Style Beef)

All photos are from Google Images and I am not trying to make money off of these photos.

Meat Jun, just a great idea in Korean foods. Tender thinly sliced beef, seasoned with salt and pepper, garlic, soy sauce, sesames, and sugar, almost like a teriyaki, but not quite because of the sesames. Ooo, the chef will marinate the meat, and then dip it in flour, and then some beaten eggs, possibly season it before the frying process, but when it's done, it's a heavenly dish if you love beef such as myself.

Then the meat jun is sliced into strips, and served with a dipping sauce made with soy sauce, vinegar, hoisin sauce, chopped green onion, garlic and Sriracha hot sauce and toasted sesame seeds.

What do we eat in Hawaii? We eat Korean style too, and there's a lot of places that serves up meat jun, heck there may be some place where you live that has a Korean BBQ joint, check them out. And usually at a Korean establishment, the sides are awesome, you'll get the standard macaroni salad, but the side will include, pickled cabbage, kim chi, seaweed, pasta, all kinds of stuff, potatoes, man it's nuts, you got to go venture you foodie you!

This is a nicely done meat jun

Another meat jun plate with the dipping sauce, I'd pound this in a heartbeat with rice and mac salad, in fact, I'd love to put some mayonnaise on it too for some richness.

After working out..a plate like this will fill you up for sure, or whenever you got the munchies.

Late night dinners, if you can find a diner that does meat jun, it's a great meal to end that evening after the opera, after the ballet, after the ball game, after kicking someone's ass that tried to jack your car.

This plate is big enough for 2 peeps.

As you can see, meat jun the Korean battered thin cuts of beef is looking good, and like any kind of food, if done right, will taste ono (delicious).

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Monday, November 4, 2013

PLATE LUNCH SERIES FALL 2013 #19 BROKE DA MOUTH GRINDZ

BROKE DA MOUTH GRINDZ
Filipino, Hawaiian, Burgers
Kaiwi Square
74-5565 Luhia St.
Kailua-Kona, HI 96740
Counter Service
Mon-Sat 830a-830p
Sun 9a-5p

Located on the west side of the Big Island of Hawaii in Kailua Kona town there's a local favorite that serves up ono (delicious) grinez (food), and according to the locals in Kona, Broke Da Mouth Grindz is the place to eat.

I'm sure you all get hungry on a vay cay, and if you're born and raised local from Hawaii, you are searching for a good plate to satisfy your hunger, you aren't looking for fancy shmancy, you just want 2 scoops of rice, a scoop of macaroni salad, and that entree, or a combo of 2 or 3 entrees, and you don't mind if you look like a hog chomping down that plate, no matter what the entrée is, a scoop of roast pork with gravy, a loco moco, some sweet and sour spareribs, it don't matter, you just want to inhale the food. Look guys, I know what you want to do, that's to just scarf, mop, you just don't want to be bothered when you get that hot plate to your table, you want to get down to business, of eating, you don't want to have any conversations on the weather, the other person's sad ass life, you could give a shit! I don't give a shit, I don't care if the person sitting across from me lost his wife, job…just do not BUG ME WHEN I'M EATING MY PLATE!!!! I'm serious, if you gut issues, you work that shit out before we go out to eat!…Except if you're buying then I have to by all means listen to your sad ass stories because that would be rude for me to not listen while I feed my face like there's no tomorrow.

Okay what's all Yay Yay here at Broke Da Mouth Grindz? I borrowed their photos from the web. I AM NOT MAKING MONEY OFF OF THESE PHOTOS FROM YELP AND GOOGLE IMAGES, I PROMISE, IF NOT CHOP OFF MY NUTS. :)

Check this out, a pork adobo omelette for breakfast, this is just what we love to eat, just food! No fooling around, stuff we'd make at home!!!! I love you guys, I really am choked up right now…you guys know how to make food look and taste good. Junior, live and learn, man up will you!

And this burger looks ono too, Junior, look! Food, man up and try to eat the way a man eats will you, stop eating that stupid ass humus and tofu sandwiches!

Now if you live in Hawaii, there ain't nothing like our fried fresh reef fish, look at this guys, 2 whole fried crisp menpachi, wow! Man this is a local dig man…I am choked up guys!!!! Really, so far…I give this place 2 Yays. "Yay Yay"

Oh God, look at this plate…Fried Adobo Chicken. Did you HEAR ME? I said fried, adobo chicken. Need I say more? No..I don't. I really…don't.

Furikake Chicken, I want to just fly to the Big Isle right now!

Mini Loco Moco…okay for those that can't eat like me, I much prefer a full plate, but it's all good guys, no worries, no probz.

Beef Lovers!!! Calling all beef heads, look at this baby, Oxtail Stew, Yay Yay :)

Shrimp Maniacs they serve Scampi yee ha! I would say shrimp scampi but scampi means shrimp, so it would be ridiculous of me to say shrimp, shrimp.

Smoked Pork & Eggs for breakfast, "Why can't Maui have a place like this Maui sucks!"

Mini Plates, this one's a Mini Teri Beef, but I like full plates myself because I love to pig out, but hey, if you're on a diet, the mini is made just for you my friend, my fine feathered friend.

Teri Burger w. Fries for you sandwich nuts.

Thick Korean Braised Short Ribs combo, mmmmm good!

Pork Guisantes (Pork & Peas), Sweet Potato Mash, nuts man!

My friends, our Hawaiian Style Plate Lunch Culture thrives on all of our islands and..on the mainland. My friends, if you have never eaten a local plate lunch, you got to try, at least try. Forget that vegan and vegetarian bull shit! Forget about it. Just let go of your fears, let it go. Take a deep breath, let it go man, just let it go…you know you want that fatty pork belly adobo because she's sexy, she's spicy, she's got an aroma that wants to make you take off your shirt. C'mon man, get with it, she wants you.

Okay, until the next post which will be number 1,000,000,000,000 I'm Ron Sambrano and you're not!

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Friday, November 1, 2013

PLATE LUNCH SERIES FALL 2013 #18 Maui's DA KITCHEN

DA KITCHEN 425 Koloa St.
Kahului, HI

Plate lunches, 2 scoops of rice or maybe 1 big ass scoop, and rich creamy macaroni salad, hopefully mixed with the mayonnaise of choice for most locals living in Hawaii, and that's Best Foods Real Mayonnaise junior! Plate lunches are part of our culture, and from now until this series is ended for the fall of 2013, we'll be redundant, I'll say the same shit over and over until you freaking puke, got that Jackson? Good…now shut up and pay attention!

I'm going on to Google and rip off some pictures and I'll go to Da Kitchen's website and borrow some info. Just a warning, I'm not making any money off of these information ok? Good, shut the hell up!

Here's the menu, let's see if I can cut and paste on my 2011 MacBookPro, 13" beast!

MENU for the Kahului Maui Store, 808-871-7782

Pupu's (Pronounced Poo Poos) meaning appetizers like.

BBQ Beef Sticks

Lumpia

Fried Won Tons

Jalapeño Cheddar Poppers

Mahi Cakes

Fried Pork Mandoo

Seafood Won Tons

Kalua Won Tons

Shrimp Shumai

Spam Musubi

Fried Spam Musubi

Salads

Tuna Tofu Salad

Da Kitchen Cobb Salad

Shrimp Tempura Salad

Popcorn Shrimp Salad

Chinese Chicken Salad

Caesar Salad

Maui Garden Salad

Plate Lunches

Korean Chicken (I heard Kim Jong Il loved this dish)

Kalbi Ribs (Yeah yeah white folks are cooking shit shit up too, and they think they're all that now…."I'm making kalbi ribs come on over guys.)

Hawaiian Plate (Pork Lau Lau, Kalua Pork, Chicken Long Rice and Lomi Salmon.)

Da "Lau Lau Plate (2 steamed pork & butterfish Lau Lau wrapped in taro leaves, served wit Lomi Salmon)

Kalua Pork (Red necks and Hawaiians have some things in common, we love pickup trucks, hunting, fishing, and pulled pork)

Katsu Cutlet (Chicken Katsu topped with Onions, Mushrooms & homemade brown gravy.)

Chicken Katsu (All natural hormone free boneless chicken thighs breaded in panko and served with homemade BBQ sauce.)

Loco Moco (Grilled homemade 98% lean ground beef burger topped with 2 eggs, onions, mushrooms and brown gravy.)

Hamburger Steak (Homemade lean ground beef burger 10 oz pate soaked in onions, mushrooms and brown gravy.)

Teriyaki Beef (Thinly sliced beef sirloin marinated in a homemade teriyaki sauce and charbroiled.)

Teriyaki Chicken (One pound of all natural hormone free boneless chicken thighs with no additives marinated in teriyaki sauce and grilled.)

Sandwiches

Roast Beef Shooters (Tri-tip beef roast topped with cheese on Hawaiian sweet rolls. Served with fries.)

Bacon Cheeseburger Shooters (Homemade ground beef burgers topped with cheese on Hawaiian sweet rolls. Served with fries.)

Soup & Salad Combo (Tuna Sandwich on wheat bread served with crab and corn chowder. Served with potato macaroni salad)

Chicken Breast Sandwich (Chicken breast on sourdough bread w/ lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese & ranch dressing. Served wit fries)

Steaks

Thin Cut Ribeye (Choice 14 oz. Ribeye Steak, well marbled juicy and savory)

Hawaiian NY Steak (Signature steak served with rice and green salad)

Pulehu Grilled NY Steak (Fresh Choice beef grilled with Hawaiian Salt and butter. Served with rice and salad)

"How's the prices?" The prices are reasonable, the portions are big. If you aren't into eating, go somewhere else. If you love to eat, then this is the place to eat. Did you hear me? I hope so, because I can't stand it when you guys don't LISTEN!!!!!

NOW FOR THE IMAGES THAT I'M NOT MAKING A DIME OFF HELLOOOO!

THIS IS THE STORE FRONT IN KAHULUI, JUST MINUTES FROM OGG, or KAHULUI AIRPORT

LOOK AT THIS MAN, KALUA BABY! YOU GOT A HANGOVER, YOU ARE GETTING YOUR ASS OVER TO DA KITCHEN, DON'T BE A WIMP!

KATUS FANATICS, THIS IS A MASSIVE PLATE MAN, TOTALLY YAY YAY!

OOOOO, LAU LAU, GOT TO HAVE IT!

ALL GROUND BEEF SLIDERS JUNIOR? HEY GOT FRIES CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO DA KITCHEN!

LAU LAU, MAC SALAD, CHICKEN LONG RICE (KIND OF SOUPY), RICE AND LOMI SALMON, AGAIN YAY YAY!!!!

KALBI RIBS THE KOREAN SWEET MEAT, SHORT RIBS CUT THIN AND GRILLED WITH RICE AND SALAD, YAY YAY!

LOCO MOCO, GROUND BEEF PATTY SEARED WITH BROWN GRAVY, ONIONS, SHROOMS, MAN DA KITCHEN IS THE BOMB! THE BEST! THIS IS HOW LOCAL FOOD IS DONE JUNIOR YOU GOT THAT? SO I DON'T WANTO EVER SEE YOU BOZOS EATING LESS THAN DA KITCHEN FOOD, GOT THAT? I'LL HURT YOU, I WILL….

As you can see, Da Kitchen in Kahului has some great looking food don't they, and it not only looks good, it tastes good, it's just how should I say? How do these young bastard kids speak these days? Oh okay I got it, "It's Epic!" Hmmm, whatever.

Locals in Hawaii love to eat, and these are the kinds of plate lunches we love, we love pork, salty roasted pork, from the imu (underground oven), beef, chicken, we love it! So if you are wondering what we love to eat, this is it baby! No fooling around, because we only eat stuff that fills up our stomachs, if it don't, we ain't ever going back to that place again, that place that charges you an arm and a leg and gives you bits of food. But no, not DA KITCHEN, they serve up food with quality and a good portion. LIke I was saying if you don't love eating, then Da Kitchen ain't for you boy!

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

PLATE LUNCH SERIES FALL 2013 #17 BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII

COUSINS SEAFOOD & BENTO
1-808-969-9900
Corner of Kalauea & Lanikaula St. Big Island of Hawaii, in Hilo Town.

I love the internet, I can find lots of information on plate lunches. I asked around here on Maui, and I asked friends "Where can I get some good grinez on the Big Isalnd?" And the name Cousins Seafood & Bento came up. No I've never went there, but I'm giving you the heads up if you do visit the Big Island. We all need to stuff our faces man, we all need to eat, even if we need to lose weight, even if our doctors said "Don't eat that good food." Oh yeah, screw that doctor he's probably a quack anyhow.

Cousins looks great on the net, I mean just the way the food shines you know? Let's take a look at the menu shall we? Okay sorry, that may sound sick, I meant Cousins Seafood and Bento, not your cousins, I'm not into incest shit ok?

BENTOS

Boxed Lunches to most local's definition.

Now get this, on the menu it states, bentos are made between 630am until it is sold out, wow! that's a true local dig man, sold out? Shit, if you have a business and you sell out your food, you're doing good! No excellent!

Large Bento- includes musubi*, maki sushi*, cone sushi*, pressed sushi*, garlic chicken, shrimp, Spam, potato hash, hot dog and sweet egg. $7.50

Small Bento- includes musubi*, maki sushi*, pressed sushi*, garlic chicken, potato hash, hot dog, Spam and sweet egg. $6.00

Now if you haven't noticed the freaking small bento is big enough man! Now this is real local kine grinez.

LUNCH & DINNER 10AM -730PM

Pan Seared Ahi Steaks

Pan Seared Ahi Belly

Pan Seared Atlantic Salmon

and more….

OLD FASHIONED SOUP Includes scoop of rice white or brown

Spare Ribs Mustard Cabbage soup (Mondays only)

Okinawan Soup (Wednesdays only)

Oxtail Soup (Fridays only)

SIDE ORDERS

Beef Stew Bowl (26 oz) $4.95 "Are you kidding me? that's a great deal guys!!!!

Chili Bowl (26 oz) $3,95

French Fries

Fish Taco

and more….

BREAKFAST 630-930 am

Includes 2 scoops of white or brown rice and a slice of papaya

2 eggs, choice of Portuguese sausage, spam, pork sausage or smoked pork $4.50

2 egg OMELETTE, includes onions, mushrooms, cheese and a choice of ham, portuguese sausage, smoked pork, spinach or kale. $5.75

French Toast, made with Sweet Bread and sprinkled with cinnamon and powdered sugar. $2.95

LOCAL FAVORITES

Spaghetti

Beef Stew

Garlic Chicken

Roast Beef

Chili Plate

Fried Chicken

SANDWICHES

Pan Seared Ahi Sandwich

Pan Seared Mahi Sandwich

Fish Taco Plate

Fish Burrito

Now for those of you unfamiliar with local food, it's simple but done good and comforting. And according to my contacts, Cousins is an alright dig to dig into.

IMAGES FROM GOOGLE IMAGES AND NOT MEANT FOR ME TO MAKE ANY PROFITS FROM IT.

OK guys, now you kinda know what we eat here in Hawaii, it's really a melting pot of ethnic styles that were brought over from the plantation days, those days when immigrants came from Japan, China, the Philippines, Portugal, Korea, the Pacific Islands, and elsewhere. We do it umami style. Our ingredients are simple, give us soy sauce and sugar, maybe some garlic and ginger, salt, pepper, we are good to go. Until the next post, keep your shit together!

Do you need some learnin? Here's some stuff you need to know.

Musubi- pronounced moo- soo-bee, it is rice shaped in rectangular usually, sometimes in a triangle, and sometimes there is a salty plum called an ume, pronounced oo-may, in the center with a nori wrap, pronounced no-ree, a seaweed wrap that goes around the rice, like sushi, and sometimes there's a protein on top of it, like Spam, or fired chicken, or a piece of fish.

Maki Sushi- pronounced mah-kee, it is a log rolled sushi with simple seasoned rice, and generally a tuna center, with bonito shavings, or tuna shavings that's colored red or green for presentation, and maybe shredded vinegar seasoned carrots, wrapped in nori.

Ono- pronounced oh no, meaning delicious. Example: "That bento from Cousins was ono!"

FACTS- The Big Island of Hawaii where Cousins is located is situated on the largest island in the Hawaiian island chain, it is the youngest of all islands with a live volcano in Kilauea (Kee low as in now, way ah). Hilo town where Cousins is located is on the east side of the island where it rains quite often.

It is 4,028 square miles large with a populate of about 190,000, give or take.

Geography Location: 19 degrees 34'N 155 degrees 30'W