Thursday, July 28, 2011

kahai street kitchen

Another errand means another chance to try a new place for lunch...we recently tried Kahai Street Kitchen.

You should know that my mom has this list of places she wants to try, my dad is not a foodie, so he isn't interested in eating out, so every time I come home, we try to knock off as many places from her list as possible.

This shop is located in a busy industrial area and the bad part is that they have no parking.

So, while my mom jumped out to order, I circled many many times.

We got a side order of sweet potato fries...a little limp by the time we got home, but very flavorful.

The boneless short ribs were very tasty, though some pieces had lots of gristle.

Cooked to medium rare, this was quite tender. The meat was marinated in a teriyaki sauce.

The garlic chicken was very moist and tasty.

The sauce was shoyu based, not a lot of garlic flavor, but it was still very flavorful.

All in all nice sized portions for the three of us and delicious...we also appreciated only 1 scoop of rice per plate (usually when there are 2 scoops, like most plate lunches serve, we end up having leftover rice).

We'll be back.

Kahai Street Kitchen (UPDATE: 2018 moved to Moiliili)
237 Kalihi Street (corner of Kahai/Kalihi)
Phone: 808.845.0320
Tuesday-Thursday 10:30-13:30
Friday 10:00-13:30

10 comments:

Rowena said...

You both are like the Thelma and Louise of foodie adventures!

OkiHwn said...

I've noticed the one scoop rice happening elsewhere...like at the Times plate lunch offerings - only 1 little larger scoop. It's just enough.

jalna said...

Oh Gawd that chicken looks good!

Japan Australia said...

The garlic chicken is the one for me :)

Japan Australia

K and S said...

on a mission for sure Rowena :)

It is just enough Nate :)

it was Jalna :) hope you get to try it.

hope you get to try it too J-A.

Take care everyone!
Kat

K said...

Yum the garlic chicken looks tasty! My mom and I are the same way haha.

K and S said...

that is funny K :)

Take care.
Kat

Plumbing said...

Wow! Very delicious. Thanks for sharing.

Deb in Hawaii said...

Your mom must be very happy to have her eating buddy here. ;-)

K and S said...

hope you enjoyed this Plumbing!

I think she is also happy she has a chauffeur too Deb in Hawaii :)

Take care you two.
Kat