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Monday, August 01, 2011

hawaii re-visits

Last year I wrote about having lunch with Nate at Lam's Garden.

Yesterday, we met up at Lam's Garden and he brought his cute grand-daughter along too.

We again ordered the minute chicken with cake noodle...so good. Cake noodle is something I don't see often in Japan, so good!

Stuffed bittermelon, Nate's favorite...these bittermelons were...bitter! but very tasty, though I think I like Nate's recipe for stuffed bittermelon better.

Ika (squid) with sin choi (pickled mustard cabbage). This was my first time trying this but I really liked it.

The squid was chewy and the sin choi had a sweet sour flavor, really tasty.

It was nice to catch-up with Nate and to meet his grand-daughter.

Thanks for lunch Nate!
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:54 AM, August 01, 2011

    Stuffed bitter melons...Sounds good to me (something like stuffed peppers which I prepare). I have never eaten bitter melons. :(

    Sandy

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  2. K and S2:33 AM, August 01, 2011

    lot of people I know don't like bittermelon because of the bitterness, Sandy, I hope you get to try some soon!

    Take care.
    Kat

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  3. jalna3:05 AM, August 01, 2011

    I love cake noodle! Ika with sin choi looks interesting. Looks like I missed a great meal . . . and great company.

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  4. K and S4:06 AM, August 01, 2011

    next time Jalna :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  5. OkiHwn8:45 AM, August 01, 2011

    Was good seeing you again, really would like to have Satoshi there too to eat!

    By the way we call the sin choi dish - Sin Choi Chow Yau Nyee. That's sin choi sit-fried with squid.

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  6. Kathy YL Chan12:10 PM, August 01, 2011

    Mmm I love cake noodles!! They always seem to taste better in Hawai'i than anywhere else ^_^

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  7. Japan Australia2:47 PM, August 01, 2011

    The food looks so good in Hawaii and makes me want to visit :)

    Japan Australia

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  8. Deb in Hawaii2:49 PM, August 01, 2011

    One of these days I am going to have to eat there. ;-)

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  9. K and S3:16 PM, August 01, 2011

    next time with Satoshi Nate!

    I'm jealous you can get cake noodle in NYC Kathy!

    You should come J-A!

    I hope you do Deb in Hawaii!

    Take care everyone!
    Kat

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  10. Rowena6:32 PM, August 01, 2011

    I tried to take a closer look at the cake noodle dish...so cake noodle is like korean rice cakes? Tubular in shape, about 1.5 to 2 inches long? I've seen those, plus the dried oval-shaped ones (like a sort of rice pasta but thicker), and then I remember seeing a real cake/slab-type of rice where I guess you would slice pieces off for flat, short noodles. This is interesting.

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  11. K and S2:13 AM, August 02, 2011

    If I'm not mistaken Rowena, cake noodle are noodles that are deep fried then cut into squares...like frying an s&s saimin then cutting it into squares. They aren't like mochi (rice cake).

    Take care.
    Kat

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  12. K and S2:17 AM, August 02, 2011

    p.s. Rowena, here is a recipe if you'd like to make your own cake noodles.

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