magnolia bakery & forty carrots

Tuesday, I met up with my Aunty M1 for lunch.

We had agreed on meeting in front of Magnolia Bakery, but somehow my Aunty thought we were meeting in front of Longs Drugs...

Since the free wifi at Ala Moana is super spotty (read junk), I ran down to Shirokiya and used their wifi and quickly found out that she was waiting in front of Longs Drugs...

In the end, we decided to lunch at Magnolia Bakery...

On this day, the stove/oven that does their skillet and egg dishes was kaput so we had to choose from the other items on their menu.

Aunty went with their croque monsieur and a side salad, while I chose their B.L.A.T. with chips (lots of bacon, avocado, tomato, lettuce and "kick butt" chipotle aioli).

I'm glad they weren't too busy nor too noisy.

After lunch we went up to Forty Carrots inside of Bloomingdale's and shared a plain fro-yo with shredded coconut and chocolate sprinkles.

Thank you Aunty M1, it was nice to spend some time with you.

Magnolia Bakery (UPDATE: 8/2017 this shop is no longer in business)
Ala Moana Shopping Center Ewa Wing 2nd Floor
Honolulu, Hawaii
Phone: 808.942.4132
Hours: Mondays-Saturdays 7:30-21:00, Sundays 7:30-19:00
Closed when Ala Moana Shopping Center is

Forty Carrots
Bloomingdale's 3rd Floor : Ala Moana Shopping Center Ewa Wing
Honolulu, Hawaii
Phone: 808.664.7511
Hours: Mondays-Saturdays 9:30-21:00, Sundays 10:00-19:00
Closed when Ala Moana Shopping Center is