Our Adventures in Japan

From where we live it took me several trains and about an hour and a half to get to Tachikawa. Tachikawa is still part of Tokyo, but on th...

While I was in Hawaii during the summer, BAKE , opened up a new shop called Ringo, which means "apple" in Japanese. These hand h...

Went to Hawaiian Pie Company, since I saw that they had bread pudding as their special. The guy working behind the counter wasn't too ...

I recently saw that Hawaiian Pie Company had custard tarts as their special of the day, so since I happened to be in the area, I stopped in...

Hawaiian Pie Company is a tiny shop located at the corner of Waiakamilo and Colburn in Kalihi. Apparently they are related to Holy Bakery ...

I think I've told you about Lee's custard pie ...well, the other day while I was in Chinatown, I went to see if they had something s...

A generous slice of Ted's chocolate haupia pie. Reduced for whatever reason from US$2.79 to US$1. Add on Mom's senior discount.....

Yesterday, my cousin P and her family, brought over this custard pie along with lunch from Tanioka's. The custard pie was from Lee...

Satoshi was here for about 5 days and we got to play tourist a bit. On Tuesday, we headed to Haleiwa, he really likes this area. We chec...

One of my mom's cousins had come over from the Big Island, so my Aunty M put together a gathering for all that could come for dinner. ...

Tuesday met my friend Gaye for some lunch and shopping. One of the places I checked out was Blue Hawaii Lifestyle at Ala Moana. They are sup...

What would you do if you had an apple that was kind of chalky tasting? Would you throw it out? Eat it as is? We recently had an apple like...

Saturday's dinner was inspired from this book. In it, I found a recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Crispy Garlic. I ended up not foll...