Travel to Oahu, Hawaii – Episode 184 Transcript

Travel to Oahu, Hawaii – Amateur Traveler Episode 184 Transcript

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Robin: What do they keep doing, even though it’s just a waste of time? That’s a hard question to answer because to some people they feel, for example, that they need to eat at a McDonald’s no matter where they go. Not only because it gives them some level of comfort that they’re going in and they’re going to be able to order the exact same thing. But the surprising thing is that McDonald’s in Hawaii offers some local foods. So if you need a McDonald’s fix, I would suggest trying maybe a bowl of saimin there, which is a noodle soup and even their breakfast offerings in Waikiki come with fresh pineapple. So even if you’re one of those people who needs to go to McDonalds, it’s still not all that bad a thing to do because you are going to get a little bit of a different experience at a local McDonald’s.

Chris: I assumed I was going to get a loco moco.

Robin: Oh, plenty of loco mocos available too. Positively.

Chris: And we should say that that’s a hamburger but served a little Hawaiian style.

Robin: Yes, with plenty of gravy and egg and it’s a very popular concoction as is a Plate Lunch. And if you happen to come across a little place that you’d like to stop off and they talk about having plate lunches available, typically you will have an entrée you can choose from: a meat or a chicken, a pork, a fish, frequently. And you’ll get two scoops of rice and you’ll get macaroni salad. So you’ll get plenty of carbohydrates to fuel up and there are some places where local people will even decide they want gravy on their macaroni salad. So there’s all sorts of concoctions but a Plate Lunch is a very popular thing to order. And it will not break the bank. So if you’re trying to save up for that extremely special dinner, the Plate Lunch is an ideal thing to order.

Chris: And when we’ve saved up, where we going to do that special dinner?

Robin: Oh, I have to say Alan Wong on King Street in Honolulu. Alan Wong is a chef who really has gone a long way towards sourcing his produce locally, taking a lot of different cultures and creating fusion recipes, Pacific Rim cuisine. And the flavors that he presents and the presentation itself – it is so delicious, so wonderful and so unique and his background, not only his ethnic background but where he has studied, where he has actually worked and his passion for high quality, very flavorful and unique foods – this is the place to go. This is not on the beach. It is on King Street. It is in a nondescript building. It’s upstairs. There’s little valet parking; you just pull in. But when you get up there, it’s not the ambiance you are going for because it’s not overlooking the water. The windows actually look backs towards the mountains. So it’s mauka. But it’s the food. And it’s the Ginger Crusted Onaga – that is just outstanding. Definitely highly recommend that one.

Chris: Ok, and you personally, what’s the best day you’ve had in Oahu?

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