I’ve been meaning to try this place for a while, but their hours are odd and Brian says it’s not a dinner place. I finally treated myself for lunch to get me out of the apartment for a bit.
They make bowls with soft serve fruit. I chose to get the “Locals Only” in a bowl. I should’ve changed to Acai flavor because banana can overwhelm me… next time.
It was really quiet and the service was quick. Overall I thought the bowl was good, not great, but I’d go back. It wasn’t overly sweet even with the honey. The mac nut honey butter, however, was DELICIOUS and I will go back to buy a jar.
I think it a nice treat, good but not great. Could’ve been my mistake in flavor choice. I’ll definitely also bring my own bowl next time. Love that restaurants are doing this.
To mark off another bucket list item we went to Buzz’s steakhouse, which is a quick 18 minute walk from our condo and (arguably) has an ocean view. We were too early for their dinner menu, but the small plates menu was satisfactory, and also nothing to write home about (but I guess still bloggable). The cocktails, on the other hand, were amazing. Brian and I started with Mai Tais. He had their original, which was essentially rum. I had the original with added pineapple juice to knock it down a bit.
I moved on to the coconut mojito (without mint. I know, defeats the essence of a mojito, but I don’t like mint in things). Brian had a beer.
I would 10/10 go again on a leisurely night with not much else to do, but I wouldn’t put it in my top restaurants to eat at. I do appreciate the laid back, beachy deco flare.
I almost forgot their other redeeming quality which was their key lime pie. It was amazing. Here are some pictures from the walk back.
Path through Kailua Beach ParkSun setting over Kailua BeachI got the feeling someone was watching us…Sign welcoming you to the neighborhood with an elderly lady enjoying the tradewinds, as she told us when we walked bySurf boards are commonly used as mailbox stands
We had an easy day today due to my late night conference working. We moseyed on to Brunch around 9:30am and tried Easy ‘Que. We’ve been here for dinner and it was really good.
I had corn cakes with egg and pork with lilikoi iced tea and Brian had a burrito. Both were delicious and we’d definitely come back here. I had to try all the sauces even though I knew the molasses would be my favorite.
Brian was pleasantly surprised how good having BBQ for brunch was; it wasn’t overly BBQ-y.
I’ve mentioned there are Hei Hei’s all over Hawaii. These chickies have discovered delicious crumbs await inside the restaurant, but he better watch out.
They have a bruleed banana pudding waffle that we’ll have to return to try.
This is the sunrise from Lanikai-As mentioned I’ll add sunrise pictures from days I talk about other stuff 12JUL21
We finally went to Kailua beach, the very popular beach right next to Lanikai. We technically live in Kailua, but Lanikai is the neighborhood we’re in. I was itching to get out of the house last night and neither of us had walked Kailua beach yet, so we went. It was getting dark and it was cloudy, so not a lot of great pictures, but it is generally beautiful during the day. This is looking toward Lanikai, you’ll see one of the islands I photograph (see above) just past the end of the coast.
Very long beach, crazy parking, I don’t see us going here too regularly unless off hours.
I think one predicament of Hawaii is that it’s always ice cream weather. I might have to figure out how to solve that one, but for now I’ll just continue to eat Ice Cream.
I convinced Brian to try out Double Three (it didn’t take much). It’s similar to Tayaki in Boston, a fun waffle cone with ice cream and expertly decorated toppings. I read about them somewhere and why they’re called Double Three but I can’t for the life of me find it. On to the important stuff.
The place looks a little bit like a hole in the wall, which I was surprised by since it’s technically a chain. They are in a location where all the stores look like holes in the wall and COVID never helps. We filled out a little slip and checked off our toppings and flavors for ice cream and the waffle cones. We handed it to them, paid, and then got a buzzer and waited outside. We went Sunday at 5:30pm and there were three people ahead of us, I was shocked.
Brian hates that I play tourist so I can only get him to slightly play along for pictures. This is him holding mine. I’m getting a lot better at framing and taking pictures, so I couldn’t pick just one of the next two so here they are.
Brian’s was way more fun and next time I will choose very differently. Ice cream was delicious and the waffle cone was amazing. It was easy to “pull” apart with the spoon. I think ratio of ice cream to cone could be a little bit higher, but the waffle on its own is fantastic and that’s what they sell so I wont deduct them for my personal opinion.
Drooling enough? That was the plan. This is your permission to go eat ice cream. P.s. you never need my permission to go eat ice cream.
