Tokoname - Manoa Marketplace

With Christmas almost here, we have been crazy busy! Today, we took a trip to Manoa Marketplace because Bumper had to drop off packages at the post office. We decided to see if Hanaki was open for lunch. When we looked in the restaurant, we noticed that the interior looked different. Apparently, Hanaki is now Tokoname Sushi Bar & Restaurant. Tokoname at Manoa Marketplace has been open for about 2 months. They also have a location in Kailua. If you have never been to Tokoname, you should give it a try.

2756 Woodlawn Drive, Honolulu, HI  96826
Phone: (808) 988-8656
Hours: Lunch 11am - 4pm, Dinner 4pm - 11pm

Misoyaki Butterfish Bento Combo with Tebasaki Chicken - $16.95

Misoyaki Butterfish Bento Combo with Chicken Karaage - $16.95

Red House

Red House puts a new spin on Korean cuisine. Many of their dishes have Korean ingredients and are in no way traditional. The best way to describe the food at Red House would be to call it Korean fusion. The decor at Red House is very hip and modern. The white glossy table tops, glossy red bench seats straight out of a 50s diner and the pseudo-brick wall make this restaurant a wonderful place to photograph - another reason why we like coming here. If you are into K-Pop, you will enjoy watching the latest K-Pop videos on their huge white wall. 

835 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, HI  96814
Phone:  (808) 944-0088
Hours:  Mon - Thu, Sun: 11am - 10pm; Fri - Sat: 11am - midnight

Pork Belly

Spicy Kim Chee Pork Belly

Tonkatsu Pizza

Popcorn Shrimp

Mandoo

Spicy Chicken Wings

Anytime Cafe

Anytime Cafe is a hidden treasure located in the Market City Shopping Center. The restaurant offers a wide variety of entrees with Asian and Italian influences. Anytime Cafe is one of our favorite spots to go...maybe we shouldn't have told you about this hidden treasure.  LOL!

2919 Kapiolani Blvd, Suite 208, Honolulu, HI 96826
Phone: (808) 735-3888
Hours: M-F 10am - 12am,  Sat 8am - 12pm,  Sun 8am - 10pm

Noodles with Beef Brisket

Mushroom Risotto

Eggplant Parmesan

Fried Calamari

Pork Chops

Choi's Garden

If you don't work or live around Keeaumoku Street, chances are you have never seen or heard of Choi's Garden. This restaurant is not on a main road. In fact, it is sandwiched between apartments and homes! The staff at Choi's is extremely friendly. We frequent this place so often that the servers even know what we will order before we even sit down! Bumper usually gets the BBQ Chicken Plate, but this time she decided to change it up a bit and order Soon Doo Bu (spicy soft tofu soup).

1303 Rycroft Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 596-7555
Hours: Everyday 9am - 10pm

Soon Doo Bu (Lunch Special) - $7.99

Spicy BBQ Chicken Plate (Lunch Special)  - $7.99

Hinone Mizunone

Hinone Mizunone is a home-style Japanese restaurant located across the street from Lobster King. During lunch time, you will find a line outside their door before they are even open for business! Most of their menu items are teishoku style and they offer a weekly special menu. The special the day we went for lunch was Beef Sukiyaki, Bumper's favorite!

1345 South King Street, Honolulu, HI 96814
Phone: (808) 942-4848
Hours: Monday - Saturday, 11am - 9pm

A typical "teishoku" meal.
Usually teishoku meals comes with rice, but Bumper substituted it for a cabbage salad...she is on a carb-free diet.

Beef Sukiyaki (Teishoku) - $8.50

Chicken "Amakara-Age" with Sweet Ginger Sauce (Teishoku) - $11.00

Lobster King

Lobster King is a primarily a Chinese restaurant.  It does offer some Korean dishes, but today we went for the Chinese food. Lobster King is located on the corner of South King and Keeaumoku.  

1380 South King Street, Honolulu, HI  96814
Phone: (808) 944-8288
Hours: Everyday from 11am - 3am

The portions at Lobster King are fairly large.  Here are the two dishes we tried:

Crispy Gau Gee Mein - $9.95

Salt & Pepper Pork Chops - $11.95

Howzit? You hungry?

If you are looking for ethnic diversity, Hawaii is the place to find it! Hawaii people love to eat! You can pretty much find any ethnic food in our islands - Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, Indian, Egyptian, Greek, Jewish, French, Mexican, Puerto Rican and Hawaiian - just to name a few. The purpose of our blog is to share our passion for food through our love for photography.  This is our photographic food journal. Our motto is, "If da buggah looks ono, just try 'um!"

Thanks for reading!

Buddy and Bumper