If you hate garlic breath, do not go to Aloha Luigi's on Keawe Street in Hilo!! Don't eat Luigi's caesar salad! Don't even breathe in the funky. brightly colored, and most likely crowded little restaurant because you will breathe in garlic fumes!!
But...
If you love garlic, you have to go to Aloha Luigi's. My all-time favorite is his Caesar Salad, reeking of garlic and yummy flavors. I had a small Caesar salad, a bowl of tomato Florentine soup with orzo, and two small slices of homemade bread. All for $6.95. I am a terrific soup maker but Luigi is giving me the rub. The soup was light and yet full of flavors...tomatoes, beans, basil, fluffy pasta..complex and over the top on the yummimeter!! Although bread is my enemy...the small slices of homemade bread because my public enemy #1. Chewy, yet soft and pillowy in the center. I had a cream of Shiitake mushroom soup at Luigi's which was also a killer. So I must say that he is my favorite soup maker.
If this description tempts you, go to Aloha Luigi's but don't forget to bring some gum or breath mints if you are still working and have to meet some clients. Garlic haters...stay out and make room for us garlic lovers!!
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fat is bad...but is it?
Did you ever notice that all the yummy things in life are full of fat...ice cream, lobster drenched in butter, scrumptious pumpkin pie with a crust made with lard, donuts fried in oil, potato chips...Fat, fat, fat, fat, fat, fat, fat.
Fat is bad so they say and yet my Chinese aunt with the porcelain complexion swore that eating kau yuk (seasoned fat) was the key to beautiful skin.
Fat is bad so they say and yet scientists say that fat feeds the brain.
Fat is good in moderation...when the food is savored...when there is a special occasion.
Fat is 8, the sign of good luck.
Perhaps there is hope for fat.
Fat is bad so they say and yet my Chinese aunt with the porcelain complexion swore that eating kau yuk (seasoned fat) was the key to beautiful skin.
Fat is bad so they say and yet scientists say that fat feeds the brain.
Fat is good in moderation...when the food is savored...when there is a special occasion.
Fat is 8, the sign of good luck.
Perhaps there is hope for fat.
Monday, July 5, 2010
15 minute kim chee
When you cook barbeque meat (Korean style - pulkogee) or Japanese style (teriyaki), serve it up with red or green lettuce and kim chee. Take a piece of meat, place it on the lettuce, top it with kim chee and eat it. A tasty bundle of heaven.
15 minute Cucumber Kim Chee
2-3 crisp Japanese cucumbers, washed, sliced in half lengthwise, and sliced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 thin slice of ginger, minced
1 t Hawaiian salt
1 T Kim chee no moto
Place your cucumber slices in a bowl and sprinkle Hawaiian salt (about 1 tsp)
Let cucumbers sit for 15 minutes.
Rinse cucumbers with water and let drain.
Pour the kim chee no moto, garlic, and ginger over the cucumbers and mix well.
Eat it and enjoy!!
15 minute Cucumber Kim Chee
2-3 crisp Japanese cucumbers, washed, sliced in half lengthwise, and sliced
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
1 thin slice of ginger, minced
1 t Hawaiian salt
1 T Kim chee no moto
Place your cucumber slices in a bowl and sprinkle Hawaiian salt (about 1 tsp)
Let cucumbers sit for 15 minutes.
Rinse cucumbers with water and let drain.
Pour the kim chee no moto, garlic, and ginger over the cucumbers and mix well.
Eat it and enjoy!!
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