Moco Loco
After getting the morning stuff done (some coffee and some work)
Risa and I headed out to Keoni’s for a brunch. We got Moco Loco, a dish
she had heard about and was eager to try. It is basically gravy over
eggs over a hamburger over rice. Add some Tabasco sauce and maybe a
bit of salsa and you have yourself a big, hearty meal. It was good,
but didn’t really have much of a flavor. It tasted like someone
mashed up a bunch of eggs, hamburger, and rice. Bland. Add some
Tabasco and it was pretty good, but tasted pretty much like Tabasco.
So maybe there are other places that will have more flavor, but I get
the impression that it is more of a hearty meal with volume for the
surfers than anything else. We split one order between the two of us
and we were stuffed.
Perhaps it would be better to get it from one of the plate lunch
places where it is usually sold, the problem is that it is hard to
find those places and we are not locals so we don’t know what is
where. We also just want to get something easy in the morning without
having to make huge plans or do lots of research, so usually we just
limit ourselves to things in the area. Anyway, it was interesting to
try.
I’m looking forward to some spam dishes. Looks like McDonald’s
actually has a spam and egg plate so I might try to find that at some
point – I love the regional McDonald’s differences. I also want to
find Krispy Kreme, but that has nothing to do with Spam and is more
just a general love of doughnuts.
Shopping
After Moco Loco we hooked up with Alana and friends to complete one of
the wedding items from our checklist: buy white pants for the best men
and myself. This turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. The
other day Alana had put some items of clothing on hold at the Macy’s
across from the Moana Surfrider, so we headed out there. The pants
were too transparent though, and another style that was less so were
not available in all the sizes that we needed. I bought a pair that
fit me anyway (on the theory that it is better to have some pants
rather than no pants) and then we headed out to a larger Macy’s at a
mall down the road. They did have a wider selection, and we
eventually picked up three pair of the same style of pants for the
best men and I, but I’m not too sure of the sizings for the best men.
Well, they can probably make do for half a day.
While shopping, I also picked myself up some new shoes, since the ones
I have been wearing for the past two years are about to fall apart.
DK’s Steak House
From about 7pm we had reservations at DK’s Steak House at the
Mariott. I had read good things about it. Another steakhouse that
looked good (Hy’s) seemed to have a pretty strict dress code, and
didn’t have any views of the ocean.
So, Alana, Jana, Dad, myself and Risa went out to the Marriot. It was
a bit of a trick finding the place, but we managed in the end. Risa had
a nice NY Strip, and I had an 8oz Filet Mignon. I meant to get it
Medium, but I accidentally said “Well Done”. It wasn’t bad, but it
also wasn’t as good as it could have been – and that order mistake was
my fault. It was a very good steak. Risa’s NY Strip was also very
nice. I think everyone enjoyed what they had. The soup that we got –
I think it was a potato onion soup. It was delicious. There was
entirely too much food, but it was all very nice. I had at least two
glasses of a nice merlot with my meal.
After dinner, we got a picture or two (thanks random passer-by!) and
then Risa and I headed back to the hotel.
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