{"id":410,"date":"2009-05-28T05:52:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/28\/thursday-2009-05-28\/"},"modified":"2009-05-28T05:52:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-27T20:52:00","slug":"thursday-2009-05-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/28\/thursday-2009-05-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 2009-05-28"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1 Thursday 2009-05-28<\/h3>\n
\n
\n\"Hanauma
\nHanauma Bay Stamp<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Overlook
\nOverlook of the bay<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Fish!\"\/
\nFish!<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Oysters\"\/
\nOysters (Risa loves them)<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Chinese
\nChinese steamed snapper<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Ahi
\nAhi Katsu. This stuff was seriously delicious.<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Bacon
\nBacon Wrapped Steak. I can not think of a better thing in which to wrap steak.<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Dinner
\nDinner at 360 on the Rise<\/a><\/p>\n\n


\n\"Chocolate
\nChocolate Wontons. Those are some good Wontons.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n

\n

1.1 Snorkeling at Hanauma Bay<\/h4>\n

\nWe wanted to do another Hawaii-like thing today, so it was off to
\nHanauma Bay<\/a> for snorkeling. This was by far my longest time in the
\nsun, and I am really happy that I managed to not get sunburned.\n<\/p>\n

\nAnyway, we got there at about 8am, got the 8:30am educational film,
\nand then rented our stuff. I had forgot the main rule of Risa Club:
\n“Feed your Risa before going out”. So we had to go back and get
\nsomething to eat. Then we made it back down and relaxed on the beach
\nwhile we digested. We did some snorkeling and I did a lot better this
\ntime than last time, but I still eventually got freaked out and went
\nback to the beach to read. I had to move to the shade of a palm tree
\nbecause I was worried that I was getting sunburned.\n<\/p>\n

\nThere were also lots of Japanese people at this beach, but again, that
\nisn’t a problem for me. The fish were much better here than at the
\nTurtle Bay place. I saw some big and great fish. Risa saw some
\nturtles. I also got some reading done, and really enjoyed the
\nscenery. We spent a few hours there, and probably left by about 1pm.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe went to a Safeway and did some omiyage<\/a> shopping. Risa also somehow
\nmanaged to lose her voice, so I got her some throat stuff. I think
\nshe will be ok. Right now I am enjoying baiting her in her
\nnon-argument-capable state.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

1.2 Dinner at 3660 on the Rise<\/h4>\n

\nBefore dinner we headed out to the Kahala hotel to pick up the
\nchocolates for gifts – apparently the chocolates at the Kahala are
\nfamous (they should be for what they cost!) – and also pick up the
\nleis that we left there by accident. Then we had a bit of time, so we
\ndrove up to the observation point that is on the way to the Hanauma
\nbay and saw the city at dusk. Nice.\n<\/p>\n

\nThen we headed to 3660 on the Rise. The place came recommended from
\nLena, and seemed to have pretty good reviews<\/a> so I thought it would be
\na nice place for our last dinner in Hawaii. I was interested in the
\nAhi Katsu<\/a>, which did not disappoint. The Wasabi-Ginger butter sauce
\nwas great. We also got some oysters which were nice – they had a very
\nsweet sauce on them that made me like them more than I usually like
\nraw oysters (Risa is a big fan though.)\n<\/p>\n

\nFor drinks, I had a Merlot, and Risa tried 4 different whites before
\nsettling on one. The waiter was great in helping her choose and
\ngiving small tastes of each of the alternatives. I think in the end
\nshe actually picked the wrong wine because she had moved the glasses
\naround, but they were all pretty good, so no harm done.\n<\/p>\n

\nAfter that we moved on to the main dishes: I had a bacon-wrapped steak
\n(man, I had a lot of steak on this trip!) and Risa had a
\nChinese-steamed Snapper (I think) that was in a very delicious sauce.
\nI thought both the steak and the fish were great. What made me really
\nhappy though is that they had an option for smaller portions, which we
\nboth took advantage of, and still we both had too much to eat. We
\nwere really full.\n<\/p>\n

\nI had told them when I made the reservation that we were just married,
\nso they made some nice Macadamia nut wontons with chocolate. Crazy!
\nWe also ordered their trio of desserts and ended up nearly exploding.
\nWith tea and coffee afterwards. It was a great dinner.\n<\/p>\n

\nWe drove home, and then started to pack. Actually though since we
\nwere both full, we ended up take about a two hour break on the bed.
\nThen we finally started to pack. That took a while. I was pretty
\nsurprised at how much stuff we were actually able to take with us. We
\ndid have to leave the last 10 people’s worth of leftover Wedding Cake
\nthough. Otherwise, we got it all!\n<\/p>\n

\nI think I finally crawled into bed at about 2:30am, and we were set to
\nwake up at 5:30am to get up so we could leave at 6:30am for our
\n10:30am flight.\n<\/p>\n


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