Archive for April, 2009

  • 27 Apr

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    Shokudo

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    Lanterns draw me.

    Shokudo

  • 20 Apr

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    Chez Bannister last night

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    Melanie and I visited Barry Bannister last night for dinner. He treated us to a wonderful cajun dinner starting with salad sprinkled with a kicky dressing, then a main course of jambalaya followed by a boosted version of Bananas Foster. Barry’s a wonderful chef and host!

    View of St Louis HeightsLamp on Barry's lanaiBananas Foster ala BannisterBarry and Melanie

    Barry shared his recipies with us:

    Cajun Salad Dressing

    Shake in shaker or glass jar:

    1/4 cup red wine vinegar
    1 T whole grain Mustard
    1 glove crushed garlic
    1 t Cajun seasoning
    3 shakes of Tabasco sauce

    Pour over the salad. Add more vinegar and extra virgin olive, gradually, to taste.  Season with salt and pepper.

    Jambalaya

    (From The New Orleans School of Cooking)

    1/4 cup oil (lard, bacon drippings)
    1/2 lb. Cajun sausage
    1/2 lb. Boneless chicken
    2 cups chopped onions
    1 cup chopped celery
    1 cup chopped green pepper
    2 cloves garlic
    2 cups long grain rice
    8 oz tomato juice
    16 oz canned chicken broth
    1 heaping tsp. Cajun seasoning (e.g. Joe’s Stuff, Essence of Emeril)
    1 tsp paprika
    1 cup chopped green onion
    1 cup chopped fresh tomato

    Season and brown chicken in oil over med-high heat. Add sausage to pot and saute with chicken. Remove both from the pot. Add onions, celery, green pepper and garlic to the pan and saute to the tenderness that you desire. Return chicken and sausage to the pot.  Add tomato juice, broth, paprika. and Cajun seasoning and bring to a boil. Add the raw rice and return to a boil.  Cover and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for a total 25 minutes.  After 10 minutes of cooking remove cover and quickly turn rice from the bottom to the top.  If desired, add raw shrimp, canned crab, or other seafood after 20 minutes and return the lid.  Add the green onions and chopped tomato at the end.

    NOTES:
    1 cup rice to 1 cup onion, 1/2 celery, 1/2 cup green peppers
    1 cup raw rice to 11/4 cups liquid
    Over season to compensate for the rice
    Cook for a total of 25 minutes, turning completely after 10 minutes

    Serves 6 people

  • 15 Apr

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    At the Old Spaghetti Factory

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    More Tweeps giving Joe Philipson a good send off. We’re at the Old Spaghetti Factory. This restaurant has been at the Ward Warehouse for 40 years. I’m always good for spaghetti.

    Friends of Joe

  • 14 Apr

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    Tweetup at Glazers

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    Tweetup at Glazers last night. Joe Philipson’s leaving next week for Real Geeks Ride so a few of us got together to give him a nice send off. There was @doneads, @smilin808hapa, @sophielynette, @rsuenaga, @ikitajima, @lkitajima, @bubabox and of course, @jphilipson.

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  • 13 Apr

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    The Dog Bag

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    Cupie’s dog bag is her safe place. Whenever it’s time to go “bye-bye” she goes straight to her dog bag. Even when she’s not invited she hops into her bag hoping she might get lucky.

    The Dog BagThe Dog Bag

  • 08 Apr

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    Somewhere between Tokyo and Hakone No. 11

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    Last year, on the way to Hakone, I became enraptured by how time and space collapsed as we traveled quickly along the railway.

    Somewhere betwen Tokyo and Hakone No 11

  • 05 Apr

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    Last Night's Pele Awards and Supplemental Dinner

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    Melanie was invited to the annual Pele Awards and I got to go, too. Milici Valenti Ng Pack won a number awards … congrats and props! Lots of outstanding work from local advertising companies to be seen. As usual, the awards presentation was “light pupus” so we stopped at ZenShu afterwards for supplemental dinner. We ate good sushi and Melanie taunted Victor-san by emailing him pics of sushi while we ate. Ryuji scored a very special BOG.

    Dessert at the Pele AwardsMilici Valenti Ng Pack friendsSake at Zen ShuSushi at Zen ShuSushi at Zen ShuSushi at Zen ShuSushi at Zen ShuSushi at Zen Shu

  • 03 Apr

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    Ka’alawai Beach in the morning

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    Ka’alawai is the beach between Black Point and Diamond Head in east Honolulu. The people of Hawaii have long enjoyed the waters and fishing along this stretch of beach. Surfing is also popular here at “Brown’s Surf Spot.”

    From this beach, looking east, is a view of Shangri La, the former home of heiress Doris Duke.

    Shangri La on Black Point

    Shangri La, an Islamic-style mansion designed by Marion Sims Wyeth, rests on 4.9-acres on Black Point. Construction began in 1937, after Doris Duke’s 1935 honeymoon which included travels throughout the Islamic world. For nearly 60 years afterwards, the heiress commissioned and collected artifacts for the house, forming a collection of about 3,500 objects.

    Shangri La, now owned by the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art (DDFIA) in cooperation with the Honolulu Academy of Arts, is open to the public for tours.