No work til Monday!
I’m feeling the pull of the Islands, especially after an invite from my brother… who lives on Maui. When I was a West Coaster, I went to Hawaii often, been to every Island… absolutely love it!
I’ve noticed a few similarities between the Mid-South and the 50th state… both dig the pig! Cookouts are a huge deal in both places. There’s a big body of water that helps define both places… before moving to Memphis, the only plate lunch I had ever heard of was Hawaiian-style… instead of meat-and-three veggies, it’s more like a meat-and-carb fest.
I’ve been to the new Hawaiian BBQ place in Cordova, and it’s the real deal. Just hope they can make it… it’s a little tricky to find. In the strip mall on G’town Parkway with the Schnuck’s… near the theater. Yeah, I can’t even find the address… will fill in this blank as soon as I can.
Aloha! I’m off to price some airfare…
Southern Exposure
Responses to “It’s Aloha Friday”
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:04 am
Mmm… Hawaiian BBQ. One of the places around here has fried mahi mahi as a special, too.
Then, there’s my friend whose grandparents are islanders. He told me about Loco Moco and how his grandmother ate it for years on the sugar cane plantations where she worked.
Your daily caloric intake in just one meal! 
November 3rd, 2006 at 10:07 am
Been to the Hawaiian BBQ cafe and the food was too salty. Nothing beats the Plate Lunch from Hawaii being that I am from there. BBQ sauce taste too much like kikoman teriyaki sauce, Hawaiian Mac salad has no celery in the recipe, and lastly any plate lunch restaurant that you go to always have Hawaiian Plate, i.e. Kalua Pig (Pulled pork minus bbq sauce), Lomi Lomi salmon, Haupia(coconut custard).
Hope you find good deals to go to Hawaii for the holidays and see you at the beach… The airlines are having some good deals at the moment.
November 3rd, 2006 at 11:05 am
As you approach the front of the Malco Cordova theater, look to your left & you will see Hawaiian BBQ facing the north side of the box office. It’s sounding better all the time & is definitely on my list of places to check out.
November 3rd, 2006 at 4:52 pm
Did you know that Hawaii has the highest per capita comsumption of Spam in the whole US of A? By a LOT, something like four times any other state? I read somewhere that McDonalds was test marketing some kind of Spam thing for Hawaii…
November 6th, 2006 at 11:03 am
Chef Sam Choy has been on Emeril cooking with spam, & he actually manages to make it look somewhat appealing. Has anybody tried the spam turkey? I wonder how it is but haven’t gotten up the nerve to try it.
November 10th, 2006 at 11:34 am
Found the address of Hawaiian BBQ in the menu section of the Commercial Appeal website. It’s
1134 N. Germantown Pkwy. This is a great section to check out - printer friendly versions of lots of local menus.
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