Lawrence "q8werty" T.'s Profile

Noodles!!! Yummy. Yummy.
After burning in the sun all morning soaking up my share of damaging UV rays, I great heaping bowl of noodles really hits the spot. After ordering my 2 skewer medium House bowl, we plopped down outside to watch the cops pull people over for speeding. Lunch and show what more can you ask for.
Mom brought out our bowls of noodles and the soup was perfect temperature for digging into immediately. The noodles were nicely al dente. I am used to pho where the noodles are balled up at the bottom of the bowl so this was a nice change. The noodles are not balled up. I slurped and chomped my way to the bottom of the bowl savoring every morsel.
I hope this place is around in a year when i come back for vacation again because it will become a regular stop for lunch.

I haven't ventured into the warehouse but always come here for gas. The lines are usually only a car deep and I can fill up relatively quickly. Minus a star for not having the environmentally friendly fume recovery nozzles.
Hawaii in general is not as green as I thought they would be. I see cars spewing noxious smoke and recycling is limited. I would think the Island would be doing more.

The 24 hours pharmacy is fantastic. I wish my doctor was available like this. Calling on a Sunday night and getting a pharmacist was great. The comfort of having them available is fantastic and being able to get your prescription that you forgot to pick up and procrastinated about forgives me for my laziness.
I even ran out of refills one time and they looked it up and faxed over a request to my doctor who isn't available 24 hours a day. The staff are very helpful and I am thankful they do the little extras.

After devouring a huge burger at Annie's next door, I luckily left enough room for a couple of scoops from Gio's. The ice cream/gelato is nice and smooth, dense and refreshingly cool with no slimy coating on my tongue. This is a great way to top off a burger.
I also picked up a frozen tiramisu from the freezer and after it thawed, the light fluffy whipped cream went wonderfully with the espresso lady fingers underneath.
I will definitely be making this a regular stop while at Annie's.

Yes, 4 stars! I like this little roughed up ghetto Walgreens. Whenever I need a prescription filled there is no one waiting in line. In fact whenever I come here the store always seems to be empty. The convenience is great and the shelves are well stocked. So that last minute trip for some ibuprofen or other odd ball items is quick in and out.

This secret beach is becoming less of a secret everyday. It is a great keiki beach; toddlers can wade out pretty far and still only be waist deep.
Early is important - before 10 to secure a limited car pass.
Pick up lunch and tote all your beach gear from the parking lot 100 feet or so to the beach.
There are clean bathrooms and showers to rinse off after a great day of wading in the calm shallow waters.

Oh super ultimate delicious burger!!! After a day at the beach, it appears that everyone stops here for a tasty tender patty of beef and light fluffy bun.
The juicy burger was not greasy and perfectly loved with just a hint of pink in the middle suspended between fresh, fluffy clouds of toasted bun.
The fries were thin sticks dusted with herbs. The aioli was a little too mayonnaisey tasting for me and too light in flavor. Overall it was a nice combo.

They are expanding to Oahu and California and I am looking forward to finding them in my 'hood.

You know how you would really like to love the food and see a small family business succeed. I am thinking Restaurant Impossible has a new mission to give this place a make over.
I was very excited to find another Mexican restaurant and hopefully find good carnitas outside of East Palo Alto and Mountain View other then Del Mar Tacos; but, alas my search will continue on the Island.
I ordered a carnitas and chicken burrito to go and was kindly offered chips and salsa while waiting. The salsa is good but pretty firery so take a couple of breaks between mouthfuls.
The burritos were a good size for the location and price but my first bite was tainted by the intense saltiness of the filling. I think half the Costco sack of salt goes into each burrito. Once i could get past the saltiness the burrito was stuffed full of pretty juicy carnitas nicely cooked. I would have liked whole beans instead of the refried mush that was reminiscent of my novice Taco Bell days so not a great memory.
The chicken burrito was cubed pieces of chicken. The chicken was tender and again super salty and the texture would have been better with shredded instead of cubed chicken.
Sadly, I won't be coming back here and only hope that they cut back on the salt and not mash up all the pinto beans. I am looking forward to seeing them on Food TV.

They have moved into a new building which is an upgrade from the double wide on stilts.
Service was fast and I was expecting a hiccup because I rented from a tour operator for a super cheap deal but everything was perfect.
They ran out of my el cheapo sub micro tiny car I like to get but they gave me the next size up with out hassling me for more money.
Love it!!!
Will definitely stick with Alamo for my Hawaiian rentals.
I will have to remember to checkin online next time too for an even faster checkin.

What a fantastic gem of a children's playground right off the highway. I have driven past every time on my way to Hilo but only now have a reason to stop. The keiki ran from the car to begin exploring.
The Kamakana Playground has a couple of  house like structures that are perfectly sized for little keiki. You have to head to the back off the play structures to find the 2-5 year old play structure which is pretty standard.
The Winchester Mystery house play structures leave plenty of room for the imagination to explore all the nooks and crannies. I need to go back to try the multi-story curly slide.
The one drawback is the gravel. An upgrade to the rubberized flooring would give this place 5 stars.
Well done Hawaii!!!