Time for a Luau

Sooo about 25 folks (Lockheed employees + family) went to a luau for Thanksgiving at the Grand Hyatt hotel, which I must say is one of the nicest hotels I've ever seen.  The luau was lots of fun, AND it was all you can eat and drink.  One of the servers got stuck walking back and forth between our table and the bar re-supplying our table with Mai Thais all night.  And the food was great.  They had the classic luau roasted pig, plus teriyaki steak, bbq chicken, tons of sides, and they even put out turkey and stuffing!

The show was quite entertaining as well.  There was a pretty funny host (who was half Hawaiian, half New Jerseyan, oh yeaaa), a band, male and female dancers, and a fire thrower, which was my favorite part of the show.

It rained quite a bit this weekend, but I did find some time to bike, surf, fish, and explore a little.  I went to see Spouting Horn, which is a place where water rushes under a lava shelf in the rocks and bursts through a small opening at the surface.  On big waves, it was shooting like 30 feet, pretty neat.  I also checked out a place called Glass Beach, where pieces of finely crushed glass wash to the beach from an old off shore dumping site for cruise ships.

Meals of the week (besides the luaua): I finally got to try a Puka Dog.  This places bakes their own Hawaiin sweet bread, and then they impale it on a hot rod, leaving a nice little slot to drop a hotdog down into.  Then comes the choices... For the dog: Polish Sausage or Veggie?  For the garlic lemon secret sauce: Mild, Spicy, Hot or Lava?  And for the Hawaiian fruit relish: (yes I said fruit relish for your hot dog) Mango, Pineapple, Papaya, Coconut, Banana, or Star Fruit?  And it comes with a side of Auntie Lilikoi’s Hawaiian mustard, which was actually my favorite part.  Interesting meal to say the least, but very tasty!  I also went to a little hole in the wall place to try Saimin, which is a very popular Hawaiian noodle soup.  I got mine with shrimp tempura on top.  Nothing crazy, but still very tasty.

I got up at 7am Sunday and returned to Kalipaki Joe's for the Eagles game.  I think I may have been the home jinx... But I'll take the wins! And I booked a trip to the island of Oahu for mid December, so I'm pretty excited for that.  Hoping to do a hike and maybe go deep sea fishing next weekend, depending on weather.  A hui hou - until next time!