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Mildly Spicy

Late lunch and dinner, L & R Drive Inn, neighborhood take-out, a favorite of The Mouse. 🙂

Spicy Eggplant
Chili and Rice

Second favorite. Vegetarian chili and rice from Zippy’s still the best, but, L & R is larger quantity and a little cheaper. Plus, closer.

The Mouse likes chili on bottom, rice on top, so flipped container into bowl.

Lunch

Cut green onions for garnish. Mmm. 🙂

Be safe, eat well.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui strong.

More Bowls

The Cat’s bowl, lunch meeting with client, Panya bistro.

Laksa Noodle, Spinach Salad with Shrimp

The Mouse’s bowl, home edition.

Instant Udon, Frozen Vegetables, Green Onion

The Cat’s bowl, probably almost twenty times the cost of The Mouse’s, both good for different reasons. Hee hee.

Be safe, eat well.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Bowls

Recent bowls. One for The Mouse, two for The Cat.

The Mouse’s

Orzo pasta, frozen peas, pork floss, green onions, furikake.

The Cat’s #1

Soft steamed rice, egg, shoyu, sesame oil.

The Cat’s #2

Oxtail broth, Napa cabbage, cucumber, canned bamboo shoot.

Be safe, eat well.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

More Dessert

The Cat had a client lunch, client was paying, The Cat bought chocolates from Diamond Head Chocolates, The Cat bought The Mouse treats too. 🙂

Dark Chocolate Graham Cracker and Peanut Butter, Chocolate Covered Oreos

The Mouse rationed. First was the dark chocolate graham cracker and peanut butter thingy.

Breakfast

Graham cracker thingy, banana, chocolate-covered coffee beans from See’s Candies, coffee mixed with Lion’s Mane mushroom powder. A bigger breakfast than the “usual” coffee mix and fruit.

Bite/Layer Shot

Just right amount of peanut butter and chocolate. Not peanut butter cup heavy. Mmm.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

The Cat had lunch with Chef H yesterday. Chef H brought a container of Okinawan sweet potato haupia (no, he did not make, bought from grocery store).

Container
Layers

Pie crust, Okinawan sweet potato “mousse”?, haupia, toasted coconut.

Thanks Chef H. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Sunday Chop Suey

Kind of the Sunday usual. Kin Wah Chop Suey. The Cat took a long nap.

The Sunday “Usual”

Steamed choi summ, plain omelet with green onion. Easy eat, easy for bento.

Singapore Style Rice Noodles, Cold Ginger Chicken

The Cat likes.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Not Fast Food

The Cat wanted to walk the flood control marsh again. The Mouse walked part way and turned around.

The Mouse was looking for avocado toast for The Cat. Try Try.

Sign
Avocado Toast

Sourdough, avocado spread, diced tomato, poached egg, corn salsa, Cotija cheese.

Hummus Bagel

With cucumber, tomato, and sprouts.

All good, the avocado spread could have been a bit thicker. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Grocery Store Eats

Times Supermarket.

Char Siu
Bread Pudding, Ube Syrup

🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

The “deluxe” part was The Mouse’s doing.

Instant Saimin “Deluxe”

To a container of S & S saimin, which contained noodles, green onions, one small slice of luncheon meat (dunno if it was SPAM, and one slice of kamaboko fishcake, The Mouse added turnip strips, freeze-dried tofu, SPAM strips, minced ginger, and more green onions. The Mouse didn’t have kamaboko in the refridge. Sigh. No worry, still yummy. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Breakfast Buffet

Hatsuhana Japanese Restaurant. Becoming one of The Mouse’s favorite places for special breakfast. Good price, comfort food.

The Cat’s First Tray

The Mouse was not so neat. Hee hee.

The Mouse’s “Mess”

Salad, simmered vegetables, scrambled eggs, breakfast meats, Japanese curry. 🙂

More Vegetables, More curry, Side Dishes
More Food
Natto 🙂
Oatmeal and White Chocolate Cookies

The Cat has applied for return soon. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Rice Noodle Bowl

A package of instant rice noodles.

Package of rice noodles, SPAM strips (slightly fried), turnip strips, green onions, no-recipe.

The Mouse’s Lunch

🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

School Colors

Red and gold. Hee hee. The Mouse made a sandwich.

Yellow Mustard, Tomato Paste

The tomato paste sticks to the bread better than ketchup. 🙂

Ham and Turnip Sandwich

Keeping it simple.

Bonus, The Cat ate dim sum for lunch, The Mouse got a box of egg tarts.

Egg Tarts

The egg tarts were custardy and flaky, not overly sweet. Mmm.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Ketchup Replacement

The Mouse had a weird thought, use tomato paste as ketchup replacement. The Mouse can never use the whole bottle of ketchup without it expiring. A tin of tomato paste is smaller.

Tin

Plus tomato paste has less ingredients, no high fructose corn syrup. Seems healthier.

First test was mixed into orzo pasta bowl.

Sardine Bowls

The bowl on the left is The Cat’s beginnings of her dinner. Rice, nori, sardines with oil. The Mouse’s lunch bowl contained orzo pasta, tomato paste, frozen vegetables, and sardines. Mmm. 🙂

For dinner, The Mouse made a pita “sandwich”.

Pita “Sandwich”

Kewpie mayo, tomato paste, fried fishcake, vegetable croquette, sesame leaf ribbons. The fishcake and vegetable croquette were remains from The Cat’s bento.

Nori Bento

Cheap eats from Times Supermarket. Rice, nori, burdock root, pickled ginger, fried fish. Ingredients contributed to three eats, The Cat’s bento, The Cat’s dinner bowl, and The Mouse’s pita sandwich. 🙂

The experiment works, will be using tomato paste instead of ketchup. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Sunday “Routine”

Early-ish dinner at Kin Wah Chop Suey. Reasonably priced, good portion, and we are considered “regulars”, although there are a lot of “regulars”, hee hee.

The Cat and The Mouse’s usual order is choi summ, oyster sauce on the side, plain egg omelet with green onions, and rice. An additional something is usually added (pork, fish, or sometimes chicken).

Omelet, Rice

Yesterday, add-on was fish.

Steamed Fish Filet with Ginger and Green Onion

Enough food for dinner, fish for two bento, eggs and rice for at least two bowls, and choi summ for several more servings. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

The Mouse eats, Saturday. Don’t tell my doctor. Hee hee.

Roast Pork

Times Supermarket. Warmed in the toaster oven, sprinkled with Balsamic vinegar. Mmm.

MikeyD Food

Regular hamburger, slice of turnip, sesame leaf, chicken nuggets, chocolate chip cookie. Sorta cheap eats.

Oatmeal Cookie

The Cat brought home from her cafe lunch.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

SPAM Musubi Leftover

Yesterday lunch. The last of the bonus buy from 7-Eleven. 🙂

SPAM Musubi Lunch

Leftover SPAM musubi, steamed turnip (seasoned with salt and matcha powder). Mmm.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Bonus

At 7-Eleven. Buy two regular SPAM musubi, get one free. The Mouse original plan was to buy one, but … Hee hee.

SPAM Musubi

The Mouse ate one on Wednesday (the first day), one yesterday, and will eat last one today. 🙂

Wednesday’s dinner kept the theme of hand-held food.

Manapua and Friends

Char siu manapua, pork hash, crispy gau gee. Mmm.

Happy Friday! 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Bowl and Butter

Not together, although it could have been. Hee hee.

The Mouse bought butter. First time in a while.

Package

The grocery store didn’t stock Kerrygold brand. Try try this band.

For lunch, The Mouse made a bowl.

Lunch

No-recipe, orzo pasta, canned salmon, frozen vegetables, green onions, salt and pepper to taste, no oil. Mmm. The Mouse thought about adding butter, but nah, bowl didn’t need it with the salmon. 🙂

Be safe, eat well.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Teishoku

Both the plating and the restaurant. A “spur of the moment” reservation for lunch. Teishoku, “best misoyaki butterfish”.

Misoyaki Butterfish, Fry Oyster
Lunch Special “A”

Misoyaki salmon, tonkatsu, miso soup, salad, rice. Mmm.

🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong.

Mexican Dinner

Chile Relleno. The Cat brought flowers to see her mother at Valley of the Temples. A rare visit to Chile Relleno since they close on Sundays.

Carnitas

Shredded pork, grilled to crispy.

Chile Verde

Pork simmered in mild verde tomatillo sauce. “Stew-y” Mmm. The Mouse liked his dish more than The Cat’s. Both are good, but, if he had to choose …

This ends Saturday food tour. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Saturday Lunch

After Costco run. Bo’s Kitchen. A hard hook-up. Restaurant closed on Sundays, so hard to visit during tax time.

Hainan Chicken Rice

Lunch and two additional bento.

Steamed Won Ton

A few leftover for the Cat’s noodles tonight.

Chicken Jook

The Mouse was in the mood.

Plus an order of choi summ. No pic, you’ve probably seen before. Enough for The Cat’s two bento.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Nearby Costco. Breakfast before the anticipated chaos. Kam Bowl.

Pumpkin Crunch

The Cat wanted light. Plan to lunch at Bo’s Kitchen. Hainan chicken rice, won ton, etc. 🙂

Vegetable Benedict with Hash Browns

The Mouse shared part of the hash browns, one egg, one tomato with The Cat.

Overall, a good experience. The coffee was so-so.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

The Mouse made a sandwich.

Ham and Cucumber Sandwich, Dinner Roll with Butter

The Mouse didn’t but there was a huge air pocket that had to be worked around. Still, edible and tasty. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Cottage Bread?

The Mouse bought from the grocery store.

Bag

Here in SPAM Land, the bread is called “okole” bread, supposed to have two “cheeks”. Hee hee. The Mouse, based on browsing through the internet, came to the conclusion, known as cottage bread outside of SPAM Land.

Opened and Sliced

The Mouse used the two ends, toasted and buttered.

Dinner

The Mouse is thinking a sandwich for lunch today. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Baked Char Siu Bao

The cat brought home from lunch.

Baked Char Siu Bao

Flaky in a good way. Filling more like braised pork belly than char siu but still good to The Mouse. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Lunch

Corned beef hash and eggs on rice.

Dinner

Peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwich.

If he had a choice, The Mouse could eat breakfast for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

The Cat’s Dinner

The Cat, first dinner at home in a couple of months, tax season.

Turkey Jook, Boiled Turnip

Jook from the grocery store, peeled and boiled turnip. Keep it simple.

🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Just Add Hot Water

The Cat had pho for one of her dinners last week. She brought home the raw beef slices. The Mouse added the slices to a bowl, added wakame seaweed, a little bit of salt. Poured boiling water into the bowl.

Bowl Prep
Beef Soup with Wakame

No-recipe, almost no cook. Simple comfort food. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Simple Eats

Nothing special. Just eats.

Toasted Tortilla Wedges, Shell Pasta

The shell pasta simply tossed with olive oil, salt, paprika, dried oregano, and pepper. No recipe.

Taro Tapioca Pudding, Haupia

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

No-Recipe Bowl

The Mouse threw together another bowl for dinner.

Pasta Bowl

Shell pasta, frozen vegetables, eggplant paste, tin of sardines, capers. No-recipe.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Instant Saimin

Instant saimin and leftover rice (not in the same meal), good for using leftovers. Last night, The Mouse had instant saimin and leftovers.

Saimin Bowl

Instant saimin (Okuhara), leftover turnip, SPAM, green onions, shrimp fuyong, wakame seaweed, wood ear fungus, salt instead of soup packet (less salt). Plus the SPAM and shrimp fuyong was seasoned.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Eggplant Mash

A no-recipe. The Mouse picked eggplant at the grocery store.

Japanese Eggplant

The Mouse planned to braise the eggplant, Japanese style, but turned out softer than expected. The Mouse made a mash instead.

Eggplant Mash

Sauteed and braised eggplant, skin on, salt, rice vinegar, wakame seaweed, shoyu. Tasted okay, easy to eat on rice, cracker, or toast.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

From previous post.

Box
Opened
The Mouse Nommed

Pink mochi, not too much strawberry flavor, dark chocolate filling. Maybe the chocolate taste overtook the strawberry flavor. Dunno. The Mouse will snack. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Snack Time

From one of The Cat’s clients.

Snacks

Crunchy stuff and a package of what The Mouse thinks is strawberry chocolate mochi. Update after opening.

From previous post, the “spinach” leaves from another client. Most of the leaves went into The Cat’s bento and dinner bowl. The Mouse tried a couple of leaves.

The Mouse’s Dinner

Biscuit, Kewpie mayo, cold cut turkey, “spinach” leaves. Simple, basic, easy to make and eat. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Sunday Hibernation

The Cat, late night Saturday. Mostly hibernated Sunday. Sunday dinner, Kin Wah Chop Suey.

Look Funn in Soup with Won Ton
Shrimp Fuyong
Steamed Chicken, Hong Kong Style

The sauce is very similar to steamed fish, shoyu, oil, ginger, green onion, chili pepper.

The Cat’s client, who has fruits and vegetables on her property, brought The Cat a package of green leaf vegetables.

“Spinach”-like

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

BBB

The Mouse’s “Frankenbowl” after The Mouse assembled The Cat’s bento.

First a breakfast plate, fried rice, hamburger patty, scrambled eggs. The Mouse put the fried rice and scrambled eggs into the bento. The Mouse took the burger patty and added a biscuit.

Burger and Biscuit Bowl

Next time, The Mouse will get a package of gravy to pour over. 🙂

The plan was for The Mouse to pick up kiwi fruit from Costco for The Cat’s fruit bowl. But lately, the kiwi fruit from Costco has been weird. Hard to ripen and large white core, not sweet.

The Mouse bought two packages from the grocery store instead.

Nectarines, Kiwi Fruit

Hopefully the kiwi fruit is better, from Italy.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Try try. The Mouse used in instant coffee.

Instant Coffee with Coconut Creamer

Not bad, The Mouse can definitely taste coconut, not The Mouse’s favorite flavor. Biggest issue for The Mouse is the creamer tends to separate, coffee needs to be stirred a couple of times. Overall okay, not mind blowing. Good thing it was bought on sale. Try try.

The Mouse drank the coffee with the bunny bar.

Bunny Bar

Cookie base, cereal, pretzel, M&Ms, frosting. Good with coffee. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Just Eats

White Corn Tortilla

Toasted in the toaster oven. Crunchy, no salt, no added oil. Fills the snack need. 🙂

English Muffin, Vegemite
Char Siu, Chinese Roast Pork

Both from nearby grocery stores, Foodland and Times. Slightly cheaper than Chinese take-out or Chinatown. Both are good but the char siu from Foodland is outstanding, especially the slightly burnt tips. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Groceries

Wednesdays, usual grocery shopping. Kamiya papayaa delivey on Wednesdays, limited supply.

Kamiya Papayas, Apple Bananas
White Corn Tortillas

An experiment. The Mouse wanted something for snack. Chips and corn chips too much oil and salt. The Mouse will toast the tortilla plain. See if this plan will satisfy savory snack.

Non-Dairy Creamers

The Mouse has been looking for a while for non-dairy creamer. The regular powder not too healthy. This Laird brand is made from coconut. Supposed to be healthier. Try try. Sale priced. 🙂

Bunny Bar

Seventy percent after Easter mark-down. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

A Mouse Bowl

A couple of salmon tins to be rotated out of the pantry, nearing the printed expiration date.

Simple no-recipe.

Orzo, Canned Salmon Bowl

Orzo, canned salmon, salt, pepper, paprika, green onions. Keeping it simple, no recipe. 🙂

Dinner was light.

Green Plate

Orange, apple, toasted flat bread, sliced raw turnip, cucumber, salt, pepper, paprika. Light and crunchy.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Sandwiches

Picked up on Sunday, Down to Earth, red tag (marked down).

“Faux Meat” Sandwich
Label

Not bad, just my opinion, The Mouse wouldn’t buy full price, but red tag, not bad.

Subway Ham Sandwich, Orange Wedge, Banana

The Mouse originally was planning MikeyD but timing was off, full of school kids hanging out. Subway across the parking lot. Plan B.

Plus cookies at Subway are now cheaper than MikeyD. 🙂

Oatmeal Cookie
Package

Another bonus, MikeyD only has chocolate chip, The Mouse is okay with that, but, likes oatmeal raisin too. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Easter Sunday

The Cat and The Mouse first went to church.

Emmanuel Episcopal

A visit, recommended by Canon to the Bishop. Super casual, not stuffy.

“Brunch”. CPK in Kailua.

Cobb Salad, Pea and Barley Soup
Turkey Sandwich, Pea and Barley Soup

Dinner was the usual, Kin Wah Chop Suey

Plain Omelet, Bittermelon with Pork

That was The Cat and The Mouse’s Easter day.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Still Home Eats

The Mouse puttered at home, thought he would go out for eats but decided no. Plan is casual brunch after church today, so, skipped yesterday.

Opened up a tin of SPAM. 🙂 Pan crusted on flatbread.

Crusted SPAM on Toasted Flatbread

Butter and Kewpie mayo. Simple comfort food. The Mouse used the lite can, less fat, less salt, less calories. No difference in taste if frying. The Mouse used no additional oil to fry the SPAM slices. 🙂

The pantry needed a rotating out of a tin of salmon, so dinner was chosen. 🙂

Dinner Bowl

Sticky rice, frozen peas, canned salmon, green onions, paprika for garnish. Mmm.

For those that observe, Happy Easter.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Green Plate Eats

The Mouse did not get out yesterday, still wordsmithing for work. Eat whatever The Mouse could “grab”.

Breakfast

English muffin, Japanese vegetable (mostly mashed potato) croquette.

Dinner

Japanese whole wheat toast, Paris Baguette toast, tin of anchovies, orange wedges.

Hope to get out the door today.

Be safe eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Just Pics

The Mouse still “tied” to the computer, work. Just simple eats.

Papillon Pasta, Frozen Vegetables
English Muffin

Half with grape jelly, half with Vegemite. 🙂

Canned Tuna in Olive Oil

Tastes much better than regular vegetable oil. The Mouse will still eat the regular cans with vegetable oil, but given the choice …

Egg Custard Tart, Blueberry Muffin

The Mouse’s eating diary yesterday. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Nothing to See

The Mouse was kinda tied to the computer yesterday. Nothing food-wise to post. MikeyD sausage, bento from grocery store. Non-exciting day.

Maybe today The Mouse will have something. Crossing fingers. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Orzo Bowl

The Mouse, throwing things into a bowl, no recipe, rummaging through the pantry/refridge.

Lunch

Orzo, cooked according to package, turnip, frozen green beans, black beans, frozen soy beans, salt, pepper, green onions to finish. 🙂

Orzo in one of The Mouse’s favorite pasta, maybe because it resembles rice. Hee hee.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

“Standard” Sunday

During tax season, lots of Sunday eats are at Kin Wah Chop Suey. Close location, reasonably priced, good quantity, good taste.

No different last Sunday.

Dinner at Kin Wah Chop Suey

Pot roast spareribs, choy sum (plain, no oyster sauce), plain omelet with green onions. Enough leftovers for several more eats.

The Cat brought home egg custard tarts from Saturday lunch, Honolulu Seafood Restaurant, new-ish opening, sister restaurant to Kapiolani Seafood Restaurant.

Egg Custard Tarts

The filling was good, the crust was excellent, buttery and flaky. Mmm. 🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Okinawan Rice Soup

The Mouse posted about this before. Picked up a small container for The Cat’s Sunday dinner. From Masa & Joyce Okazuya.

Jyu Shi Me

Okinawan rice soup. Rice, oxtail, broth, Napa cabbage. The Mouse added turnip and Shanghai cabbage to the bowl. The Cat slurped.

🙂

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong

Bento and Mango

Church training session. Lunch.

Vegetarian Bento

Good taste, the eggplant could have been cooked longer, but, tasty.

Two Mango

From the Archdeacon. he got them as “seconds” from a friend, he shared. Looks good to me. Didn’t want to be a piggy, took two, with appreciation.

Dinner

On the way home, Palama Supermarket, Bibim Guksoo, 30% off end of day. The Mouse wanted a little lighter eats than a regular rice and meat dosirak.

Be safe, eat good.

The Mouse

Lahaina/Maui Strong