The Cat and The Mouse love chef’s choice dinners, especially when it is Chef H. We hope Chef H likes to do them too. Hopefully it lets him get a little creative and off menu. Dinner was last weekend with The Cat’s classmate.
Calf Liver “Dumpling”
In chicken broth. Chef asked us earlier if we eat calf liver, we replied yes. He made this dish, he said he didn’t want to overwhelm us. The Mouse could’ve eaten a whole bowl of this. Throw in some greens, some French bread, saimin, or rice and call it the meal. The Mouse would’ve been thoroughly happy and full. Hee hee. The Mouse wants to wrap the mixture in wonton wrappers and make wonton noodles. Mmm. Just a thought. 🙂
Caesar Salad
Topped with extra anchovies. Mmm again.
Mussels
Everyone had a herb cream sauce, The Mouse got a tomato sauce. Both were so tasty, the bowls almost didn’t have to go through the dishwasher. Just kidding. Hee hee.
Salmon Course
The Mouse forgot the whole description (there was asparagus, noodles, tomato, and black truffle) but remembers it was soooo gooood. The Cat’s classmate never tried truffle before so The Mouse gave her his, there will be other dishes in the future. Right, Chef H? Hee hee.
Pork Chop with Foie Gras
With some kinda fruit sauce. Delicious. The Mouse hopes Chef H is having as much satisfaction creating these dishes as we are enjoying/scarfing them. 🙂
Cherries Jubilee
Tableside, with flames/flambé and all. The Cat’s schoolmate was impressed.
The Mouse serving as driver to The Cat and her school-mate, Waimea Valley Falls. The Mouse was getting kinda tired and didn’t want to attempt the easy hike, sat at the visitor center/staging area. Snack time. 😉
Iced Coffee
Very good coffee, dark and rich but not bitter. For The Mouse, no sugar needed.
Double Chocolate Muffin
The muffin had a slight molten chocolate texture, mmm. The coffee paired very well with the muffin. The Mouse was happy. 🙂
The Mouse also bought a cookie, just in case the wait was over the expected time (it was).
Oatmeal Cookie
Nice. Not as wow as the muffin but more than decent.
After snack, The Mouse went back to the car and took a nap. Hee hee.
A visit to a rum distillery. The Cat and The Mouse playing tourist with The Cat’s high school classmate.
Place
Tour explained the different sugarcane varieties, and the experimentation they are conducting. Afterwards, tasting. Hic!
Aging Barrels
Koa Aging Barrel
For special edition releases.
Bottle
The non-aged white rums were a little too harsh for The Cat’s and The Mouse’s palate. The aged rum was a little more acceptable, but the rum that is infused with chocolate was the most liked.
Due to research, The Mouse also acquired rum infused chocolate bars (Manoa Chocolate) and rum infused honey (Manoa Honey). (R. Field Wine and Company)
Battered deep-fried SPAM slices covered with Japanese style curry, rice and mac salad.
The Mouse glad he tried. If he had a choice, he prefers the eggplant curry. The Mouse’s opinion the strong SPAM and curry flavors fought each other while the eggplant had a softer neutral flavor that cooperated with the curry. But still, try try. 🙂
The Mouse is counting up (see previous post). Hee hee.
Eggplant curry rice.
Eggplant Curry Rice
Good that the restaurant packed the curry separately, the eggplant didn’t get soggy. Paws up!
Restaurant extending their 20th anniversary special from last year, eggplant tempura at 99 cents and shrimp tempura for $1.99. Yes please.
Eggplant and Shrimp Tempura
Original plan was the extra was for The Cat’s dinner, but she got home way late and the container ended up in the refridge. The Mouse will probably eat it later.
Hmm. Not quite butter, The Mouse is not used to the taste and mouth feel, definitely coconut, not butter.
Its okay, not super thrilled. Oh well, try try.
Stay safe and well.
The Mouse
BTW, if this post looks funny, WordPress doesn’t seem to allow me to edit in classic mode anymore, The Mouse really dislikes the changed format. Ugh! “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix!” At least before The Mouse could choose the mode. 😦
