The Cat’s Birthday

I’m temporarily storing my pictures on this flash drive someone gave to us for Christmas.  Isn’t it cute?  

Flash Drive

 

This past weekend was The Cat’s birthday.  To celebrate, we had a couple of eating events.  

The first was at our neighborhood Chinese go-to restaurant here: http://www.kinwahchopsuey.com/.  The Chinese have a tradition of eating noodles for someone’s birthday to wish them long life.  We ordered boneless chicken vegetables chow fun (if there is a choice, The Cat prefers look fun noodles, in any form, over regular noodles).  

Boneless Chicken Vegetable Chow Fun

 

We also ordered choi sum with the oyster sauce on the side.  

Plain Choi Sum

 

Finally, our waitress, Nancy, recommended one of their specials that day,  whole yellow croaker.  The fish was steamed and topped with hot oil and shoyu.  Since whole fish represents good fortune, this was a very appropriate dish.  In addition, the price was about $10.00.  I don’t think there are many places that sell a whole steamed fish for $10.00.  Always delicious and a good deal too!  

Steamed Fish

 

One of the reasons The Cat is so nicknamed is because given the choice between a fish fillet and a fish head, she will choose the fish head.  Needless to say, The Cat ate the fish head that night. 

The next night, we had reservations to one of our favorite Japanese restaurant.  Can you guess where? Here’s some clues:  

Where are we?

 

One more clue

 

We are here: http://www.princeresortshawaii.com/hawaii-prince-hakone.php.  The restaurant has a weekend buffet to die for.  The usual line up includes crab legs, shabu shabu, sukiyaki, tempura, oden, all kinds of Japanese cold dishes, rib eye steak, lamb chops, and desserts.  But the main reason we like the buffet so much is the sushi and sashimi.  Get ready for some food porn (I’ll start slow).  

Assorted Cold Vegetables

 

Chawanmushi

 

Tempura and Other Hot dishes

 

Shrimp Tempura and Deep Fried Shrimp Heads

 

The deep-fried shrimp heads were better than any potato chip.  

More Hot Food

 

Finally, the sushi and sashimi!  

Sushi!

 

Sashimi!

 

More Sashimi!

 

Our waitress (Grace) brought The Cat a complimentary dessert.  Shaved ice, lychee syrup, sweetened cream, red beans, ice cream, and assorted fruits.  It was so big, we shared some with the next table.  

Happy Birthday!

 

All in all, it was an excellent eating weekend.  

The Mouse is bowing: Xie Xie (thank you in Mandarin) to Kin Wah and Nancy, Domo Arigato (thank you in Japanese) to Hakone, and Kamsahamnida to Grace (thank you in Korean).  

The Mouse is multilingual (especially when it concerns food, lol). 🙂