it is that time again! Eat The Street is a monthly event that takes place the last Friday of every month. there is a different theme for each "Eat The Street". this months theme was GARLIC! if you're not familiar with this event - it is called "Eat The Street" because it features food trucks from all over the island. it is where all the portable restaurants converge in one place to form a kind of mobile food court. you don't have to go trekking all over the island to find them, b/c they're all in one place! this month's crowd was HUGE. about 3 times as large as May's event. i don't know why this is? was there something else going on in May resulting in a smaller crowd? was it the garlic theme that attracted peoples attention? i have no idea. the first place we hit up was a small Popsicle cart - ALOHA POPS. they are like Ono Pop's but with different flavors. we wanted to try the garlic chocolate pop, but unfortunately, by the time we got there, they were sold out. they were actually sold out of a lot of flavors......is it me, or should they have crossed out what they were sold out of? hm.... i got the li-hing mui pineapple and my 2 friends got the espresso flavor. they liked theirs. and i like mine as well, however, b/c they use real chunks of pineapple, i found myself with stringy pieces of fruit stuck in my teeth. the flavor was good, but i could have gone without the fruit floss. here is some Inari sushi (sushi rice wrapped with aburaage) from WHY'S. we grabbed this to hold us over while waiting in line for more food! ELENA'S serves home-style filipino food. i think they have a restaurant as well as a truck....... here is a section of their menu. i was interested in trying their pork adobo fried rice omlette b/c i've had the one at Juliez, and that one was very good. i heard good things about Elena's, so i had to try it! my friends did not want to wait for me to take the picture. i'm sure they're sick of me taking pictures of my food. there were big chunks of pork adobo in this dish, and the fried rice was ok. honestly, comparing Elena's VS Juliez Pork Adobo Fried Rice..... i liked Juliez flavor better. Elena's one is good - but Juliez takes this one. this is Elena's Lechon Special. i'm not sure what is special about it? i've had filipino lechon before (called Lechon Kawalli), and it had the same ingredients - crispy pork and pork skin, onion and tomato. while it was not "special" in my eyes, it was definitely good in my mouth. lechon kawalli is one of my favorite dishes, and Elena's does this right. under all that coleslaw, you'll find a pulled pork sandwich from SOUL PATROL. they also have a restaurant near UH called Soul Cafe. i've never been to the actual cafe, but i have had the food from Soul before - and it is good..... this sandwich lives up to the other dishes i've had. the coleslaw mixed with the sweet sauce on the tender pork is a winner. it is an incredibly messy sandwich, but it is soooooo gooood. you might want to bring this home and eat it, b/c like i said, it is really messy, but WORTH IT! this is NOT from Eat The Street...... this deliciousness is from CITY CAFE. we decided to get some dessert after the Eat the Street event, and made our way here. they serve Taiwanese shave ice, sandwiches, bubble drinks and snacks. Taiwanese shave ice is not like your regular, local shave ice. it is like the F.O. B. cousin of local shave ice. it speaks "good english" and is fun to be around, even though it is clearly different. it is indeed "shaved - ice", but instead of fruity syrup, they put brown sugar syrup on top, THEN, you can choose other toppings to put on. here i got the small size with 3 toppings = boba (tapioca balls), coffee jelly, and taro. sorry... its so brown, i know. but, delicious! my friend also go the small size, but for her toppings, she got custard, mochi balls, and condensed milk. both were really good! next time, i'm getting the large size - it comes with 6 toppings :) City Cafe has lots of different toppings other than the ones you've seen here, so go visit them and try it!
********************************************* Eat The Street 555 South St Honolulu, HI 96813 website: http://www.streetgrindz.com/ ********************************************* City Cafe 1518-F Makaloa St Honolulu, HI 96814 Phone: (808) 398-7598
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Em
8/25/2011 02:04:22 pm
I want to go to there.
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Trish
8/26/2011 04:51:04 am
WE'RE GOING AGAIN TONIGHT!!!! :D
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