i have several friends with family owned restaurants. i don't know how it happened. it just kind of did. its not like i choose my friends based on the businesses their families may, or may not own. seriously - if you don't own a restaurant, we can still be friends. its totally cool. but then, i won't be able to feature your restaurant here on my food blog. sad, but true. its ok, we'll still have food adventures together. MOVING ON..... Christie's Restaurant belongs to the mother of a friend of mine. she formerly owned and ran a Korean restaurant in Waimalu, but no longer runs that one..... now she owns and operates this one. she decided to open a fusion, upscale type restaurant, with fresh local ingredients and a fine dining feel. but i'm sure you're tired of reading, so lets just skip to pictures. more reading now. i know. i'm sorry. but aren't you the least bit curious to know what it is you're looking at? above, is the Carribean spiced blackend ahi. that sauce is like art! do you eat it? do you admire it? well - both it turns out. here we have the Bourbon and Chinese soy braised pork belly. similar to Okinawan shoyu pork, this comes with a thick piece of pork fat on top of very tender, very flavorful pork. you can eat the fat if you like - i don't, but if it were crispy, i would. of course.... you can't do crispy with a dish like this. this was probably some of the best pork i've ever had.
if you've been here before, you might notice their menu has changed. some of their very popular items were taken off, but, not to worry - there are still lots of great things on the menu to choose from. if you're in the Pearl City / Aiea area, and you feel like eating something delicious, drop into Christie's Restaurant. Korean mama will be happy you did. ***************************** Christie's Restaurant Waimalu Shopping Center 98-020 Kamehameha Highway Aiea, HI 96701 Phone: 808-484-4511 Website: http://christiesrestauranthawaii.com/index.html
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Em
8/25/2011 02:03:20 pm
no. no! NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! Now I have to go to Sorabol when I visit. DAMMIT!
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Trish
8/26/2011 05:01:45 am
noooo!!!!! we're taking you to So Gong Dong or Sikdorak when you guys come home!!!
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