Umami on the Prowl: The Shack (Hawaii Kai)

As promised, Umami hath ventured forth for chili-cheese fries! My friend, Kelly, was visiting from L.A.  Actually, she's from here, but has been living in LA. for a couple of years now.  I think it's been a mostly positive experience for her, except that she's now a Laker fan . . . so annoying!

[May 10 Update:   The Lakers just swept the Jazz in four to take the series.  So super annoying!  But we'll give them props by making this font purple (please, none of that "Laker Blue" nonsense!)!!]

Anyway, whenever Kelly's here, we tend to go to The Shack to talk story and catch up.  The food's solid and the drinks acceptable, it has a nice location on Kuapa Pond; and it's just very pleasant to sit out in the late afternoon with a beer as the sun sets.  We've been there plenty of times before, so it's just a very comfortable, not fancy place to go hang out for a bit.

So here's Umami with a chili-cheese fry.  The fries are curly, the chili institutional, the cheese cheddar/American.  Perfect bar food.  We almost finished them; if not for the fact that we had sandwiches as well, we would have!

I had the fish sandwich, which is a decent-sized piece of grilled fish w Mayo, Lettuce, Tomato, Onions and choice of Lemon Pepper, Teri or Dijon Ranch Dressing.  Kelly always has the Island Burger, which is a 1/4 lb burger with teriyaki glaze, grilled pineapple rings and American cheese.  I think it's nasty, but she likes it, which is the important thing.

All told, a pleasant evening, good food, good company, and Umami got a chili-cheese fry.  Not a bad night!

 

The Shack (Hawaii Kai)
377 Keahole Street (Near Safeway and Kale's Natural Foods)
(808) 396-1919