Scrambled Egg Manapua Pocket

Background:  one of Umami's co-workers, let's call him Young Boy, has been out for a while with a medical issue, (some say) caused by improper diet and insufficient exercise.  Whatever.  :)  Today happened to be Young Boy's first day back at work, and the girls have decided to welcome him back with a healthy breakfast, with all the fixings for wraps . . . tortillas, ham, scrambled eggs, salsa.  (Okay, Umami is not clear on why that's necessarily healthy, but that's what they did.)

Young Boy, however, thanks everyone for their "get-well-soon" wishes with six boxes of various manapua filled with all kinds of goodies, including hot dogs, Portuguese sausage, the standard char siu, and, oddly enough, a vegetarian version.

Vegetarian Manapua

Of course, Umami is dying to have a Portuguese sausage manapua, but he's stymied by both fear of Dr. Lois and having to attend to supposedly important work at his desk.  So, by the time he gets back, the hot dog and Portuguese sausage manapuas are long gone.  :( 

But that's okay, because Umami is a healthy soul, and opts for a vegetarian manapua.  It's a good manapua,  with onion, mushroom and celery, but not really stuffed.  In fact, there's quite a bit of space in there . . .

Scrambled Egg Manapua Pocket

Umami flashes back to many years ago, when Jack in the Box used to make a Scrambled Egg Pocket, with ham, bacon, (fluffy, fluffy) scrambled eggs, cheese, all in a pita pocket.  It was possibly the best fast food breakfast ever.  And it occurs to him that with the scrambled eggs and ham from Young Boy's welcome back breakfast and the half empty vegetarian manapua . . . 

It is brilliant!  Stuffing ham and scrambled egg into the manapua, with a little salsa, it's a Scrambled Egg Manapua Pocket!  The manapua is slightly sweet, setting off the savory ham and egg.  The salsa and the vegetarian filling make it healthy enough for Dr. Lois to approve (tho she probably wouldn't just out of general principles!)!

It's a fine breakfast that Umami highly recommends to everyone.  (He hopes we have leftovers for breakfast tomorrow!  Heck, it's been a late night . . . so he wouldn't mind one now!)

Manapua:

Royal Kitchen
Chinatown Cultural Plaza
100 North Beretania Street Shop 175
Ph:  (808) 524-4461 or 524-3843

Fax Number for Advanced Orders: (808)538-1668

Young Boy Breakfast Wraps . . . you wish!