Camille (and the Food Trucks) vs. HPD

Umami had a retirement luncheon (alas, not his own) to attend today at lunchtime. If not for that, he might have got to see KHON filming this segment:



Hopefully, they can get it all worked out.

Season's Greetings, Umami From

From our Galaxy to Yours, Holidays Happy, Hope you Have!

Elle's Birthday Pizza

Elle enjoyed her first visit to Round Table so much, she wanted to go for her birthday.  So, without further ado, here's Elle's birthday pizza:  Original Crust Italian Garlic Supreme ($21.59 for a medium).  Good stuff.

(Don't you love the background?  That's the color of the table top.)


Round Table Pizza
Enchanted Lake Shopping Center
1020 J Keolu Drive
Kailua, Hawaii  
808-261-4644

2011 Lego Advent Calendar

Umami exhibited poor impulse control while Christmas shopping the other day, picking up not one, but two, 2011 Lego Advent Calendars.  Yes, regression to childhood is now in full swing, but, really, how could he pass this up?

You know you want one . . .

The box says, "Includes Exclusive Yoda Minifigure!"  Yoda in a Santa suit!

Inside, there are 24 separate compartments, one for each day leading up to Christmas.  Where's Yoda?  After 13 days, still no sign of the wily Jedi master.

The top lid folds down, to reveal this scene

There are rebel pilots and wookies:

Space craft:

X-Wing!

And droids:

This IS a droid you're looking for

Umami figures, Lego + Star Wars + 2011 Edition = Collectible = Excuse to buy two.  $43 at Lego Store, so call it entertainment for $2 a day.  You could do worse.

Cold Ginger Chicken Cake Noodle

Sandy, the lady who owned Yuki Lunchwagon, apparently retired earlier this year and passed the reins of her lunchwagon to new ownership.  Now called Golden Bowl, the lunchwagon is on the same site as Yuki's and, for the most part, kept the same menu.

Recently, however, they've been adding new items.  One day, they had a Cold Ginger Chicken plate and a Teri Chicken Cake Noodle plate.  Since you can mix any two items, Umami ordered a mix:  Cold Ginger Chicken and Teri Chicken Cake Noodle.

There must have been a miscommunication, because what he got instead was Cold Ginger Chicken Cake Noodle . . .

Cold Ginger Chicken Cake Noodle

It's an odd mix, but the chicken was fine, and had lots of the ginger and green onion.   The cake noodle, alas, was so-so, hard, and luke warm.  Maybe the chicken cooled it off.  Would be better off just getting the chicken plate.  Maybe next time.

Golden Bowl Lunchwagon
Lauhala Street between Queen's Hospital and Board of Water Supply, on the Ewa side of the street.  It's the one closest to the street.