Maru Kami
Udon ya and Matsumoto Icy place/Carlos Pueblo
In Hawaii,
all goods are expansive in compare with prices in Houston;
however,
there are two Japanese eatery worth for us to consume, one
is Maru Kami
Udon ya on Kuhio Street and another one is Matsumoto
old grocery’s
icy place. Both ventures are always with a long line to wait
for service,
in excellent business.
Maru Kami
means ball shape turtle, udon is a kind of Japanese noodle.
It is a
chain store originated from some place near Shikouku Island where
Amazingly I
have attempted to find its head quarter in Takamatsu in vain.
A restaurant
manager at Shinjuku, Tokyo tells me that Kuhio one is the
number one
in the whole franchise in the world. It is because of cheap
Menu in
compare with the rest of Honolulu. I always ask for kamage odon,
a kind of
plain noodle closed to a vegetarian definition. Out hotels are
very close
to the restaurant. The food is not attractive yet very inexpensive.
Matsumoto
grocery store is no longer carrying grocery for customers but
gifts and
icy Menu. I love the deluxe atsuki, a red bean icy with passion
fruit flavor
syrup. The secret recipe to cook the red bean is with honey
traditional
Japanese way. We eat a lot of icy, machine slide ice with several
kinds of
fruits dessert and syrup in Taiwan where Japan had ruled for 50
years. I
asked an American family from Oregon how did they find the place.
It was from
internet called icy bonanza, even attracted many Japanese tourists.
I found a
small sushi stand inside an indoor market in Chinatown. I counted
how many
pieces of nigari sushi in the lunch box and the price. We went back
again for
some more the following day and was closed due to Sunday. I believe
that
tourists are showing concern of inflated price in Honolulu nowadays. The
State of
Hawaii Tourists Bureau sent me a survey at the cruise ship and request
my opinion
to help them to improve their business. I didn’t see anywhere to
strike this
expensive point. I took the 4 islands cruise because local flight costed
$150 per person
arithmetic started from here, then room and board.
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