My Own Visit to Mana Bu's
So after reading this post just a few days before I was scheduled to leave Hawai'i, I did manage to make it to Mana Bu's. Like my mom said, it was my "last meal."
My favorites:
- any musubi with shiso
- coffee gelatin: I would recommend sharing with a friend unless you are really hungry! I am going to try to make this myself--I will be the star of my program if I succeed. haha!
- sweet potato salad: purple potato, macadamias, corn, peas, and a tiny bit of mayo.
- anything with ten grain: It was just amazing how it was just like white rice--but I assume healthier. Same with the brown rice.
- hijiki and most others: too mild for my taste.
- miso yaki: the grilling made the crust too hard to chew. The grilled musubi at Tokkuri-tei was way better. Of course more expensive too.
- I didn't get to try the konbu or the gobo--saved them for my sister. I'd like to try those.
- We went at about 11:15 on Saturday--that's fifteen minutes after they opened and some things were already unavailable. There were two other groups that came in right after us too so I hurried up and grabbed stuff.
- The owners are so cute! They seemed not to be too comfortable with English. I bet they are happy when customers speak Japanese to them.
- They have cute bags and chopsticks with their logo!
posted by rt @ 2:05 PM
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2 Comments:
Ooh, I so want to go there! Did I tell you that my parents went this past weekend? My mom loved the ten grain stuff, too. I think my dad had one of the desserts and enjoyed it. Yay for cute packaging!
You got cute bags and chopsticks? I think I got plain bag and a spoon for my custard. But yeah, I agree with you on your musubi picks. I also tried the curry pilaf one which was ...okay...I think I like more traditional tasting musubis and the curry kind of dried out the rice or something. Oh, the teri spam one was good too. I need to try their coffee jello. Maybe I can convince my bf to go back tomorrow...
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