Honolulu Breakfast and Malasada: May 2007

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Bogart's - I love bagels

There is “BOGART’S” in Monsarrat Ave near the Honolulu zoo so you can see Diamond Head clearly from shop. The shop is not so big but there were too many people from morning. There were plenty menu such as omelettes, sandwiches, bagel and coffee. However I felt omelettes and sandwiches are little bit expensive for breakfast. (I couldn’t remember price but these were about $8.) I ordered “Bagel Works ($3.50)”. It was only for breakfast menu. I could choose from 12 bagels. (Taste was Blueberry, plain, pistachio, everything and so on.) Also I could choose pistachio cheese cream or tomato cheese cream. I chose everything bagel and tomato cheese cream. A bagel was warmed so outside was crispy and inside was tender. It was very delicious!! Bagel has lots of flavor so I did not go off. Tomato cheese cream was plain and tasty. A bagel has fully fresh vegetables and quantity was just good. Therefore I thought it is great for breakfast. A salesclerk was friendly with good smile very much. When I ordered, I asked about menu and also I asked what bagel is recommended. A salesclerk explained me and she told me no1 bagel too. I was happy. Atmosphere was bright and I felt surf because the shop was near the beach. I ate many types of breakfast but it was the best breakfast for me!! Of course I want to go “BOGART’S” again!!! You should go there too!!!

Bogart's - breakfast bagel

Today, we went to Bogart’s for breakfast. Bogart’s is one of the good coffee shops, and the place is near Diamondhead, and a small shopping center has the shop. There are some shops near the shop. Maybe we can find easily. The address is 3045 Monsarrat Ave # 3Honolulu, HI 96815. The shop opens 6:00-19:00, and on Saturday, the shop closes 18:00. The place is not so big place, but the atmosphere is very cool. Some surfboards are hanged at wall, and the place is clean. Most people relaxed with the place, such as friends enjoyed talking, or many people smiled happily. We stayed in there about 9:00 although many people stayed in the place. It was very difficult to move. The clerks are very kind, and they explained about food very clearly. The place has many kinds of food, such as avocado sandwich, chicken sandwich, and breakfast bagel. These foods have good smell, and also coffee looked very nice. The store has many kind of coffee and smells great. I ordered breakfast bagel that taste very good!! The cheese and spinach is very good, and the beagle is big and good smell. I want to eat again. We can get foods about $4~10 that is cheap, but we can eat heartily. If you go to the place, you will have good time with good coffee and food. You should go Bogart’s to get very nice food.

Bogarts - like a family

This Monday, we first went to a place that sells malasadas, but the store wasn’t open, so we went to another place, Bogart’s. This place is near by Diamond Head, and close to Waikiki. It is in a small shopping center, like small McCully Shopping Center; there are also parking lots in front of stores. One of sandwiches that I ordered is Ham and Cheese Sandwich. Nick, Eri, Marie, and Mai ordered Bagels. It took me six dollars to buy the sandwich, but I think it is cheap because there are many stuff in the sandwich. All guests can take their own pets to the store, they don’t care about the pets, and this is one reason of why I like the store. Because I didn’t understand what the sandwich concludes, I asked the waitress; and she was kind to answer me all questions that I asked. She also told me the detail about the sandwich that I wanted to know. Though the store is small, it is such famous place. People are friendly and they are more like a family. After we bought all we wanted, we went back to school to talk about our love, Toefl.

Bogart's - sooooo tasty ♪

This time we went to Bogart’s Café & Espresso Bar. This coffee shop bar is located near Diamond Head and address is 3045 Monsarrat Ave Ste 3, Honolulu, HI. (Mr. Breakfast. com) This shop atmosphere is like surf shop and clerks are young ladys. They were always smiling while they are working at the coffee shop bar. When I saw the smile, I could feel calm. The cost was not expensive especially I ordered. I could eat only $3.50.The coffee shop bar was very crowded, so we have to line up little bit. Buuuuuut, the coffee shop’s food was very delicious♪ I was really wavering what should I eat. I looked at a girl, who is sitting on the chair, she was eating tomato sandwiches. I thought looks delicious!!!!! Thus, I started to found what she was eating. Then, I could found the menu!!!!!!!! That was Beagle Works, so I ate Bagel Works that was open sandwiches. Inside the sandwiches were fresh vegetables. My best thing that put in inside was cream cheese tomato. I tried first time at that time, but that was sooooo tasty ♪ I really liked the coffee shop. I recommend the coffee shop of Bogart’s. Everyone should go there!!!!!!!

Monday, May 21, 2007

Coffee Talk - art is special and the style is free

Coffee Talk
Coffee Talk, there was just one store three years ago, but now there are five stores in Hawaii; and one of Coffee Talk that we went is located on Kaimuki. Reported by Ken Sakamoto “Owner Liz Schwartz has created a unique atmosphere at Coffee Talk.” (<a href="http://starbulletin.com/specials/kaimuki/coffee.html">http://starbulletin.com/specials/kaimuki/coffee.html</a>, 2007). This Monday, Nick drove us to Coffee Talk which is located in Kaimuki for our breakfast. It is close to Big City where Teddy drove us to last term. Coffee Talk is a great place because the art is special and the style is free; and the personality is different from Star Bucks. On weekends, there are some special breakfasts so that people can taste something special. I bought one chocolate chip toffee and one hot chocolate, and I spent a total of five dollars; chocolate chip toffee is two dollars and hot chocolate is three dollars. It is cheaper and delicious; next time, if I have time, I may buy something different.

Friday, May 18, 2007

the perfume of coffee

In this time, we went to Kaimuki to get great coffee. The name of coffee shop is Coffee Talk. The coffee shop was built twelve years ago. The store is open from 5:00a.m ~23:00p.m on Monday to Thursday, and on Friday and Saturday, it is open 5:00a.m ~24:00p.m. The place was 3601 Waialae Ave. Honolulu, HI 96816. While we go in the shop, the air was saturated with the perfume of coffee. The coffee shop had very high ceiling, and we can relax with the large apace. In fact, there were many tables and chairs, and also there were many visitors regardless of weekday morning that showed popularity of the Coffee Talk. They looked really relaxing in this place. I ordered a chocolate muffin and a cup of espresso coffee. The chocolate muffin was sweet, and many chocolate chips in there. That satisfies my hunger, and also the taste made me happy. The coffee removed my sleepiness, and that had good smell and good taste. There were some food and drink except that, such as some Homemade Sandwiches, Pastries, Coffee, Chocolate coffee, Smoothies, Shakes, Fresh Juices, bagels, scones and Salads. The Clerk who was Liz explained about the shop for our project, and also she was very friendly. The place had television and computers, and we can use the computers, or we can bring our laptops because the shop can connect the Internet. We also enjoy many interesting arts, such as big coffee cup and dynamic picture. Let’s go to the place for enjoying breakfast, coffee and arts. You will relax with the comfortable place.

Coffee Talk- A Dream World of Coffee

Coffee Talk
 Hello----- everyone♪♪ Today, I’m going to introduce about Coffee Talk. This Monday, we went to Coffee Talk. Coffee Talk is located in Kaimuki. This coffee shop’s address is 3601 Waialae Ave Honolulu, Hawaii 96816 (HawaiiBid.com). The name came from comedy show. The coffee shop started about 20 years ago. The coffee shop has a lot of interesting objects such as pictures that were drawn for Coffee Talk of the shop. The most interesting object was a coffee cup that made of corrugated paper. The object is displayed outside’s place. That was very interesting for me. Primarily, we can use internet free in the coffee shop. It was very useful for us. Then, the coffee shops’ clerks were very kind and one of the clerks accepted our interview very happily. I really appreciated her attitude. Atmosphere was like dream world. It rarely can be seen in Japan, so I really could enjoy. Anyway, I ate chocolate & toffee sweet. This is kinds of scone. Caramel sauce was there with chocolate inside the sweet. That was very tasty!!!! Then, I also drank coffee. I put in chocolate powder inside the coffee. Usually, I don’t drink coffee, but it was very delicious and I could drink everything. I really liked this coffee shop. I believe that everyone will like the Coffee Talk. Therefore, please go to the coffee shop.

If you love coffee, let’s go to the “COFFEE TALK”!!!

There is a “COFFEE TALK” in Kaimuki. It is the twelfth year after starting a shop. The origin of shop’s name “COFFEE TALK” was taken from old NY comedy show. Of course there is a coffee shop, so they have plenty coffee menus and also they have tea, juice, “COFFEE TALK” shake and some food. The price was not so expensive such as house blend($1.00-), café late($3.25-), café moca’($3.50-),”COFFEE TALK” shake($3.50) and cake, scone and cookie($2.00). I ordered café moca ($4.00) and chocolate cone($2.00). When I was ordered I asked clerk “Which drink is much sweet?” and I choose café moca. (Because I can’t drink black coffee.) The taste was sweet and tasty. If you like sweet I recommend café moca. The size was big but I could drink with scone. There are two kinds of scone. A chocolate scone was soft and nice. A scone look like not so big but it has volume so it was good for my breakfast.
 The shop opened from 5 o’clock in the morning. In the shop, they have some free computers and you can use own computer too. They have full breakfast only weekend. 
 A ceiling is high in store’s interior and the atmosphere was friendly. The clerk was friendly and she told us about the shop very much. I thought “COFFEE TALK” was friendlier than STAR BACKS COFFEE. The coffee has heart from clerk. If you love coffee, let’s go to the “COFFEE TALK”!!!

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Coffee Talk

Yesterday I took the class to a coffee shop with personality in Kaimuki called Coffee Talk. Reviews are coming soon!

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Andy's Sandwiches and Smoothies

Andy’s started in 1977 and greets the 30^th in this year. At first, the shop’s name was “Manoa health market” but everybody knew about Andy so the name became “Andy’s”. The reason why Andy is famous is that he did business as a post office before he started “Andy’s”.

Andy’s has plenty menu for breakfast such as pancakes($3.50-), eggs($2.25-), French toast($3.99), omelets($4.50-), salad($3.99-), soup($2.45-) , sandwiches($4.10-) and smoothies($2.60-). Especially, omelets, sandwiches and smoothies have lots of kinds. The price was reasonable, and the volume was enough too. I ordered mushroom cheese omelets and I watched everybody eating potatoes so I ordered home style potatoes ($2.50) too. Taste was homey and feels nostalgia. The mushroom cheese omelet was delicious because cheese was melted. Other kinds of omelets looked very yummy too! A side was pretty big but I could eat all. The potato was very nice too. It was little bit salty but an omelet was bland so there are nice matching!! I thought both were good for breakfast. When you order breakfast, you can drink free coffee!! “Andy’s” use fresh cooking ingredient and they baking bread everyday. Salesclerks seem families and they are cheerful and very friendly. Customer was almost local people and they are kind and friendly more than city people. The atmosphere was homey and snug. The shop was not so big, but I like that atmosphere and people. When you go to the shop you can eat homey taste and also you can feel homey atmosphere. If you are lucky you may meet Andy’s Andy!?!!!!

Friday, May 11, 2007

Andy's Andy

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Andy's started in 1977 and greets the 30th in this year. At first, the shop’s name was “Manoa health market” but everybody knew about Andy so the name became “Andy’s”. The reason why Andy is famous is that he did business as a post office before he started “Andy’s”. 
 Andy’s has plenty menu for breakfast such as pancakes($3.50-), eggs($2.25-), French toast($3.99), omelets($4.50-), salad($3.99-), soup($2.45-) , sandwiches($4.10-) and smoothies($2.60-). Especially, omelets, sandwiches and smoothies have lots of kinds. The price was reasonable, and the volume was enough too. I ordered mushroom cheese omelets and I watched everybody eating potatoes so I ordered home style potatoes ($2.50) too. Taste was homey and feels nostalgia. The mushroom cheese omelet was delicious because cheese was melted. Other kinds of omelets looked very yummy too! A side was pretty big but I could eat all. The potato was very nice too. It was little bit salty but an omelet was bland so there are nice matching!! I thought both were good for breakfast. When you order breakfast, you can drink free coffee!! “Andy’s” use fresh cooking ingredient and they baking bread everyday. Salesclerks seem families and they are cheerful and very friendly. Customer was almost local people and they are kind and friendly more than city people. The atmosphere was homey and snug. The shop was not so big, but I like that atmosphere and people. When you go to the shop you can eat homey taste and also you can feel homey atmosphere. If you are lucky you may meet Andy’s Andy!?!!!!

Andy's - No1 is always ALOHA

We planned to go to Liliha Bakery, but regrettably, the store was closed today. That’s why we tried a new restaurant. We found the nice restaurant that was Manoa Health Market. The restaurant was a little bit small palace, but the inside of the restaurant was so energetic. The workers are very friendly, and they asked our order with very nice smile. I ordered spinach cheese omelets, and also they have eggs, potato, sandwich and pancake. We can get each foods about 3~6 dollar. That was cheap. The taste was very good, and the omelet had a lot of ingredient. Potato also looked like nice. Background music was Hawaiian music, so we can spend a good breakfast time with music. We could interview a manager that is Andy. He is very interesting person, and also he has very young mind. “First time, the store was a post office, but the post office was very busy, especially Christmas time. He changed the restaurant from post office in 1977. Now, the restaurant has many local customers. Everyday, breads vegetables are fresh.” We asked No.1 food, and he said that No1 is always ALOHA. That means people is most important, and foods are always second. He really takes care of customers. His grand children work this place too, so the restaurant is homey. They are cheerful people, and let’s go to the restaurant to meet happy clerks.

Andy's - roast beef, cheese, and avocado

This week we were going to go Liliha Bakery on Kuakini Street to eat coco puffs, but the shop was closed. Therefore, went to Andy’s in Manoa valley. Andy’s is located next to star backs on We could interview the shop’s owner Andy. He was very kind for us and he took our interview very readily. He said that he opened this shop about 30 years ago. Before he opens this shop, he worked post office. However, the job was very busy especially Christmas times. Thus he changed his job post office into lunch shop. I thought that he looks like he enjoys his life now. Although I met him first time, he was like our daddy. I believe that I want to be like Andy who enjoys his life very much. Anyway, the shop had a lot of menus. It was difficult for me to decide. Then, I ordered sandwiches with roast beef, cheese, and avocado!!! Inside of the sandwiches, lots of roast beef, and vegetable. That was so delicious and fresh. Atmosphere was like at home. I could feel calm. I think that if you go there one time, you will want to go there again certainly. I just really want to know everyone, Andy was such a nice and good person♪♪

Andy's is a friendly store

This Monday morning, Nick originally drove us to the Liliha Bakery for breakfast, but when we got the place, it closed; as a result, we went to Andy’s for our breakfast. Andy’s, the name is just because of the founder’s name, is opened 30 years. Andy said that “Aloha is No.1 and everything else is No.2.” (Andy, 2007) In the store, they are all families, and their food is focused on healthy, so we don’t have to worry about the food is healthy or not. There are a lot of foods we can choose, and I chose banana pancakes because I like to eat banana. I spent 4.18 dollars buying banana pancakes, but it is delicious. And there are three pieces of banana pancakes per dish. After we order the dishes, we have to go to the other desk to pay; it is fun and new for me. Because of the small store, everyone is friendly so that we can have a lot of chances to talk to the customers, workers and the founders. I think that the founder want to make us a big family.

The Original Pancake House

“The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke.( http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/, 2005 )” so this shop is 54th in this year. Besides, according to the website, “We now have over one hundred franchises from coast to coast.(http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/, 2005)” In Hawaii, there are 2 shops by Honolulu. It is 6:00 to 14:00 in business hours of The Original Pancake House (OPH). They have a big menu including pancakes, waffles, crepes, meats, omelettes and cereals. Moreover they have some specialties too. The price is around 8 dollars including tip.

I ordered “blueberry pancakes” but it was very disappointing for me. The reason why pancakes was slightly too salty to match with blueberry. The blueberry taste was inimitableness which it seems to preserve blueberry with tea but soft and fluffy of pancake was really good. The reason why pancake was fluffy is “Our recipes demand only the very finest of ingredients, such as 93 score butter, pure 36% whipping cream, fresh grade AA eggs, hard wheat unbleached flour, and our own recipe sourdough starter. (http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/,2005)“

I want to try another taste of pancake and omelettes and also I want to try some specialties such as apple pancake ($9.25) and Dutch baby ($8.00).

The waitress made busy restlessly. There is always still a waitress having coffee so service of coffee is substantial. The waitresses were friendly but I think ASAHI grill was more friendly.

The atmosphere was pretty because OPH are unified by brown and it is like a country. When I went to OPH, it was weekday’s morning at 9:00 however there were crowded very much. An hour later, the visitor became a half. Most of visitor was local people but there was Japanese tourist too.

If you want to go, I recommend the time between breakfast and lunch!!!

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Andy's Sandwiches and Smoothies

Today I took my students to a wonderful little sandwich shop in Manoa called Andy's. Luck for us, Andy himself gave us the skinny on what makes his place special. Student reviews are coming!

Friday, May 4, 2007

Original Pancake House- good mood and good smell

In this time, I went to the Original Pancake House. We can find next to the Gyukaku. The address is 1221 Kapiolani Blvd., Suite103 Honolulu, HI 96814, and we can use the bus. The restaurant opens at 6:00am~2:00pm. I recommend you that you should go to there in the morning because the menu is good for breakfast. “The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke.”(The Original Pancake House homepage, 1999-2005) The restaurant has long history, and also they “now have over one hundred franchises from coast to coast, which have won local and national acclaim.”(Original Pancake House homepage, 1999-2005) When I went to the restaurant, many people stay in there. The place was large, and there were many tables. The restaurant’s atmosphere is good mood and good smell, and the clerks served food quickly. The service was good too. I ate banana pancakes. These are very tasty, and also the volume was very big. We can get 5 pancakes. The pancake is very soft and sweet. Next time, I want to eat apple pancake because it looks very nice. Other menu was omelets, waffles and meats. There were some kinds of pancake, such as blueberry, chocolate coconuts, Hawaiian pancake bacon, buttermilk and potato. Omelets, waffles and meat also have some kinds.

Original Pancake House- soft and fluffy

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“The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke.( <a href="http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/">http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/</a>, 2005 )” so this shop is 54th in this year. Besides, according to the website, “We now have over one hundred franchises from coast to coast.(<a href="http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/">http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/</a>, 2005)” In Hawaii, there are 2 shops by Honolulu. It is 6:00 to 14:00 in business hours of The Original Pancake House (OPH). They have a big menu including pancakes, waffles, crepes, meats, omelettes and cereals. Moreover they have some specialties too. The price is around 8 dollars including tip. 
I ordered “blueberry pancakes” but it was very disappointing for me. The reason why pancakes was slightly too salty to match with blueberry. The blueberry taste was inimitableness which it seems to preserve blueberry with tea but soft and fluffy of pancake was really good. The reason why pancake was fluffy is “Our recipes demand only the very finest of ingredients, such as 93 score butter, pure 36% whipping cream, fresh grade AA eggs, hard wheat unbleached flour, and our own recipe sourdough starter. (<a href="http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/,2005">http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/,2005</a>)“ 
I want to try another taste of pancake and omelettes and also I want to try some specialties such as apple pancake ($9.25) and Dutch baby ($8.00).
The waitress made busy restlessly. There is always still a waitress having coffee so service of coffee is substantial. The waitresses were friendly but I think ASAHI grill was more friendly. 
The atmosphere was pretty because OPH are unified by brown and it is like a country. When I went to OPH, it was weekday’s morning at 9:00 however there were crowded very much. An hour later, the visitor became a half. Most of visitor was local people but there was Japanese tourist too. 
If you want to go, I recommend the time between breakfast and lunch!!!

Original Pancake House-good moods for old times

This week, April 31 on Monday, I went to Original Pancake House in Honolulu with my classmates and a professor. First <a name="OLE_LINK2"></a>“the Original Pancake House started in Portland, Oregon, in 1953 and there are more than 90 locations in America now.” (<a href="http://www.hawaiidiner.com/reviews/review.php?review=28">http://www.hawaiidiner.com/reviews/review.php?review=28</a> ) Today, the restaurants became famous in nationwide. It was very crowed when I went to there. Most of the tables sat people, so I could feel the shop is very famous for local people or newcomers. The Original Pancake House located near Gyukaku on Kapiolani street. I ordered Portuguese sausage and eggs for breakfast. Then, I could choose rice, pancake or potato. I chose rice, but I little bit regretted I didn’t choose pancakes because the restaurant famous for pancakes. However, one of my classmates gave me banana pancake. It was very tasty. The volume was very good big, so she couldn’t finish the meal. Most of Japanese people can’t finish the meal. Therefore, I recommend when you go the Original Pancake House, you should share with your friends or family. The restaurant’s atmosphere was homey, and I could feel good mood for old time and most of clerks were old women or men. It was so comfortable for me. You should go one time!!!!!

Pancake House-Absolutely worth it because of huge dishes

<a name="OLE_LINK1"></a>This Monday, Nick took us to the traditional store for breakfast, the original pancake house. “The Original Pancake House was founded in Portland, Oregon in 1953 by Les Highet and Erma Hueneke. The Original Pancake House is a second and third generation family business, which takes great pride in maintaining the high standards that make (their) food so outstanding” (<a href="http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/">http://www.originalpancakehouse.com/</a>) , and it is located on Kapiolani Street. We ordered chocolate chip pancakes, banana pancakes, blueberry pancakes, and two egg specialties. Of course, I ordered chocolate pancake because I like sweets, but Nick said I should ordered banana pancake again to compare the two stores. Well, actually, chocolate pancake is not so sweet for me, but it is too sweet for Nick. For my opinion, I think it is just taste good, but it depends on everyone. I also ate some egg which Eri ordered, and it tastes pretty good. However, I should have tried banana pancake which Marie ordered so that I can compare the difference. This time, we spent eight dollars each person. Though it is a little bit expensive, it is absolutely worth because of huge dishes. There are five pieces of pancakes, but I can just finish two pieces of pancakes. Therefore, you can image how big it is. The waitress is also nice to us, she always asks us if it is good or not. In conclusion, I strongly suggest everyone who lives in Hawaii now that you should go to the original pancake house for breakfast at least once.

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Asahi grill

We went to the Asahi grill in this week. I was looking forward to going to the restaurant because I didn’t know the place, and my friends also never go to there. The place was 515 Ward Ave. Honolulu HI 96814, and that was near Ward Center and next to Kanai Tofu Factory. The place wasn’t lucid, but we can take the bus. We can go to the place at 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. The restaurant’s owner is Masato Hatakeyama. He is Japanese therefore they have some Japanese Food. The restaurant’s atmosphere is very good because many local people stay in there that is good for learning English. A reason of good atmosphere is good music. Although it was a little bit cold, it doesn’t matter because we can get a very tasty oxtail soup. Service was also good because clerks were very friendly, cheerfulness and kindness, and they told us recommendatory menu. The best popular menu was oxtail soup, and number 2 was kim chee fried rice. Other great menu was fried rice, hamburger steak, loco moco, chicken cutlet and pork cutlet and Banana pancake. I think the foods are big quantity, but we can take out the food. The price was cheep, and especially they have cheap food in the morning. We can get food about $5~10. I recommend that you go to in the morning. I ate fried rice that was very tasty. There were sunny-side up eggs on the rice. When I ate that, I became happy. The restaurant is not so popular for tourist, but local people love the place. Please go to Asahi Grill to get delicious food.

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

The Original Pancake House

Today I took my students to the Original Pancake House on Kapiolani in Honolulu. We had all kinds of pancakes and breakfast combos. As always, it was crowded and remains popular. Stay tuned for student reviews.