"I've got a case of katsu!" Phat Tony groaned, stuffed after having devoured a huge plate lunch of the most ono chicken katsu (his, kindly substituted with teriyaki sauce vs. tonkatsu sauce), one giant scoop of rice and some mean mac salad. The place was packed,always a good sign for an eatery, no matter how small (and it is, small), jammed with locals and tourists alike. Good … [Read more...] about Ko Ko Ichiban Ya
Maui Time Weekly
Okinawan Festival 2009
Yet another successful installment of this Festival coordinated by the Maui Okinawan Kenjin Kai (MOKK)! Featuring an all-day line up of entertainment ranging from taiko drumming to samurai swordsmanship, the event also plays host to a bunch of booths with ono grindz (like chow fun, andagi, andadog and Chinese pretzels), as well as crafters and carnival-like games for kids. The … [Read more...] about Okinawan Festival 2009
‘Inglourious Basterds’
When Quentin Tarantino announced years ago that he wanted to make a World War II movie, I envisioned a film full of aerial combat, with U.S. fighter pilots firing their machine guns as their scarves rippled in the wind. Instead, Tarantino gives us a wartime fantasy about how a young Jewish woman (Melanie Laurent) survives a Nazi assault on her family, led by a chipper officer … [Read more...] about ‘Inglourious Basterds’
So what, Mr. Testosterone, gave you the right to stick your over-sized gut into my body that Wednesday night at the soccer park in Wailea? Never mind that you and your dogs were breaking the rules everyone else follows—keeping the dogs in the dog park and the humans in the human park. As my son and I tried to play some catch, that big white dog (not even yours!) came … [Read more...] about
AND YOU THOUGHT THEY WERE GOOFING OFF Japanese engineer Takuo Toda’s paper airplane was certified in May as the Guinness Book record-holder for the longest flight from a single folded sheet of paper: 27.9 seconds. And in Witcham, England, in July, Jim Collins won the World Peashooting Championship, using a “traditional” instrument blowing at a target 12 yards away, but … [Read more...] about