65 N Pauahi St
Honolulu, HI 96817
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APOO: Stupid DMSC was too lazy to take pictures of the food! You can check out our March 25th blog for our Mei Sum rating.The food is always tasty here, but a little on the costly side. Considering what happened 3 minutes before we walked in the door, we didn't mind paying a little extra to be treated equally. Here's the story and I believe DMSC tells a better one...
DMSC: Stupid? Oh man, that's mean. I did take pictures. I just accidentally deleted them when I was clearing out my phone. Man, some people don't appreciate how long it takes to upload pics from your phone, post em up on Photobucket, link them on the blog, resize them...... Well, I guess it's better to recognize the lack of photos, rather than ignore the blog altogether (cough cough IG cough cough)
APOO: We had originally wanted to go dim sum at Happy Garden. If you remember, our past reviews of Happy Garden were good, we loved the food and especially the prices. Cheapo dim sum is always great. We walked in Happy Garden and not surprisingly, it was crowded. About 3 minutes later, a group of three walked in the restaurant. DMSC, IG and I were anxiously waiting for one of the tables to be cleaned because we had to eat quickly and get back to work. When the waitress was about done cleaning the table, the guy in the group of three that walked in after us just sat down at the table and the other two followed. IG said, "Ey ey! We were first." The lady said, "We called in our food and it's now cold." DMSC was mad and gently stormed out of the restaurant. Outside the restaurant, he told the people that were waiting what just happened. I believe some people left because of what we told them. Well, good! We were loyal customers and for them to treat us this way was unforgivable. We ended up at Mei Sum, which was a much better choice with better service. We got a table right away.
DMSC: I wasn't so much mad.... more mildly indignant at the whole situation. Anyway, it's a bad economy, and spending money somewhere else is a better form of protest, which is why I suggested not waiting there for a table.
Once upon a time, there was a boring office located in Downtown Honolulu (within walking distance of Chinatown) where everyone ate lunch "in" all the time. One day Island Guy, Angelpoo and Death Metal Soccer Coach didn't have anything to eat, so they decided to go out to grab some lunch. They had a fourth lunch co-hort, who stopped having lunch with the group because his life was cut short by a bizarre gardening accident. Together, this unlikely trio has soldiered on and braved the elements to venture to Chinatown every Friday, and have been yelled at, ripped off, and called names by shop owners around town.
Here, we present to you, is the intrepid trio, with bios written and edited by each other:
ISLAND GUY (IG)
When you were a kid, did anyone ever tell you the story of the stork bringing the baby to the front doorstep? Well, Island Guy was brought by the stork, but was accidentally dropped off at a nudist beach he likes to call Hubba Hubba.
Moving away to the blustery land of 10,000 lakes and Swedes, IG maintained his love of Chinese food. However, a longing for the nudist beaches of Hawaii brought IG back a few years ago.
IG is distinguished for being able to walk at speeds faster than a Segway, and for his amazing ability to focus on Friday lunches at the start of the workweek. However, he can tell you all of the best places to buy groceries in Chinatown!
IG is hampered by an inability to properly pronounce "Satanic" and won't eat anything with preservatives in it. And he's not a big fan of tendon or raw fish either.
Usually on a Monday morning, IG will walk over to APOO's and DMSC's desks and ask "Where are we going for lunch on Friday?"
ANGELPOO (APOO)
One day back in the early days of the Reagan era, an angel from the heavens above made a glorious poo in the shape of a pineapple bun. This is the day the world was blessed with, yes, you guessed it, Angelpoo. Hailing from San Jose by way of Hong Kong, APOO's bilingual ability has been a tremendous asset when it comes time to order at the Chinese restaurants that we usually frequent. The exercising of her bilingual ability also got her called "weir [weird]" by a shop owner in Chinatown. What's wrong with speaking Chinglish?
APOO's mood can switch from "I'm having a horrible day" to "THIS IS THE BEST DAY EVER" just by eating. This makes her pleasant to be around (though only after lunch).
You can always tell when APOO is angry: she will squint her eyes, frown and shake one fist at you. Watch out if she shakes TWO fists at you!!
APOO has been a missionary of Chinese food, specifically dim sum, to all her non-chinese friends. She believes in all that is dim sum, sweet or salty, should be enjoyed as the main course, and to think of them as appetizers or desserts is a disgrace to the Chinese culture.
Spicy foods are like kryptonite to APOO. She also used to love eating pork, until one day IG explained to her that pork was made out of little piggies. APOO has not eaten pork since. Peanuts will also do APOO in.
DEATH METAL SOCCER COACH (DMSC)
Born in Hell (Los Angeles) and raised by wolves, DMSC moved to Hawaii at the wee age of 28 (that's 4 in human years). Handicapped only by his inability to eat shellfish and gross things (generally, a chicken foot or two never hurt, but those aren't gross, are they?), DMSC generally likes food from all over the globe. Though his claims of shellfish allergies have become mighty suspect to his peers in the group, who have seen him peel away shrimp from his siu mai and eat it, no problem.
The only one who thinks he is "sane" in the group, DMSC rarely ever chooses the lunchtime destination or items at lunchtime, because he thinks the other two are so dominant, but really, he is just plain lazy. However, on the rare occasion that he wants a vegetable or two, APOO won't let him hear the end of it.
The desperate desire of wanting to become a Chinese is shown through DMSC's constant and effortless imitation of the Chinese accent. What he doesn't know is the danger of performing such act in a Chinese dominated community, and the possibility of getting bonked in the head with a rolling pin by an angry Chinese woman. APOO can't wait to see that.
DMSC does not always count his change, so he sometimes gets ripped off by restaurant owners who take advantage of his post meal bliss. Or does this only happen when Chef Chai is in the house?
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