Plate Lunches
This morning i picked up a cast-away copy of "AM New York" on the subway and read a short note about Hawaii's famous L & L chain finally opening a branch downtown. be and i ate at an L & L on the east coast of Oahu and i can sum up our experience in five words: It's A Lot Of Food. I had a veggie burger and fries (delicious, especially after snorkeling and accidentally drinking 3 cups of seawater) while be had the "plate lunch," described on the L & L website as:The Hawaiian plate lunch is a huge, gastronomically challenging mixture of Asian and American starches (two scoops rice and one scoop macaroni salad) supplemented by a United Nation of entrees such as chicken katsu, beef curry, deep fried shrimp, mahi mahi, lemon chicken, barbecue shortribs, hamburger steak, etc.
be ordered the Fried Shrimp, Mahi Mahi & Scallops plate lunch but he could barely even finish the seafood. I tried to help him with the macaroni salad but it was just too giant of a serving. Lesson learned, go to L & L in a severe state of hunger and you'll still have leftovers.
On a side note, don't be tempted to try that little can of Starbucks "espresso and cream" drink. It wasn't good espresso and had a chemical aftertaste. Instead, try one of the Japanese coffee drinks like Boss, which are much better tasting. The shops in Koreatown where i work stock many different brands.
posted by beXn @ 10:42 PM
2 Comments:
Yeah, I had the "espresso and cream" exactly once as well. No thanks!
It was like inhaling chemical badness! I don't even like Starbucks - i was tempted by that cute little can.
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