International House of Pancakes = IHOP
Woke up bright and early to have the free breakfast at our hotel but it was pretty crap so B decided to bring me to IHOP!!! He has been raving about IHOP eversince he discovered that there was an outlet in Honolulu. And he was bugging me to go for late-night suppers saying that it is ultra-happening at IHOP. With so much raving about that place, I just had to see what it was all about.
When I stepped in the restaurant, the sweet smell of pancakes filled the air and made me even more hungry. The menu is ultra-extensive and I just go 'confused' having to make my own choice for breakfast cos everything looks incredibly good! In the end, I decided to choose the sinful Breakfast Platter that consisted of 2 sunny side up eggs, hash and 2 sausages PLUS 3 PANCAKES FILLED WITH STRAWBERRIES AND WHIPPED CREAM. All that for US $8 plus. Thats pretty cheap!
B, being the all-rounder glutton, had the STEAK for BREAKFAST!!! Thats not all....it came with 3 PANCAKES as well. Well, no guesses, he finished up the entire STEAK for BREAKFAST....
See..thats one happy satisfied IHOP customer....the portions for meals are huge in the US of A... its like the country.. HUGE....
When I stepped in the restaurant, the sweet smell of pancakes filled the air and made me even more hungry. The menu is ultra-extensive and I just go 'confused' having to make my own choice for breakfast cos everything looks incredibly good! In the end, I decided to choose the sinful Breakfast Platter that consisted of 2 sunny side up eggs, hash and 2 sausages PLUS 3 PANCAKES FILLED WITH STRAWBERRIES AND WHIPPED CREAM. All that for US $8 plus. Thats pretty cheap!
B, being the all-rounder glutton, had the STEAK for BREAKFAST!!! Thats not all....it came with 3 PANCAKES as well. Well, no guesses, he finished up the entire STEAK for BREAKFAST....
See..thats one happy satisfied IHOP customer....the portions for meals are huge in the US of A... its like the country.. HUGE....
After the ultra-filling breakie, we headed to Kahala where we checked into our ultra super nice hotel that overlooked the ocean. The drive up to Kahala was scenic...stopped by for some pictures and then off to check in. Got greeted by the Kahala Hotel Staff the Hawaiian way.... ALOHA....
As our room wasnt ready, we had to hang around outside till about 3-ish. We decided to go Up North to check out Dole Pineapple Plantation and check out the beaches along North Shore.
Fell asleep on the 30minute drive to Dole Pineapple Plantation cos I basically stayed up the night before watching American TV and tossing and turning around the bed. It was HOT HOT HOT and we braved the heat and went to the World's Largest Maze.. the PINEAPPLE GARDEN MAZE. The world record holders took only 12 mins to go through the maze to suss out the 8 secret stations. Well, we took like close to an hour and could only find 6 of the stations. I was pretty desperate at one point in time that I practically followed the kids who said they knew where the Pineapple and Hula Girl Secret Station were. In the end, we gave up. It was too hot and I think we were getting too old to be running amok in the heat.
Fell asleep on the 30minute drive to Dole Pineapple Plantation cos I basically stayed up the night before watching American TV and tossing and turning around the bed. It was HOT HOT HOT and we braved the heat and went to the World's Largest Maze.. the PINEAPPLE GARDEN MAZE. The world record holders took only 12 mins to go through the maze to suss out the 8 secret stations. Well, we took like close to an hour and could only find 6 of the stations. I was pretty desperate at one point in time that I practically followed the kids who said they knew where the Pineapple and Hula Girl Secret Station were. In the end, we gave up. It was too hot and I think we were getting too old to be running amok in the heat.
Later on, we took another road trip and headed up North. More photo-whoring..
When we arrived at the corner of North Shore, we desperately tried locating for Giovanni's White Van. Apparently, the shrimp served by the owner is widely recommended by tons of guidebooks and it was voted the 'Must Try' by some travel website. So being the typical tourists, we had to try it! USD $12 for a dozen shrimp. A little expensive but it was really good...FINGER LICKING GOOD..the garlic with the shrimp was superbly delish...
BOO!
Check it out...a seal suntanning in the lovely Hawaiian heat.
B acting KEWL while waiting for our ride!
While waiting for our dinner at this quaint Italian restaurant at KOKO Marina, B and I headed to this Kona Brewery to check out the local Hawaiian beer. My luck wasnt good..kept losing at all the drinking games!
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