Side Street Inn

Side Street Inn
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The best kept secret in Honolulu.

Oh, da best shave ice in Honolulu and no line! Waiola Shave Ice and it must be the one in McCully, not Kapahulu. (2135 Waiola Ave, Honolulu - Phone: 808-949-2269)

Lilikoi cream with lilikoi syrup and ice cream! Her favorite.

Classic rainbow shave ice with ice cream. Yum!

Happiness!

Summer in Honolulu.
I do miss those lazy summer days. The air, the light, the weather, and of course --- the food. I made my rounds during my vacation. Starting with . . . Rainbow Drive In in Kapahulu. I remembered to take a picture of the sign, but I was so hungry for my food that I forgot to take a picture of it. I had a chili bowl with rice and a slush float. . . still getting a hang of this. I love Zippy's chili, but use to love Rainbow's chili plate. Oh, hanabuddah days of scraping for $1.50 in coins to buy a chili plate after the beach. Lucky you live Hawaii.

The next day, my niece and took a long detour to Kahuku for garlic shrimp at Giovanni. It was pretty hot that day. There are 3 choices on the menu, but when it's hot I'll bet they decide to make only one of the specials. Today, it was only Special #1 Shrimp scampi. $12 for 12 shrimp, not such a great deal. Gotta try it once. I got a sunburn on my arm that day -- just driving out to the North Shore.



My mom loves the laulau's here at Ono Hawaiian Food in Kapahulu. She was hungry for it when I came home so we went there for lunch. We usually order the combo add a few extra dishes and we're full. This time we added chicken long rice and I couldn't resist I ordered and extra pork laulau. I figured mom could eat the next day for lunch. What spread!