One day Ray saw three Mexican’s wearing cowboy boots, hat and a pancho walk into Jose’s. The first thing that came to his mind was, “if the real Mexican’s are going there for lunch, the food must be authentic.” So the next time we were in the mood for Mexican the first thing that came to mind was Jose’s Mexican Restaurant, you know, the place where the real Mexicans go.

The chips and salsa here were free and yummy.

For starters we had three beef taquitos, $9.95. Why do taquitos always come in threes? It doesn’t seem like a practical amount to me. Anyhow, I really enjoyed my one and a half rolled taco. As you can see it really had some girth to it, which means to me more meat inside. It also came with sour cream and quacamole.

We decided to share the Chicken Fijitas, $15.95. It came with rice, beans, sour cream and totillas. Even though it wasn’t served on a sizzling skillet, I thought the fijitas had great flavor. The onions and peppers were sautted nicely and the chicken had a little kick to it from all the pepper.

By the end of our meal, we were stuffed like little pinatas. The chicken fijitas alone would of been plenty, but the taquitos were so good. I also hear they have great lunch specials to choose from, so bring the whole office gang and don’t forget to tip.

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Jose’s Mexican Restaurant
1134 Koko Head Ave
Honolulu, HI 96816

Get Directions(808) 732-1833

Salad Creations reminds me of Subway because the whole process is like one big accembly line to the creation of your meal. You go in, pick your lettuce, choose what you want to throw in, add meat for a fee, pick a dressing, have them toss it all for you, pay and eat.

Today I decided to be a vegetarian and had the Chopped Veggie, $5.99. The menu said it came with romaine and iceberg lettuce, green bell peppers, red onions, mushrooms, artichoke hearts, corn, chickpeas, tomatoes, carrots, and croutons. As you can see, the salad came in ginormous steel bowl. I really enjoy eating out of a bowl, so I like this idea. However, as for the salad, it was pretty fucking boring. I think they try to give off the impression of being very genorous with the portions by giving a ton of lettuce and not much of anything else. I had to dig and push all the green stuff to the side just to get a bite of anything else, Also, I couldn’t find corn, mushrooms, or artichoke hearts anywhere in my salad. How do you forget three different items? The girl must of been new, or retarded.

If there had been less green stuff I think my salad could of been really enjoyable.

If having your salad tossed is really not your thing, no worries, to each his own. Just order a wrap. This is the Santa Fe Chicken Wrap, $7.99. It consisted of grilled chicken, cheddar cheese, tomatoes, red onions, and green bell peppers, romaine lettuce, hot sauce, croutons, and creamy ranch dressing. For a little bit extra you could make it a meal and have chips and a drink. I have no complaints with this one. I liked the size of the wrap and everything tasted fresh.

Overall I think I’m a fan. If you don’t mind a lot of lettuce then you’ll love this place. You get enough to share for around 8 bucks and they have dressings galore to choose from.

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Salad Creations 425 South Street, #104 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 349-3333

Once Ray asked me, “honey, what’s your favorite food.” I paused and thought about it, then said, “ice-cream.” He goes, “that’s not food.” I go, “sure it is, you eat it, shit it out, it’s food.” Ice-cream is my favorite food and Haagen - Dazs is my favorite brand of ice-cream. You can really taste the richness and quality over other brands. I don’t usually go to Haagen-Daz stores because like most creameries, it’s a rip off. However, today I had a wild hair up my ass, and yes I’m sure it was a wild hair and nothing else, but I was willing to pay a lot more for a lot less.

Sounds good, I’ll take one of those, spank you very much.

The Big Island Dazzler, $7.20, yikes. The photo makes it look like it’ll be overloaded with sugary goodness.

But as you can see the good stuff stops 2/3 into it and the rest is filled with whipped cream.

I don’t remember getting any mac nuts, or pineapple but it was still divine.  However, for $7.20 I don’t feel as though I got much. Next time I’m plucking that wild hair straight outta there and taking my happy ass to the grocery store where one pint will cost me somewhere around $5.00.

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Haagen-Dazs
2494 Kalakaua Ave # 7
Honolulu, HI 96815

Get Directions(808) 922-3221