Every time we drive by I’m like, let’s go there soon. I really want to check it out. Ray cringes, and pretends he doesn’t hear me. St. Louis Drive In sits at the corner of Waialae and 3rd Ave. and is pretty easy to miss since it’s so small. The place looks a bit tore up from the floor up; the kinda place that you should mentally and physically prepare yourself for, you know, with meditation, yoga, and tums, lots of tums. This draws me for some reason.

Hey, no worries, no dress code here.

Ray ordered the Mahi Sandwich, $6.55. It looks really good, yet really weird, is that a pancake in his sandwich? After poking and observing a bit more I discover that the fish is battered with pancake mix. Did they run out of regular batter or are they trying to be innovative? A drive in being innovative? Could happen. I’m not saying the next top chef works here, but maybe it’s grandma’s secret recipe. The sandwich was alright. The batter was good at first bite but then the fish just seemed limpy, and mushy. I felt like the pancake around the fish just acted as a sponge and soaked up the grease from the grill.

I ordered the Beef Stew, $5.95. It came with two scoops of rice and a small mac salad. The rice was horrible, hard some spots and mushy other spots. The stew was atrocious, definitely left overs, probably from early that month. It wasn’t very hot, hell, it wasn’t even warm. I got one half of a potato. It was as though someone got lazy and decided to cut the potato in halves to save time, instead of pieces. The beef was the worst part though. When you think of beef stew, you think of slow roasted, super tender meat right? At least I do. The beef was like jerky. No joke. It was so tough that when I took a bite some of it managed to get stuck between the walls of my teeth. At first I was hugely disappointed with the amount of meat I got but after taking a bite, I realized it was plenty because I couldn’t find it in myself to eat any more. Yep, this definitely gets the award for Worst Beef Stew Ever Made.

“You happy now?” Ray says with a sarcastic tone. He shakes his head, and just looks at me. It’s so fucking annoying because I know what he’s thinking, that this was exactly the reason why he doesn’t like coming to places like this, because the food sucks salty donkey dick cheese. But he doesn’t say much more because he knows I wouldn’t hesitate to smash my beef stew in his face. After eating we rush home because Ray has a weak stomach and his asshole needs to throw-up. I slide open the door while he’s on the shitter and that’s when I say, “I’m happy now babe.”

I do want to add that service was friendly and prices was super cheap. They have daily specials, student specials, and grape juice. Some items I found on the menu that are super duper cheap are grill cheese – $1.45, tuna sandwich – $1.75, 3 pancakes – $3.30, loco moco – $4.80. Because of it’s cheap prices I support this place, just do yoga one hour before you come, tums are optional.

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St Louis Drive In
3145 Waialae Ave
Honolulu, HI 96816

Get Directions(808) 734-3673

The first time I saw this place we were driving by after breakfast at Bogarts. I was like, “wow babe, that place looks good, we should give it a try next time.” So about two weeks later we’re looking for a new place to eat and what do we see, South Shore Grill. It was like destiny, or not.
It’s pretty basic place. Walk in, menu is on up above, order, pay and then you find a pleasant place to eat your meal. I just want to say that because of the decor alone I will do not want to come back. It was like a clown house or a kindergarten class. It just felt awkward to eat in a small room with bright bold primary colors boxing you in.

Ray ordered the fish taco. I don’t remember how much it cost, but I do remember that he wasn’t very impressed with it. The inside was filled with cabbage and the rice resembled cuscus more than it did rice.

I ordered some kind of fish sandwich. I don’t remember the exact name or price. It didn’t impress me. The bread was a little burnt, dense, more hard than it was soft and just seemed to over powered the fish.

I wasn’t a huge fan of this place. We went home and told Shane he didn’t miss out on much.

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South Shore Grill
3114 Monsarrat Ave.
Honolulu, HI 96815

Oh so many choices and well, considering I don’t have a job quite yet, so much time. I probably have enough time to eat until I grow back boobs, though I probably wouldn’t get much loving from my hubby to be. On the bright side, more boobs to fondal until I find some low calorie meals to blog about.

O.K. I’m going to start this blog off with the epitomy of “hole in the wall,” Kalakaua Plate Lunch. It’s one of those places where you wonder how the hell they past health inspection. But hey, ignorance is bliss- as long as it taste good, and it causes no pain while in or coming out I don’t want to know. The place is 200 maybe 250 square ft, large enough to store four small tables. The menu was handwritten on a large white board and also on white typing paper held to the wall by scotch tape. Behind the register stood a little Asian man. He held a matter of fact attitude and was an impressive one man army.

I order the kalua pork. All their plates came with steamed rice and macaroni salad. If your new to the Hawaiian food scene you’ll soon find out that macaroni salad is big here. It’s usually smuthered very generously with creamy mayonaise. This macaroni salad was Asianfied with a slight hint of white pepper. The pork was dry and almost a little crispy in some areas. I thought it was just good. But you see I have a gift, I thnk everything is good. I’m one of those people that can eat anything and convince myself that it’s good. However, I do know the difference between just good, and I’ll take the back boobs, give me more, that was amazing. So when I say that it was just good, that’s not saying much. Real kalua pork is so juicy and tender that it melts in your mouth the instant it enters your mouth. So needless to say, this did not give real kalua pork any justice.

I guess I should of just stuck to Chinese food at a Chinese restaurant. Shane, my fiance’s trusty side kick ordered the small order of kun pao chicken. The great thing about this place is that they give portion options, small and full. The small portions ran about $4.15 and the full ran about $5.50. His kun pao was delicious. He offered me a taste, and when he wasn’t looking I allowed myself some more, strictly for blog research purposes.

Ray, my fiance, ordered a fish sandwich. It looked boring, like something that came out of a drive through. I asked him how it was, and he said,”ehhh,” but his face said, it was edible.

Within the menu I found items like a cheese burger for $1.55, a shrimp burger for $2.00 and a soda for .75. As far as prices go this place definitely kicks ass. They also get an A for being environmentally conscious since I did see a box of recyclable items atop the garbage can. As for cleanliness, well if that’s a big issue for you, I suggest you order take out.

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