Our friends are Auntie Pasto’s whores. It seems like they’re there almost every other week. Last week Sara’s sister came over from the big island and where did they go for dinner? Auntie Pasto’s of course. After my first visit here I can see why. A group of us made it out here one night and we all agree, Auntie Pasto’s is the shit.

I was a little surprised at how nice the place was. The candles and dim lights gave this place a charm and glow that makes you feel very welcomed.

Now if you do plan on getting an appetizer you must get the Mozzarella Marinara, $7.00. It’s mozzarella cheese wrapped in fresh crepes and tomato sauce. Basically a little bit of cheesy heaven in your mouth. I’m not even a fan of cheese, if you ask me, when it comes to cheese, less is more, or in most cases I’d rather do without. But this Mozzarella Marinara thing, oh, it’s different, a league of her own, I kid you not. Justin and Sara were like, “try it, it’s good.” As soon as I cut into it, hot melted cheese oozes out like hot lava. I secretly wanted to take the dish all to myself and run and eat while I ran so when I was caught I would turn around with an empty plate in hand and a mouth full of cheese, but instead I decided to be mature about this and took another, rather large bite.

This is the Madeline Salad, $6.25. This salad was sensational. It has a light sweetness that does summer saults on your tongue. My complaint is that it was so small and that within minutes of us finally finding each other I felt alone, abandon and scared wondering what just happen. Are you really gone? How can you be gone already when we just met?
Really, the salad wasn’t much bigger than this, I took one large bite and then realized I had to take a picture. It’s a good salad to start with, but what about those people who don’t start with salad but have it as an entree? There’s no way this could fill anyone up. I guess it’s a good thing this wasn’t my entree.

Sara got a Hail Caesar, $5.50. Again it wasn’t that big, and we took a bite before we realized we had to take a picture.

I was so happy to see a nice array of choices to choose from on the dessert menu. I was torn, tiramisu or creme brulee? It’s been a while since I had really good creme brulee, so creme brulee it was and of course I had to have it as my appetizer, why torture myself and wait till after dinner? Sometimes patience is just stupid. It was everything I had hoped for and so much more. The creme brulee cost $5.00 and even though it was worth every penny it was so not enough. Even Ray was in love with it and he’s not a fan of custard at all. Everyone agreed, it wasn’t enough, more, we need more.

Here’s my main course Creamy Pesto, $9.75. It’s extra green because I added some spinach to it for no extra charge. The waiter waiter goes,”you could have it any way you want.” Yum. It was good, but I would have traded it for the creme brulee in a heart beat.

Shane and Justin got this plate, Gnocchi (nee-okkee) $11.00. It really looked a lot better than the picture looks. Potato dumplings served with meat, mushrooms or a creamy pesto sauce. I think this is with the meat sauce, but no guarantees. Shane had Justin order for him and I don’t live with Justin so I can’t ask him.

This was Sara’s dish and I liked this one better than mine so I kept secretly taking bites of hers. She never notice because she’s a lush and loves red wine. Fried Eggplant & Gorgonzola $9.50.

It’s hard for Ray to pass up good pizza. This is the Margarite, Neapolitan-style, 10.95. I love that they sprinkled basil all over this thing. It was good, but I don’t think it was Oh My God, good.

So time for dessert. If it were up to me I would have picked the tiramisu but it’s not always about me. This was a group decision and we decided upon the Cannoli, $4.00. Here I am modeling the cannoli. I know this picture makes it look like a pile of white shit, but I swear it didn’t look like that in person. Along with the cannoli we orderd another creme brulee.

I gotta say, with all the places I still have yet to visit, I will definitely make it back here. Our friends had friend who worked here so when we got our tab, all five crafts of wine, all the dessert and a few other dishes were left off so it made our dining experience even more satisfying. I don’t know how anyone can’t love this place.

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Auntie Pasto’s Restaurant
1099 S. Beretania St.
Honolulu, HI 96814

If pizza is what you crave I might have found a place for you. Our friend Ona picked us up the other day. We had plans to go to the beach, but our stomachs intervened and we decided to hit up a place to eat first. We were all open to options that were fast, cheap and good. Pizza came to mind so that’s what I suggested and that’s what we went out in search of. Ona’s been on this island for some time now so she knew of a place called Boston’s North End Pizza Bakery that was near by.

Boston’s is a staightforward pizza place. You walk in, order your food at the counter and wait. There’s premade pizza slices laid out behind a glass window or you always have the option of putting in a new order. Along with the typical cheese and peperoni pizzas, they also had the not so typical pizzas like garlic and spinach, or anchovies. The pizza’s were reheated up and served hot. There were a lot of things I liked about this place. For one, they give gigantic slices. Also, if you enjoy herbs like I do, then you’ll love the variety of self serve herbs available to spice your pizza up with. The decor was plain with cheesy Christmas lights that glowed on the wall above. The service was good. I wouldn’t expect anything other than what looked like high school students working at a pizza joint. Pizza slices were around $5.35 depending on what slice you wanted and how many toppings they had. Whole pies were 19″ and 3 lbs. They ranged from around 18 -24 dollars. These are their toppings: pepperoni, black olives, mushrooms, bell peppers, anchovies, sausage, garlic, tomato, broccoli, spinach and onions. Sodas were $1.01 - 22 oz, $1.25 - 32 oz, and $1.76 - pitcher. There’s really not much left to say about this place but what I have already said, It was fast, cheap and good. We ate left and headed to the beach to soak up some sun.

This is a picture of three slices of pizza. They’re ridiculously ginormous. If you want more information, give them a call because that’s all I got for you, (808) 734-1945. They don’t have a website but there’s about 12 in Oahu alone. If you want directions click below.

Directions to Boston’s North End Pizza Bakery