On this day we decided to head over to DMV to register to vote. This was a pretty stupid idea because as most of you probably already know a trip to the local DMV usually sucks donkey dick. Our visit to the DMV was no different. The lady that took our paper work was a dirty cunt bag. Since we hardly come to this side of town we decided to stay and eat up. The first place that caught our eye was this place called Noodle Me House of Ramen and Curry. At first glance one would think it’s a children’s store or maybe a google store because of its colorful sign but if you actually read the sign you’ll see it’s a noodle house.

With the exception of the table behind me this was the dining part of the restaurant.

The man that took our order was a one man army. He took our order cooked it and then served it. We started off with an order of Gyoza, 6 pieces for only $3.25. Basically they were upside down chicken pot stickers. We all really enjoyed these. These little dumplins were delivered to us hot off the grill.

We ordered the Spicy Seafood Combo Meal, $8.25. It came with this Noodle Sea Food Soup filled with fresh veggies, noodles, and seafood.

The combo also came with a heaping serving of rice. This was the way fried rice should be. It wasn’t too salty or mushy and every bit was bursting with flavor.

Hold on folks there’s more, our combo also came with more of our favorite dumplings. Can’t get enough of these. Holy shit, all this food for only $8.25. What a steal.

Shane ordered the Shoyu Yakisoba Noodles, $5.95. It was a mixture of pork, vegetables and noodles all stir fried together.  He goes, “I could seriously eat this everyday.”

This is definitely one of our new favorite finds. Our bill came out to $18.27. All that food for under $20.00. We all laughed because we kinda felt bad about it and left the one man army a mighty fine tip.

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Noodle Me House of Ramen and Curry
Ste 14
1210 Dillingham Blvd
Honolulu, HI 96817

Get Directions(808) 845-8886

Udon Ramen is a pretty basic place as far as sushi goes. Actually, I think that any Japanese place that offers .99 cent sushi rolls can be considered very basic. Hey, I’m not hating on it. I know some people are sushi snobs, just like some people are wine snobs, but I’m not. I really appreciate .99 cent sushi rolls. It’s not creative or artsy for sushi, but hey, you can’t deny that fish, rice and sushi paper just taste good together no matter how its put together.

Tamago (egg) and unagi (fresh water eel) rolls. .99 cents each.

Ray splurged and got a california maki (crab meat with avocado and cucumber) $4.95.

Shane got the nirigi. Three piece rolls were $2.50.

I know this wasn’t an amazing dinner but I got full off of $2.00 and that’s amazing.

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Udon Ramen
2310 Kuhio Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815

Amongst spam, sushi and Kahlua pork, ramen is a popular commodity here on the island. Now, I’m not a huge fan of Ramen. Honestly, I’m a little confused as to why it is so popular. Why would anyone want to eat noodles in steamy hot broth in Hawaii? It’s like drinking hot green tea in a sauna. Hot soup in Hawaii is to green tea in a sauna. The more I thought about it the more cleansing and relaxing it sounded to me. I suddenly felt the need for a proper detox, the Asian way, the Ramen way.

There’s a ramen place in side the food court at the Ala Mouana Mall. I decided to check it out after a long day of shopping. Naniwa Ya Ramen didn’t look very busy, the prices looked decent and the place looked clean. After further examining the menu, I ordered the won ton ramen. Now if your not familiar with what a won ton is, it’s a flat square noodle that is wrapped around meant, usually ground pork. Won tons can be prepared in soup, deep fried , or as my mother use to serve them, steamed with a dipping sauce. It took about 5 minutes till I got my food, I took a minute to observe my food before I ate it. The noodle’s were perfect, not over or under cooked, just like the green veggies that came with it. the broth was tasty, and hot. Temperature of food is a big deal for me. If food is meant to be hot, then that’s the way I want it to be. The brightly colored pink thing in my soup was scrumptious. It tasted like some sort of seafood. Just think of imitation seafood meat, but not flaky and not imitation. the won tons, on the other hand were a huge disappointment. the noodles were a little too soft, probably from being over cooked. The meat that resided within was barely the size of the meat in a can of spaghetti O’s. Not to mention it tasted like free-range meat. There was absolutely no thought put into the creation of what could have been a very tasty treat. Considering my family use to own a small Chinese restaurant where I have spent many hours in mass production of the won ton, yes it is safe to call me a won ton expert. I’ll have it put in bold print on my new business cards. At first I didn’t think enough of them were given, but the more I ate the more I wanted to trade them in for those brightly colored pink seafood things. The meal cost me a little over $7.00. Now $7.00 still puts you in the cheap food catacgory, but when it resembles that of a .25 cents top ramen pack it starts to look a little pricey. If you want my advice, go to the grocery store and buy some green tea and head to the nearest sauna.

Directions to Naniwa Ya Ramen