I’ve never been a fan of mochi ice cream. Why order this pathetic ball of an ice cream wrapped in doughy rice when I could have a full scoop of ice cream that will last way longer? While writing my last review on Bubbies I came across a few reviews that mentions how mind blowing their green tea mochi balls are. These people made it seem as though this little mochi ball had changed their lives. I couldn’t take it anymore. All of a sudden I felt imprisioned. Had I really been on the outside looking in this whole time. I wanted to be free from the rigid social conventions of plain rice and ice cream. Free me green mochi ball, free me! I fell to my knees and took a vow. Next time, little green tea mochi, next time it will be you, me and pure bliss. I promise you that!

Well next time came and my vow I kept. I ordered two because just ordering one is dumb. They had a nice selection of mochi to chose from. I picked green tea and red bean. It was served in a puny clear plastic cup and a little smaller than what I had expected. I don’t know why but for some reason I was expecting some abnormally large manufactured mochi ball. It was probably from all the hype that I read about them.

This is the red azuki bean mochi ball. I took a bite out of it so you can see that it’s red bean flavor all the way through, the mochi and the ice cream.

My green bean mochi statue.

These green tea balls won’t T-bag you.

My little sister from California ordered a scoop of ice cream in a large waffle cone.

When I tasted it my first reaction was, “I think there’s something wrong with the sherbert, like it went a little sour.” But then I saw the name, Rasberry Merlot Sherbert. Oh, o.k. merlot. Now it instantly tasted delightfully tart. I could really taste the strong pungent merlot, while the sweetness from the rasberry sherbert gave it this subtle yet refreshing taste. Good pick sis.

Overall I’m gonna have to give it up to Bubbies, pronounced boobies, I hope. The mochi balls were a delight. The thin layer of mochi embraced its cold creamy center allowing the ice cream to really take the stage and shine. The only way they could improve on this is to make these balls larger and we all can agree that there’s nothing wrong with big balls.

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The Eastside Grill is located right next to The Greek Corner. I’m a huge fan of The Greek Corner, so I was hoping its next door neighbor was would put out some tasty competition that was as equally affordable.

This was my fist time here so I didn’t really know what to expect. It didn’t surprise me to see a full array of liquor at the bar and several large televisions throughout the restaurant all playing a different sport simultaneously.

This was definitely a sports bar with a college, Hawaiian vibe.

You can always count on Old Captain Morgan to be there.

We ordered the Tomato Basil Pasta with Shrimp, $9.25 but we requested to have both chicken and shrimp and like always, money talks, and for a small fee, ($3.00) it was done. I really enjoyed the large shrimp. I think it came with a total of 5 pieces of shrimp. As for the chicken. I think there might have been maybe 5 pieces as well, and that’s giving them the benefit of the doubt. Although the flavor was good, the dish itself was dry. I mean, they should of just called it a pasta salad. Also, for $12.25 I didn’t get much noodles. Warning, objects in picture are a lot larger than they appear. This dish came with two pieces of garlic bread. I enjoyed them very much because they weren’t too greasy or salty.

Our friend ordered Chopped Steak Stir Fry, $7.95. As you can see in the picture, it’s “tender “unique” steak sauteed’ with mixed vegetables & toss greens.” I’m curious as to why they put unique in quotations. What’s so unique about this steak? Hummm? It’s like saying something has special sauce. What’s so special about the sauce? Yeah, uh huh, sure. Hold the special sauce, I’ll take ranch spank you very much. Just like the meat, I don’t need any “unique meat.” I’m a boring person that prefers my meat normal. Anyway, this was not my dish, it was Shane’s and he ordered as is. Pussy.

I forgot to take a picture of the dish but I did get to taste it and I can tell you nothing was unique about this dish. It was boring as hell. You know those prepackaged frozen stir fry meals you get at the grocery store, well that’s exactly what this tasted like. Just heat and serve.

For dessert I ordered a mud pie, $5.95. I was appalled when I got this. Seriously, are you guys looking at what was served to me. Is this not the skinniest most pathetic piece of pie, ever? The mud pies I’m accustomed to looks like a ginormous mess of “mud,” or kona coffee ice cream, then drizzled with chocolate sauce, covered in whipped cream, drizzled with chocolate sauce again and then sprinkled with nuts and topped with a cherry. If it sounds like I have experience in mud pies it’s because I do.

Take a closer look and what do you see, frost bite.

Not just one side but on both. Unbelievable! I envisioned myself picking up the mud pie and chucking in straight in the back of my waitresses head as she walked away, turning her into the dirty whore that she is for serving me this atrocious piece of shit.

Now here’s the worst part, when Ray tried to dig into it with his fork, the thing wouldn’t budge. It was like trying to break apart a brick with a fork. This mud pie wasn’t going down without a fight and either was Ray. Then all of a sudden half of the pie shot, not flew but shot right into the direction of the table caddy corner from us. Luckily it pierced the floor directly in front of some poor strangers foot. The whole family at the table obviously thought that we threw the pie at them, I mean how else is does food get shot across the room like that. We all roared in laughter because the whole situation was hilarious. I put my hands up, letting them know that that was so not intentionally.

Needless to say I hate this place. I can’t help but to be a little offended. What person in their right mind would send something out in that condition. Hey, there’s nothing wrong with white lies. Tell me you guys are out of pie, end of story, no ones hurt. Lie to me bitch, lie to me! The pasta was weak and service was poor. I did skim over their pupu menu and it did look tempting I have to say. I’m gonna take a while guess and say people come here for drinks. They must have really good drinks.

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Eastside Grill
1035 University Ave # 103
Honolulu, HI 96826

Get Directions(808) 952-6555

Driving down Waialae, you’ll see a strip of small businesses, but one that has always caught my eye was Town. It struck my curiosity because I never was quite sure what the heck it was. I mean, driving by at 35 mph I’m only given a quick glimpse and then I’m left to guess. Is it a wine bar? An internet cafe? Fine dinning? “One day babe, we’re gonna find out,” I said. Well, one day came and we paid a visit to Town. It just so happens that Town is a cute little eatery, so we stayed to eat.

It took a while to be sat. I think we arrived at the wrong time, right after lunch. It seemed as though the help was more interested in getting ready for dinner than seating us. Finally we got sat and the server said she would be right with us and then placed this clip board on our table.

So we sat and waited for the her to come back with some menus and then we realized that this clip board on our table was our menu. Oh, I get it, duhhh. How cute and innovative. Apparently everything in yellow was what we could order from. That part was annoying as hell. All of a sudden I felt like I was back in college, going over someones notes before a test, trying to figure out why this was highlighted and make sense of it all. “Honey, you just order for me,” I said.

Ray went over the menu as I got up to check out the place. This bistro had a modern, contemporary, Italian feel. I love places that allow you to sit outside as will as in, this place lets me do that.

Finally the server got back to us. I think she might have forgotten that she sat us out here. Ray ordered the Panino of prosciutto, mozzarella, tomato, arugula, $9.00. All the sandwiches were served with ma’o greens or french fries. I picked ma’o greens and hoped that meant a small green salad.

So here’s our order and it was to die for. Ray and I shared this dish, and it turns out it was almost enough to fill us. This picture actually makes the sandwich look bigger than it really was and the salad was really small, they just fluffed the greens up a bit, but it was no more than three full bites. Also, I didn’t really liked the dressing it came with.

For $9.00 I have to debate if it’s worth it and after much consideration I have to say, yes this was worth $9.00. Even though there was not a lot of meat, the sandwich tasted like a real gourmet sandwich. I loved the creamy mozzarella and fresh tomatoes. Even Ray fell in love with this dish. The salad portion was a bit discouraging, but they made up for it in taste. I would order this again, but only this time we have to order two because sharing is not an option when it comes to this one. Also I want to add that they’re known to have a great wine selection and if you bring your own corkage fee is $10.00. Some may think that’s reasonable, but I don’t. Ten dollars? A lot of wines that I drink cost that much, so to pay the same amount just to have someone open it for me is robbery. A lot of places will only charge only 2-5 dollars, just ask around. Also, they have a stupid website.

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Town
3435 Waialae Ave # 104
Honolulu, HI 96816

Get Directions(808) 735-5900