Word on the street is that Genki Sushi in Japan is the equivalent to a McDonalds in America. It’s fast food that’s cheap. If you ask me, anything is better than McDonalds, but lets compare for shits and grits. Genki Sushi will kick that clown in the ass when it comes to speed. There’s really no way to be any faster. As soon as you sit that sweet ass of yours down you can start making it fatter, or phat-er (pretty hot and tempting) because sushi is floating ever so gracefully on a boat, or plate, just waiting for the opportunity for someone to turn it into a fob, aka, F.O.B. fresh off the boat. Hey, everyone loves a Fob, that’s why I’m so popular. If there’s something that you want and it’s not floating by, you can order it. That’s right, real live fobs walking around, ready to take orders in exchange for American citizenship. Also, the plates are color coordinated for all those retards out there. Gold plates are $1.40, green plates are $2.00, red plates are $2.60, etc. Hey, if your a cheap ass stay away from the silver and black plates, they’re $3.75 and $4.60.

Gold plate $1.40

Red plate $2.60

Red plate? That’s right, $2.60. Good job Mr. Retard.

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Genki Sushi
885 Kapahulu Ave.
Honolulu, HI
(808) 735-7700

Don’t let the name fool you. If your in the mood for European food this isn’t the place for you. I think the only thing that can be considered French here is the croissant and the French bread or baguette that the sandwiches are made with. At lot of Vietnamese dinning establishments will refer to themselves as “French” this is because in 1900 Vietnam became a colony of France with the French in control of all the levels of government. That all for the fun facts lets get on with the food. I got a steamed pork sandwich. If you have never had a Vietnamese style sandwich and your totally open to trying new things, then you should definitely have one. I’ve been eating steamed pork sandwiches ever since I was a little girl. My mom use to take me to the Vietnamese sandwich shop in San Jose, California. I love them. However, they aren’t for everyone. My fiance absolutely loves sandwiches, but refuses to even try these sandwiches. He won’t even take a bite because he says he already knows he’s not gonna like it.

A very friendly China-men greeted me at the window. I don’t know if he was nice to me because I was of the same ethnic background and spoke to him in Cantonese or maybe he was physic and knew I wrote a food blog and he wanted me to give him a good review. I guess we’ll just never know.

A typical “French” (Vietnamese) sandwich will consist of cilantro, steam pork meat, sweet and sour (pickled) radishes and carrots, meat paste spread, mayonnaise, raw hot peppers and sometimes cucumber.

The sandwich cost me under $5.00. I asked for extra pickled radishes and carrots and it was given with no additional charge. Pickled radishes and carrots are used a lot in Vietnamese food. I brought my sandwich home and ate every last bite.

Among sandwiches they also have milkshakes, fresh coconut, fruit, and shaved ice. Yum. The French cafe is located in the heart of Waikiki on Kalakaua St inside the International Market Place. There’s a large food court there so if you don’t fancy yourself a “French” sandwich that’s cool, eat something eles.

Directions to French Cafe

Do you like Mexican? Of course you do. I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like Mexican except my mother, who says Mexican food smells like dirty armpit. Well she’s traditional and little ignorant when it comes to food that’s not Chinese or Vietnamese. I love Mexican so much I decided to marry one, well he’s a half bred, but good enough. My friend Shane would give his left nut just for the opportunity to smuggle illegal Mexican grandmas over the border and then fly them over the Pacific Ocean just so he can have real traditional Mexican food. If he had his way he would force them to give up secret family recipes that had been passed down from generation to generation and cook them everyday while wearing a sombrero just for the dramatic effect. On the weekends he would make them sell chick-le to the tourist just so he could afford to keep them around while he rides their donkey down Lanikai Beach. He’s a sick sick man that Shane. Anyhow, no worries I’ve found a place that is no Mexican grandma substitute but it’s good enough. Cha Cha Cha Salsaria has a fun, cool vibe. There’s both inside and outside with a great view and the food is really good.

Now, I know most people aren’t sugar whores like me, but for all my sugar whore sisters and brothers out there I need you to shut up and listen to me very carefully because this is very important. When the waiter comes over say,”yes, I’m fine thank you, I just need a minute to go over the menu but I would like to start off with an order of deep fried ice cream. Spank you very much.” Order the fried ice cream not after, but before your meal. Actually, if your a true sugar whore you should be doing this every time you dine out. Stay true to yourself. If you order it after your meal you may run into the chance of not having any room for it. When the fried ice cream came to me I was mesmerized and devoured it before I had a chance to take a photo worthy enough to give it any justice.

This is a picture of the fried ice cream after I had already started eating it. It was so freaking, worth every cute adorable dimple on my ass, delicious. Quite possibly the best deep fried ice cream I have ever had. From my experience, most places make it with corn flakes, which, don’t get me wrong, is still very tasty, but not really Mexican. Actually corn flakes were developed by Will Keith Kellogg, an American from Battle Creek Michigan in 1894. His brother John Harvey Kellogg was a doctor who opposed of all forms of sex, even masturbation and thought it led to disease. Like I said, not really Mexican but I’m sure he had a lot of Mexican workers, like gardeners, dish washers, cooks. As a matter of fact, I think it’s possible that Mr. Kellogg and Shane are related.

They start every meal off with chips as vibrant as the server’s energy and salsa. The chips were the thin kind, which I’m not a huge fan of, but it was pretty to look at and the salsa tasted like the roasted kind that has the same lumpy consistency throughout. I prefer my salsa chunky but hey these were free so I’m not complaining.

This is a picture of Fresh Fish of the day & Veggies Burrito for $8.95. This dish comes with cole slaw. I suggest ordering it with the queso sauce as you can see in the picture. This is a must because it’s just not the same without it. The burrito looked so good that I forgot to take a picture of it until after half way through. As for the cole slaw, it had a little too much pepper for my liking.

I also ordered a pork chimichanga. It was not possible to take a picture of it because it was eaten. No worries, the chimichanga was not a winner. It got an A for effort and presentation but a F for Fucking too salty. Also, the service was fabulous. Anyways, if you want to give it a try directions are below.

On a second trip to Cha Cha Cha Salsaria Ray and shared the combo plate. It cost right around $13.00 and came with two chicken and cheese enchaladas, a chicken soft taco, rice and beans.

I think they could of been a little more generous with the rice and beans and what’s up with the three pieces of shredded lettuce on the side. I mean, if your gonna be that stingy, why even bother? I’m the type that actually uses the shredded lettuce by sprinkling it over all of my food so this was a bit disappointing for me.

Here’s our soft chicken taco. I appologize for the fuzzy picture, but it started to rain and I wanted to eat. Overall everything was really tasty. Since Ray and I shared this plate it was worth it, but spending 13 or 14 dollars on just one person for this meal I don’t think is. I do want to add however that this place has amazing service so if you do come here remember to tip well.

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Cha Cha Cha Salsaria
377 Keahole St
Honolulu, HI 96825

Get Directions(808) 395-7797