LA Pizza Rina is probably one of my favorite places to get pizza.

A 13″ medium pizza with two toppings cost $13.00. Not bad. But what is bad is the skimpy ass portion. Today we decided to get a medium pizza, with with three toppings instead of two. Each additional topping is only .60 cents. I had three quarters in my pocket I was planning on saving for drying my laundry when I got back home, but sometimes enjoying your meal is worth went panties. I remember the sausage was phenomenal last time so I ordered sausage, with extra sausage and pepperoni, 3 toppings right? As you can see, my wet laundry wasn’t worth it. There’s barely three pieces of sausage per slice. What a shitty deal.

Oh well, so I got sausage fucked, doesn’t change my love for them. Check out the stringy cheese on these babies. In my last post on them I mentioned the stringiness of their cheese. Here’s the proof. Love it.

We also shared the La Pizza Rina Super Sub, 12″-$.6.95. This is a better deal than Quiznos.

As you can see all three of us were able to get a generous portion. I’m not really a sandwich whore but today the sandwich surprisingly hit the spot. I think I enjoyed it more than the pizza.

Ham, salami, capicola, pepperoni and cheese with tomatoes, lettuce, onions, and La Pizza Rina’s Special Sauce. If you love pizza and sandwiches you should definitely make this you next outing.

Here’s my last review on La Pizza Rina. 

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La Pizza Rina
1425 S King St
Honolulu, HI 96814

Get Directions(808) 941-6634

The India House so far is the last Indian restaurant I have left to try. I may not have written on all of them, yet, but oh, I’ve been there alright. It’s kind of sad because every time I drive by business looks dead. What makes it sad is that there’s another Indian restaurant about one block down the street and they always look packed. I’m one to believe that packed places are usually packed with sheep that don’t really know any better, I also believe in sharing the love so Ray and I took our happy asses one block over to India House.

The place is really small. When we walked in no one was there. Hello, is anyone there?

We ordered the Lamb Madras, $14.75. As you can see there was a whole lot of sauce and not much meat or other stuff. The food was alright. It’s pretty hard for me to hate Indian. However, just looking at the amount of food I was really disappointed. What is it about Indian Restaurants giving the skimpiest portions here on the island and for not very cheap? It’s so disappointing. Of course Ray had to hear me bitch during dinner. “They just need to get off that high horse because it doesn’t look like business is doing so good. Maybe, just maybe if they gave more food, then they would have more business?” Anyhow, that’s how I feel about most, not all, Indian restaurants here. I feel like they give the smallest portions for a lot of money because they take advantage of the fact that there’s like 5 Indian restaurants here.

The naan was horrible and tasted microwaved. As a matter of fact, I heard the microwave go off several times during our dine in and we were one of only two tables there. Naan should come out warm, fresh, light and super soft, after all we do have to pay for it, $2.50. This was a bit stiff in the center, like it was over-baked the first time and then just left out till someone ordered some and then microwaved.

Another disappointing factor was the rice. We ordered plain rice and we got plain Chinese white rice, $3.75. Who the hell sells Chinese rice at an Indian restaurant? Great attention to details guys, and then to charge $3.75 for it. It’s a joke. I don’t know about you but when I order just plain rice at an Indian place I’m expecting Indian basmati rice. Needless to say the rice just didn’t go right with the entre.

As you can probably tell I’m definitely not a fan. Next time I’m walking with the sheep and taking my happy ass down the block.

Here’s a few more post I found. Apparently I’m not the only unhappy customer.

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I would of love to linked to some positive feedback but I couldn’t find any. Doesn’t surprise me. This place is a horrible example of Indian food. Shame on them for not caring about the quality of food that bares their name.

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Indian House
2633 S King St # 105
Honolulu, HI 96826

Get Directions(808) 955-7552

One of my New Years Resolutions was to be more conscious about my diet, not that I’m on a diet, but diet as in my eating habits. As most of you know I’m a sugar whore. Recently a coworker opened up my eyes when he said in a serious tone, “hey you should really watch out because your gonna get diabetes.” I was in the process of eating my second piece of Tiramisu after I had already eaten two chocolate cream puffs. That’s when I put my fork down and decided I really gotta change. In an effort to consume less sugar I try not to make eye contact with any bakeries. On this day I fucked up and looked. My eyes locked in, particularly on the word bakery. Oh, holly hell, fuck it, it doesn’t hurt to look. I’ll just look.

I was pretty surprised when I walked inside to see the place so clean and modern looking.

Behind the counter was two chalkboards that listed a sandwich menu and a cafe menu. Looks like this place offers more than just sweets.

These pictures actually makes the place look  larger than it actually was. The place reminds me of Satura Cakes because of it’s modern clean lines.

Even though I was good and didn’t eat any sugary sweetness it still doesn’t hurt to take a look.

Elvin’s danishes are really pretty.

And very tempting.

Alright, enough with the sweet seductions, let get down to business. I ordered Elvin’s Special Sandwich, $6.95, which was an Americanize Vietnamese sandwich. The traditional Vietnamese sandwich has the weird Asian meats, like steamed pork. Instead traditional American looking meat was used, like ham and chicken. The sweet, pickled carrots and radishes were there along with cilantro all on a French roll. I requested mine with no mayo and the sandwich came with a puny pickle and fresh cut pineapple. I was really happy with my sandwich. The change in meats was a nice fusion and may just entice others to try it. And when I say others I mean, non Asian folks that aren’t familiar with the traditional Vietnamese sandwiches. If this is you, feel free to read some of older post on Vietnamese sandwiches, Bale, French Cafe.

Ray ordered the Chicken Sandwich, $6.95. This sandwich tasted as good as it looks. It came with all the trimmings, lettuce, cheese, tomato, mayo and the chicken was a real chicken breast, grilled. I think it came on a soft focaccia bread. Whatever kind of bread it was, it was super soft and delicious. Ray absolutely loved his sandwich and of course I got to try it and it was pretty amazing.

If your a sandwich whore you guys should give this place a try. I’m definitely a fan. Enjoy!

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Elvin’s Bakery
600 Kailua Rd # 104
Kailua, HI 96734

Get Directions(808) 262-1688