On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 12:18:38 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2020-01-19 4:35 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> > On Sunday, January 19, 2020 at 4:16:27 PM UTC-5, dsi1 wrote:
>
> > It's a sampler of American cooking of the past. I'll stick with the
> > lighter, fresher, bolder flavors of the present.
> >
> > Your view of American cooking is analogous to boiling Hawaiian cooking
> > down to "Add pineapple to it and it's Hawaiian".
>
> Speaking of Hawaiian food, the Hawaiian restaurant in our town went
> belly up. It actually lasted a lot longer than I had expected. I
> wondered why they guy was going with that theme. I had never heard of a
> Hawaiian restaurant anywhere around here, or anywhere outside of Hawaii.
>
> We gave it a try. My son took me to lunch one day. I was not impressed.
> I had opted for the healthier option, mahi mahi. I was served a plate
> with a huge mound of rice and a huge mound of macaroni salad and a tiny
> piece of fish that was sitting on a bed of greens that were rotten.
> Literally rotten. A couple of the leaves were dark, slimy and smelly.
>
> When I saw people praising it on FaceBook I posted my experience and the
> owner got all snotty, claiming that mahi mahi is very expensive and he
> tries to keep the price down by serving only 4 oz. BS, my serving was
> more like an ounce.
>
> I had not planned to go back, but a few months later my wife had retinal
> surgery and my son came by and he picked up fish and chips for us at
> that place. The fish and chips was fine, as good as I would expect from
> take out fish and chips, since they inevitably get soggy in the take out
> container. As good as they were, they weren't Hawaiian fare.
>
> I am wishing luck to the English pub that moved into that location, but
> I have not been to it. The prices are pretty steep. AS friend said that
> their fish and chips are pretty good, but they are about $8 more than
> the same dish at other local places.
Mahimahi used to be the king of fishes back in the old days. These days, it's more like the clown prince of fish. It's sad to think of Hawaii without mahimahi. Here's a $10 plate of mahimahi that I got last week. That's the breaks. My recommendation is that you never order mahimahi again because you're sure to be disappointed.
https://www.amazon.com/photos/shared...jEJflfWnqCl9eR