Holoholo Grill is a genuinely solid food offering located in the Paradise Palms food court…read more Holoholo Grill is sort of split up into roughly three sections, with a ramen bar, a musubi section, and the main cashier section where you can purchase their main entree bentos as well as cafe drinks. In the morning you will find their usual breakfast options (including musubi) in their main section, although I think around 10 or 10:30 is when they start to put out their lunch items and move their musubi to the musubi section. I am always impressed at the options they put out. There are certain staples like their breakfast items and musubis, as well as select lunch bento, such as the loco moco and garlic chicken, but then they switch up the menu every day; one time I got pork belly in a Chinese bun-style slider. I am always excited to try their hot food items. I also like to pick up dessert when it's seemingly rare and unusual, like their tiramisus. Over on the musubi section, if they are selling butter mochi, I find it very hard to resist. Also, if I need to stretch my budget, I have found the musubis to be both (relatively) cheap and filling. Holoholo is my go-to for lunch (I love the Garlic Chicken, Miso Garlic Chicken, Lechon Kawali, Pork Adobo, Meat Jun, etc.). I especially love the local vibes of the food; I have been able to try so much Filipino food here (so much so that I've had more Filipino food in 4 months than I've had in the prior decades of my life). One word of caution is that they have often been unpredictable with how much they salt their food. I have been (salt)burned a handful of times with how unpleasantly salty a dish was. This is infrequent, but it has happened at least twice for me.

Just know that its not first come first served here. Be aware that people can go on the side and…read moretalk to Dayne's son and then walk away and then come back and go straight to the front and put their order in. The workers won't say anything even if they watched you sit there even before they opened. If Esther or Dayne have questions they know who i am and i'll say the same thing to their face.

Checked out the farmers market today and was not totally impressed with the food selections and/or…read morepricing. Decided on this place because the food on display looked good and not going to lie but pricing is attractive. Got a roast pork plate and a braised beef. Pork looked good but little surprised when the pork was more like kalua pork with mushroom gravy. Little bit of a weird combo in flavors. The braised beef was a little on the bland side. Beef itself had a dry texture like they pressure cooked and didn't slow release. Potato was cooked well but did not absorb much flavor from braised sauce. I would go back and try their other items because they smelt and looked good

Really good authentic Filipino food. The dishes are already in hot pans ready to serve. Sometimes…read morethey rotate options like chicken adobo versus pork adobo. My only critique is the pancit doesn't really have any flavor and the worker said their adobo fried rice is amazing, but it turns out they don't even sell adobo fried rice.

Back to my old stomping grounds. I grew up a couple of miles away and wanna say this place is where…read moreSlow Poke was way back in the day. Yelped it and since mixed reviews, decided to see for ourself Rice was jasmine? Not my fave but baby liked it. Hubs got the diniguan only plate. He said was #2 fave on island. Just enough blood...I don't know what that means since I don't eat it. He said pretty meaty and not just junk pieces of meat. Baby liked it too. I had lechon and guisantes. Lechon pretty good. Baby liked the tomato/onion more than the lechon. Not super fatty but enough I had to pick it apart. Guisantes was good. Little more tart than I've ever had it. Pork lumpia was nice and crunchy. The flavor was good...didn't need sauce. Super tasty by itself. I think it may have been why I burped garlic all day. Baby and hubs liked banana lumpia. He said crispy and not too sweet. Baby loved the calamari honey juice...it wasn't too sour or sweet. Was good. Everyone was nice. I think we will be back...

So happy they were open on a holiday. Needed my morning coffee fix and the sun was already heating…read moreup the day. Convenient location, fast and friendly service, and tasty iced white mocha latte. Will be back to try the banh mi and other food items.

Refreshing beverage in Downtown Honolulu, Hawaii…read more.. Teapresso is a known name with over 15 locations on O'ahu, including Kaneohe, Ala Moana, Wahiawa, Mililani, and Waipahu. This Teapresso Express is a cozy shop at Bishop Square. They featured some grab-and-go meals that are convenient for people who work in the area. There's outside shared seating areas around Bishop Square. I ordered a Peach Cantaloupe iced tea which was nicely fruity and pleasantly delicious! It was a fun pick-me-up on a warm summer day!

The place is really clean, the service is amazing, they fast and the food are ono! They have best…read moreilocos longanisa cook juicy and very tasty, or uncook, I love the Ilocos Empanada, crispy wrapper and the bagnet, Chi-charon the best.

I follow their instagram page and have been wanting to try this place, so my husband and I decided…read moreto swing by since we were in the area. The workers were friendly and welcoming, but the food itself did not fully meet our expectations based on what we had seen on their Instagram. Because of this inconsistency, we would describe our visit as a mixed experience. We may consider returning in the future to see if it was simply an off day.

A friend told me to buy those Butter/Jelly and Chocolate/Peanut Butter snap packs from Japan that…read moreare all the rage at Marukai and use them on fresh made and hot Andagi. I bought some and immediately put them on some piping hot Aloha Andagi. BUTTER ON ANDAGI IS LOVELY! It was seriously good. Note: Butter/Jelly on the Okinawan Sweet Potato Andagi was not so good. Use them on the regular Andagi.

I stopped by Marukai, and had to try Aloha Andagi. It had original flavored, and strawberry…read moreflavor. It was delicious, and good. Of course, anything deep fried is delicious. The service was quick, no lines, and was located outside of the right side of the main door. Highly recommend it, will come again.

Why yes, yes I'm a fan again!! Went again tonight and while I was passing by about to be…read moredisappointed again I noticed a sign that made my heart jump for joy. STACY'S LAU LAU HAS LAU LAU AGAIN!! They had plates with either pork, turkey tail or chicken available for sale. I am definitively a fan of the chicken lau lau. Don't know if it was by mistake or not, but I swear my lau lau was super bombucha with 2, count them 2 pieces of chicken inside. The chicken was nicely cooked, so moist and juicy falling off the bone goodness. Hope they continue to offer it at the future farmer's markets. Date Visited: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 #Yelp 365 045/365

Wow lau lau! I've…read morebeen wanting to try Stacy's lau laus for a while now, but she wasn't selling if for a while now at the Kailua Farmers Market. I read somewhere that she had stopped making it because she was so busy with her other job. Tonight she had everything, pastele stew, guava chicken, chicken lau lau, turkey tail lau lau, and some other dishes. I like that Stacy give you a choice of brown or white rice and mac or salad greens. My husband got the chicken lau lau with brown rice and mac salad ($9.00). I wanted Stacy's famous pork lau lau, but they had already run out of it. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/_jZl9uu6eialCkZ5UBd72w?select=lTuijgYLEsXNxMposyTBCg I got the pastele stew.......it had so much flavor, and she puts a lot of black olives in it. The portions are generous for $9.00. I can make 2 meals out of it. I love leftovers. (Not having to cook is a plus!) http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/_jZl9uu6eialCkZ5UBd72w?select=O54uQt3S3RGu8OttnKCw4g They had already run out of the pasteles. Stacy said they only bring it when the Teixeiras don't have their stand set up, but said if I called ahead they'd bring some to the market and save it for me. (same with the lau lau). I've tried their guava chicken before, but if I had to make a choice I'd rather have the pastele stew or lau lau. They do catering, and also do different farmers markets: Mililani Farmers Market Merchant St. Market Cook St. Market Ward Farmers' Market and The First Insurance Building Lots of options and locations! Yelp 365 Challenge: #25/365

Finally got the chance to try them at What the Truvc Waikele. The food was as good as I imagined…read moreit would be. Got the combo of sausage and LFC. 2 sausages, 4 chicken wings, salad and rice. Wow, so much food. Service was quick and so friendly. Asked if we had any question as soon as we walked up. Will definitely try again if they are on the west side.

got the banana bread hojicha. fantastic quality and pretty hefty! shmall kine expensive so not an…read moreeveryday kind of thing i fear