Blazin Steaks Atkinson

Good friend Mano Nguyen hooked me up with Keone Gaspar, new owner of Blazin Steaks Atkinson. Keone is a McKinley High School graduate and super, super nice guy, always hard at work Monday through Saturday 7 a.m to 9 p.m. and on Sundays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you're ever in the neighborhood, or even if you're not, go say hi to Keone and check out his awesome grinds.

Here's one of his newest items Steak Baked Potato, so new Keone wasn't sure of the price . . . "$4.75, no, no, make it $4.50". You better go now while it's still $4.50! Hahaha. Doesn't that look so ono???!!!

Here's Keone. He reminds me of some actor . . . dunno the name. He's buff too so no mess around with him.

Regular Steak Plate - $6.50.

Mini Chicken Plate - $4.95.

Opakapaka - $6.00. Keone usually puts a sauce on the opakapaka, but I wanted to show you this picture. It was so moist and tender that when I tried to move it for a better angle it kinda busted up on me.

Here's the opakapaka with sauce.

Steak and Eggs - $8.00.

Veggie Omelet - $6.00. Didn't expect this didja?? This was actually the breakfast of a regular customer who let me take this picture. Must be ono yah.

OMGAWWWWD, this was soooo ono. This was my lunch (for you guys who are watching MY diet, I ate half). It's a Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger Deluxe - $7.50. It comes with garlic fries and I swear Keone must've fried the onions or the buns in butter or something, because it was totally EVIL!

Hoooo hooooo - Kim Chee Steak - $8.50.

Chili Plate - $6.00.

This is the Large Steak Plate - $10.50.

And for you carnivores, a close up.

Large Korean Barbeque Chicken - $10.00.

I wanted to show you this salad. It was da bomb. Li Hing Pineapple Vinaigrette Dressing - das why!! Keone has an executive chef working for him, so you know his food is a cut above the rest.

Did you notice? Brownies with PEANUT BUTTER!!!

Sorry, if I might have gotten some of the prices wrong. This is what I took my notes (and wiped my fingers) on.

Preparing for Oscar Night

Tonight was the Second Annual Oscar Night Party celebration thrown by some of the gals from my working place. How fun is dat yah!!! I am soooo not one to get all gussied up, but I ended up with paparazzi duty when Leslie realized she couldn't make it to the party. It was a total blast. I loved photographing my coworkers in all their finery.

Tonight's pictures are just a prelude to the red-carpet shots that I'll post in a day or two. No more time to go through them tonight. Stay tuned . . . you might even see yours truly on the red carpet!!

Nat and Luta

Coworker Nat is leaving us. She and her husband Luta are going back home to Florida. Working with Nat has been such a joy all these past years. Her sweet, caring nature is unsurpassed. I'm soooo gonna miss her. We're all gonna miss her. Waaaaahhhh.

I got to take Nat and Luta's pictures today at Ala Moana Park. Great memories for me to keep f-o-r-e-v-e-r. Thanks guys for agreeing to meet with me. I'm so, so grateful. Waaaaah.

Skin Gun

Didi sent me this link. It's about this new medical technology to treat burns. It's amazing. I at first embedded the video, but the image displayed was second degree burnt skin. Ewwwwwww. So I quickly removed it and now am only providing a link. Don't watch if you no like see burnt skin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXO_ApjKPaI

Karaage Chicken

Actually this is leftover next day Karaage Chicken that Wendell had made the day before. I loooved it. He got the recipe from NHK World.



After I looked at the recipe I had to ask Wendell to explain it to me 'cause I thought it was vague. He didn't think it was vague at all.

You marinate the chicken in a ginger soy sauce mixture for about 10 minutes. Then you dunk in a SEPARATE egg/flour/potato starch mixture before frying. You don't add the egg, flour and potato starch into the same bowl with the chicken like I thought it was saying.

Karen

Coworker Karen is extremely camera shy. So I was pretty surprised when she agreed to pose for me for a calendar that I'm trying to put together for my working place.




I've always loved Karen's eyes, and I told her that I would try to focus on them.




We were downstairs of my office building with Karen sitting above some plants. The leaves reflected a greenish glow onto her face . . .




and for the briefest of moments Karen thought of her mom who had recently passed away. Her eyes glistened, and I knew I had my shot.

Shanon and Brandon

Shanon and Brandon are getting married on 11/11/11!! So special yeah! We met this past Sunday at Kakaako Park for their engagement shoot. Thick clouds covered up any hope of a beautiful sunset, but I was thankful that at least it didn't rain. Thanks Shanon and Brandon! I had a great time. Maybe we can try again on another day for our sunset shot.