Waimana Eggs

One of my sisters has a bunch of friends from Japan. One of them gave her a carton of Waimana TKG eggs and said that it's the only eggs she will buy. The Japanese writing on the top of the carton says, "Japanese growers create safe and secure egg production." Intrigued, I looked up "Waimana TKG". I think the TKG stands for Tamago Kake Gohan, probably implying that the eggs are safe enough to eat raw over rice. Their farm-direct store is located in Waimanalo. You can check the site out for yourself here. 

You can also find the eggs at Don Q, Nijiya and Marukai. I bought mine at Marukai. It was expensive . . . $6.99/dozen . . . yet there were only three cartons left. The price list on the website says that you can get a dozen Large (B grade) at the Waimanalo store for $3.80/dozen. 



The eggs were hard to crack . . . the shells and membrane were so thick. The yolks were not quite as orange as I had expected, but boy were they firm. 


I transferred the egg into a flatter dish so that you can see the height. Impressive, yah.


I made some tamagoyaki and it was ono, but I can't really say that they were $6.99/dozen extra-delicious.  Maybe I'll take a drive to Waimanalo and check out what their $3.80/dozen B-grade eggs are like. 

Ono Sushi & Barbeque

I went to Creations By You yesterday to pick up some Swarovski crystal beads to make that Hello Kitty charm that I told you about. They were on sale so were cheaper than usual, but I still ended up spending $$$$.



Right next door is Ono Sushi & Barbeque. I picked up some lunch while I was there. 


All of these bentos are $5.99 each. They're made only Monday through Friday.


I didn't get any sushi. Maybe next time. 




I got the below instead. Wendell ate this.


This was mine. It was good.


This was cold by the time I tried it so it was only okay. 


This too was cold and skin chewy, but I liked the filling.

Kuhn Rikon Can Opener

Some of you may know that my favorite potato peeler is made by Kuhn Rikon. 

I also like this Kuhn Rikon can opener that I got at the swap meet.



It slices through the can sideways like this . . . 


and is a "safety" can opener where it leaves no sharp edges.


You can use the sliced-off top as a cover.


The best, best thing about this particular can opener is that I got it for ONE DOLLAH. So lucky, yah.

Landon's Honey Sesame Drumettes

Landon made this sometime last week and it was so, so good! Luckily, he was able to provide me with a recipe . . . well, sort of a recipe.



1. Rinse and pat dry the chicken drumettes. 
2. Deep fry.
3. Sprinkle with garlic powder, shichimi, salt, pepper and sesame seeds.
4. Lightly coat with honey and little bit chili pepper.

Miss K

Here is Miss K behind a screen door, taken sometime last year.

Hello Kitty Charm - Part 2

I did it!  It was small-kine hard, but little by little it all came together. 



She's so cute!


She's tiny . . . only about 1-inch square. I'm planning to make one with Swarovski crystal beads and have a giveaway. Stay tuned!

Another Watch

Landon found this watch about 10 years ago while spearfishing. He said that he saw it shining at the bottom of about 20 feet of water.  Lan said that he was thinking "Rolex Rolex" so he was small-kine disappointed when it wasn't. Amazingly, it still worked, but he didn't really care for the faded red/blue dial so he never used it.



Wendell somehow noticed the watch a few weeks ago. He liked how it looked so he had a new battery put in. Wendell said that he likes the smooth operation. It's now his favorite everyday watch.  

Hello Kitty Charm

A few years ago as I was waiting in line at the post office I noticed that the lady in front of me had the cutest ever Hello Kitty Swarovski crystal charm attached to her purse. I asked her where she had gotten it from and she said that her friend had made it. As soon as I got home I searched online but never found it. 

I found this last weekend at the swap meet. It was $1. It looks like a bigger version of the one that I saw on the lady's purse. 



I'm gonna try and see if I can use it as a guide and make smaller ones. I might've found instructions here.  Looks similar anyway. 

I got these plastic beads to practice with, and if it works out maybe I'll try with the real-kine Swarovski beads.  Wish me luck!!

Yakiniku Lettuce Wrap

Yakiniku meat is on sale at Marukai this week so I bought some yesterday for our dinner. Landon asked me to also pick up some butter lettuce so that we could do wraps.



I also got a bunch of sauces to flavor our wraps. I got this one in the bargain section for 99 cents. It's a bit onion-y and very delicious.


This one is a miso paste that's a bit spicy. 


This is a sesame sauce for shabu shabu. 


Landon also made a salt/sesame oil sauce that's actually my favorite, but they were all good.

Faith Hope Love

I don't wear jewelry too often, but I did buy this faith, hope, love bracelet back in December.  I've had the other bracelets for awhile. The top one is tourmaline, middle one is aquamarine and the bottom one is tanzanite.