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Closing in on Two Years in Hawaii

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Kalo has really become one of my favorites here on Oahu. Plus it’s only a half a. Lock from our apartment. I had the Hawaiian BBQ Chicken and my wife had the Curry Kona Lobster. We had the Short Rib for an appetizer and the Corn and Mushrooms as two sides. Plus Garlic and Pork Noodles. Desert was the Truffle Heart. We even got the Kamaaina discount. Ask for Phoebe, she was an excellent server.
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Pretty fancy eats! :D

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Kalo has really become one of my favorites here on Oahu. Plus it’s only a half a. Lock from our apartment. I had the Hawaiian BBQ Chicken and my wife had the Curry Kona Lobster. We had the Short Rib for an appetizer and the Corn and Mushrooms as two sides. Plus Garlic and Pork Noodles. Desert was the Truffle Heart. We even got the Kamaaina discount. Ask for Phoebe, she was an excellent server.
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Oh Kalo's is a Chef Chai Resturant. We have had his food many times before. His prices are expensive but restaurants in Waikiki are expensive. He had a place in the Aloha Tower Complex years ago that we went to a number of times. They had good fish with great happy hour pricing. When that closed he opened a place near Blaisdale Concert Hall on Kapiolani. He also was the guest chef for Hawaiian Airlines for a time and we had his food coming and going from New York to Honolulu. We had a friend that was a server at his restaurants at one time.
 

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Oh Kalo's is a Chef Chai Resturant. We have had his food many times before. His prices are expensive but restaurants in Waikiki are expensive. He had a place in the Aloha Tower Complex years ago that we went to a number of times. They had good fish with great happy hour pricing. When that closed he opened a place near Blaisdale Concert Hall on Kapiolani. He also was the guest chef for Hawaiian Airlines for a time and we had his food coming and going from New York to Honolulu. We had a friend that was a server at his restaurants at one time.

Yes, he came out the first time we were there and asked how we liked the food. The sign in the window says they are going through a soft opening. The first time we went I think it was only open for a day or two. I have to drive by it on my way home everyday and they seem to be doing well.

Too expensive to eat at too often but like you said Waikiki is expensive so we can go once In a while. They are opening for breakfast on or around July 1st so we will try that too.
 

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Cool colors in the sky again tonight.
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My birthday is coming up, mine is close to Fathers Day and my wife’s is close to Mother’s Day. Anyway, I got some gift certificates from the kids so we went to Jolene’s for lunch today.

We had a busy day running around and after my wife got some blood drawn we stopped over there. It’s pretty crowded everywhere today. Waikiki Beach was busy too. Even the SafeWay was really busy.

I had the Lobster Roll with Tomato Bisque and my wife had the Lobster Fries. Then we had the Tropic Thunder Baked Alaska. All were excellent of course.

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A friend at work took me out for lunch yesterday. Her always takes me to some great places. He took me to Kahana Mall and we went to Goma Tei Ramen. I haven’t had Ramen in a while and this one was excellent and had just the right amount of spice.

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We were out doing observations and we stopped at Ala Moana too. The. I came home to a really nice sky with great colors.
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There were even some paddlers practicing in the Ala Wai Canal when I got home.
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I forgot, I even got a picture of the new train making a practice run.

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Keeping up with this thread and the Hawaii forum in general because I don't know when we'll return, since while waiting for the testing requirements to go away we booked our travel calendar full through next April - but I love the reports and the photos!
 

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Keeping up with this thread and the Hawaii forum in general because I don't know when we'll return, since while waiting for the testing requirements to go away we booked our travel calendar full through next April - but I love the reports and the photos!

Mahalo
When this gets too long or a different topic comes up I start a new thread. I try to get some pictures when I’m out and about but forget sometimes.
 

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Yes, he came out the first time we were there and asked how we liked the food. The sign in the window says they are going through a soft opening. The first time we went I think it was only open for a day or two. I have to drive by it on my way home everyday and they seem to be doing well.

Too expensive to eat at too often but like you said Waikiki is expensive so we can go once In a while. They are opening for breakfast on or around July 1st so we will try that too.
Pam and I passed our COVID test this afternoon (not a good test to fail :oops:)… heading over Tuesday. We’re going to try and check Kalo out. Seems to be walking distance for us. How are they for lunch?
 

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Pam and I passed our COVID test this afternoon (not a good test to fail :oops:)… heading over Tuesday. We’re going to try and check Kalo out. Seems to be walking distance for us. How are they for lunch?

I believe they are still listed as doing a soft open and don’t open until 4:30pm. They are supposed to start breakfast in July but they said they are still working on the menu and getting staff. That could be the issue with lunch too.
 

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I believe they are still listed as doing a soft open and don’t open until 4:30pm. They are supposed to start breakfast in July but they said they are still working on the menu and getting staff. That could be the issue with lunch too.
Well, we have a couple of evenings not committed. Otherwise, next time. I‘m back later in July.
 

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A friend at work took me out for lunch yesterday. Her always takes me to some great places. He took me to Kahana Mall and we went to Goma Tei Ramen. I haven’t had Ramen in a while and this one was excellent and had just the right amount of spice.

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There were even some paddlers practicing in the Ala Wai Canal when I got home.
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I forgot, I even got a picture of the new train making a practice run.

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Thanks for photo of train.
I had started to think it was a figment of my imagination.
 
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