Lunch Up North

This is another activity that will never get old - eating at Kua Aina -

I love this food!!!  Mission accomplished!

Big Surf on Saturday January 13th, 2018

I took the kids up to see the big surf breaking on the North Shore this past Saturday.  I opted to take them over to Mokuleia Beach Park (google maps showed Kamehameha Highway pretty much at a standstill above Haleiwa).

And since we were up there, we hit the best burger shop in the universe - Kua Aina.

Earlier in the day we woke up to an emergency broadcast message on our phones saying there was an inbound ballistic missile, that we should take cover and the message wasn't a drill.  Nothing a Kua Aina burger can't fix!!!

Sad Day - Aloha Kua Aina Kapolei

One of our favorite sandwich shops is closing today.

We enjoyed our last burgers and fries here - we loved going to this location because it was way closer than the Haleiwa one, and because it was rarely crowded (unlike the Haleiwa shop which is always crowded).

We'll miss this shop!!!  Here is a picture of the original shop up in Haleiwa - this place was closed after a fire several years back - but they reopened in a new building down the road.  I'm glad that that location isn't likely to close down anytime during this century (way too many tourists emptying their pockets there).  But I lament that the Honolulu and now the Kapolei shops didn't have the local community support to keep them viable.

Yummy Yummy!!!

Kua Aina in Haleiwa - oh so yummy!!! The best after surf dining ever!!! You want this sandwich???? You can have this sandwich!!!!! Ahhh -Ahhhh - AHhhh - Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Nom-nom-nom-nom....

Late Post - Our Favorite Sandwich Shop

Dinner this past Saturday at Kua Aina Kapolei! SOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOODDDD!!!!

Saturday North Shore Pictures

I downloaded the pictures from my phone a hair behind the GoPro, so this is slightly out of chronological order (in case your OCD is as bad as mine). We made a run up through a new to us road (Kunia Rd) to get some errands done - with the goal of snorkeling Sharks Cove again. Unfortunately the swell was big enough to break over the rocks that normally protect this spot and the overflow was flushing through the pools with a strong current - no snorkeling this day. So we went back into Haleiwa town and hit the spots that are normally closed when we regularly come through after a day of playing in the water. We tried Matsumoto's - Then we browsed through the galleries and surfshops. And to finish off the day, we enjoyed Kua Aina sandwiches!!! I can never get tired of these things!!!

Other Photos From Sunday

After flyfishing, I drove up to the North Shore to meet up with some old family friends - the Fosters! I first met them when I arrived on Oahu for the first time back over 21 years ago. And for old times sake, we met for lunch at Kua Aina up in Haleiwa! I had only been through Wailua since I've been back and not up all the way through Haleiwa and along the North Shore itself. Somethings like Kua Aina and Hawaii Surf and Sail (the surf shop next door to Kua Aina) haven't changed. This Dakine kids rash guard was really cool. Somethings changed radically - the parking at Lani's (Laniakea Surf Break) is way different, not sure why just yet. The traffic changed too - for the worst. I didn't bother going south, just went north on Kam Hwy and kept on going. I ended up in Kaneohe to work on the paddle again - next post.

A Little Piece of Heaven on Earth (in Honolulu)

Post-surf lunch on Sunday - 1/2 pound Avocado Burger with large fries at Kua Aina in Ward Village. This place has character and incredible food (but wait until I go to eat at the one in Haleiwa - original character and the best out of all the Kua Ainas - maybe it has the oldest, most seasoned equipment to cook the food - who knows - all I know is the food is so good up there - this place is Ni-ban). When we were stationed in Japan, we lived pretty close to this beach (Miura). And the Kua Aina we frequented was in Kamakura. Pizza La wasn't bad, but there were some really good sit-down pizza places near our house. I just like saying "Pizza La" because La would roll her pretty eyes (ironic that she isn't a big fan of pizza - and almost everywhere you looked there was a Pizza La delivery car running around). The best burger in the universe if you ask me!!!!