This is my suicidal attempt at making a chocolate meringue cake from scratch. I ended up having a thick totally lacking in flack cake topped with a not very puffy meringue.
Used this recipe http://www.joyofbaking.com/ChocolateMeringueCake.html

Here in Hilo, HI it is rare to find a gem of an item at a restaurant Most foods are on the average sub-par to disgusting. You learn  to put up with these bad foods, because you really have no options. Well there are the exceptions. One such exception is the AMAZING Mint Tea at Garden Snack Club.

This tea is delicious it is super tasty. The contents of this tea are mint, lime and honey. It comes out tasting like a not too sour or sweet mint limeade. Mmmm delicious. It accents the spicy Thai food offered by the fabulous Chef Tina.

Speaking of Tina, this lady is a wonderful person. She raised her several daughters on her own, and raised money via this restaurant  to bring her daughters over from Tailand to live with her in Hilo. Her dishes are HUGE and I recommend sharing them with a friend.

Price: $3.00
Price I would pay: $4.50
Taste 5/5
Originality  5/5
Best parred with: Something spicy and Thai!

Garden Snack Club
82 Kilauea Ave
Hilo, HI 96720

Located deep in the heart of downtown Hilo, Hawaii is an often unnoticed little sushi bar. Passerbyers are confronted with a cute little Princess Kitty and a list of sushi. Open only a few hours a week, this little hole is a hidden jewel of Japanese cuisine. What will you find at Hime sushi? SUSHI. A sign on the door even mentions that no Tempura, Noodles or anything of that like is available inside. As one walks in the door, one is greeted by the sweet Japanese neko(cat) lady owner, and her sushi chef behind a tiny counter. The walls are decorated with many a cat and there are three small tables and a little bar to sit at. The prices are well worth your bet. With drinks at only a dollar a pop and sushi ranging from 2.50-12 dollars a roll.

The exterior of Hime Sushi. Located at 14 Furneaux Ln., Hilo, HI 96720.

Orange Sherbet Hand roll: $5.75
This equisite hand roll is wrapped in a yellow tofu skin, and contains spicy and creamy sauce with scallops and rice.
The color is that of orange sherbet, thus the name I suppose and feels like a walk through a warm sunny day in Hilo as you eat it.

Iced Tea: $1.00
I personally try the ice tea at every place I go, and Hime Sushi's ice tea was perfect. Not over brewed or under brewed. It  has the classical flavor of ice tea but did not taste like Liptons. All you can drink for 1 dollar did not bring me negative feelings either. The round ice was very unique and made the tea feel more smooth.

Volcano Roll: $11.25(12.00 w/ fish eggs)
This item called  a volcano roll, was one of the specials. It was composed of a California roll, topped with scallops and a Dynamite sauce. The fish eggs I added for an extra $75 cents.
This roll reminded me greatly of the Yanagi's sushi in my hometowns "Dynamite Roll" it is a bit less complicated but has the same idea. At 11.25 it was one of the most expensive items on the menu but still very delicious and worth the price. The layout that came with it was a bit western, but still quite lovely. For a Dynamite roll and it's price I give this item a 3/5 but if I had nothing to compare it to I would give it a solid 4.5.

Overall I give Hime Sushi a 4.3/5 stars. The prices are a bit higher than ocean sushi, but it makes up for that in taste and atmosphere. So if you are looking for a new sushi experience on the big island of Hawaii give this tiny bar a chance.

Today is an experiment in Green Curry.

Ingredients used:
1 can coconut milk
10 tsps(50 gram) green curry paste
2 cups of random veggies from my fridge
I used:
Bamboo Sprouts
Carrot
Potato
Green Onion
Cauliflower
Zucchini
op. 1 cup meat or Tofu
1 cup of water

In a wok or large pot, mix half the cocanut milk with curry paste, until there are no longer chunks of paste, then add the rest of the cocanut milk. The next option is meat:I personally am not planning on adding any, but make sure you sear off any meat you are going to add before you add it. All meat and veggies should be added once the broth is boiling, along with a cup of water or so(less for thicker curry, more for thinner curry). Leave boiling until all your veggies have softened. Make sure not to add Tofu(if not using meat) until near the end, so you don't end up with Tofu soup. To Serve over/with Jasmine rice!

This recipe is really easy and good for your average day cook with little bits of random veggies leftover in the fridge.

WARNING: This curry is very spicy, use half the amount of paste for a milder curry(I sure wish I had!)