Chan and I’s yearly pilgrimage to Kaneohe to lay flowers for my mother’s memorial day. I appreciate Chan taking time off to come out with me, it’s a nice chill day. We headed to Koolau Times for flowers and I kept looking at the DMV in that lot and remarking how I’ve never seen a more empty DMV. Chan remarked that he’s actually due to renew his driver’s license so on a whim, we decided to go inside and check it out with no appointment. Let me tell you, it was a breeze. The worker warned that anyone who had an appointment would be taken in front of Chan and we said that was fine. Chan was pau with his renewal within like 30 minutes and this was without an appointment. That was crazy awesome!
Anyway, I’ve been wanting to try Local Boy Sushi for a while now and were both STARVING by the time we were pau with the Kaneohe visit and some errands. We were the only customers there at first and then a whole bunch of folks came after! They make the order fresh so be prepared to wait for a bit since it’s a small operation. All in all, I’m glad to have tried it but think I won’t go again. The sushi was alright, nothing special.
Salmon Pack | $17.00
5 pc salmon nigiri, 5 pc smoked salmon
I was craving some salmon this day and this hit the spot. My favorite was the fresh salmon nigiri. The smoked salmon sushi is like…tuna-fied smoked salmon. How do I explain that? Like a salmon dip mixed with corn on top of a sushi. Was a bit odd but also good?
Lava Roll | $14.00
shrimp tempura with avocado, spicy ahi, sweet chili, unagi sauce, green onions
Another good roll! Can’t lose with shrimp tempura smothered with spicy ahi. It was good!
Spicy Pack | $16.00
10 pc spicy ahi
I am a fiend for spicy ahi or spicy tuna. They do it pretty good, nothing special though. I used to love the genki sushi spicy tuna – I haven’t been there long time so I can’t comment on if it is good anymore. I think they drizzled unagi sauce on this too – not sure if that’s needed.
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Kaneohe! When I was younger it used to be a breeze going there. Nowadays I don’t drive much but the other day I had to meet up with a friend who lived there. It was harrowing because I discovered that I had a small table on the roof of my car that was sort of contained because of side racks but it was making a lot of noise so I pulled over on the side of the H1 freeway to remove it. SO scary because of the cars whizzing by. And going through the tunnel was visual psychedelics – especially in my still frazzled state. Phew! It was the first time that I felt so paranoid and getting to Kaneohe town was such a relief. Going home was much better.
What I wish I did while I was there was get an order of Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings from the New Muh Kwai (sp?) restaurant on the main drag. But I just wanted to go home so I did.
what a day! the sushi sounded ono and glad chan’s dmv visit wasn’t painful.