Vietnamese

Pho Bistro 2! Perfection

My wife Phuong and I are always on the lookout for a good bowl of Pho.  Our favorite is Bac Nam but I believe we found a new contender for our favorite, and its name is Pho Bistro 2! 
They’re located on Kalakaua Avenue (actually more off of Fern Street, more on this later) just Mauka of [...]


Panya, so fun ya? Okay that doesn’t even rhyme worth a dime.

My wife Ingrid’s Uncle and Aunt are in town visiting for a couple of weeks and they along with Ingrid’s mom had decided to go to First Friday in downtown to check out the art scene.  They got there around 5:30pm but Ingrid and I decided to meet up with them at bit later.  That’s how it was [...]


Pho Mai

It was a Friday night and my wife Wanda and I were on our way to see “The Curious Tale of Benjamin Button”, but we only had 35 minutes before the movie started!  We didn’t want to settle for theater food and we didn’t want fast food so we were in a bit of a dilemma.  As [...]


Bac Nam – un-pho-gettable

I’ve been meaning to write up a review of Bac Nam for some time now.  HHH_69 first introduced me to Bac Nam maybe around a year ago and I’m very thankful he did!
I’m always on the quest for the best pho I can find, and have tried tons of pho places in Hawaii as well [...]


Pho Viet Thai

Our good friend and possible future contributor to Hawaii Eats was on our side of the island so it was a perfect reason to go out to get some food on a Wednesday night.  Going out to eat sure beats eating leftover chicken enchiladas from Costco (although the enchiladas were muy fabuloso, especially with a ripe [...]