Chinese food

[i-hungry]

Re: Chinese food

Probably my fault for starting from the middle of the thread but I'm was getting confused with the references to "mainland" Chinese food. I thought this was about food from mainland China and not North America.

[Hurricane350]

Re: Chinese food

Oh wait, you wanted MAINLAND style "Chinese" food. Never mind.
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Sorry I offended you.

[Vanguard]

Re: Chinese food

Is Lung Fung in Niu Valley still around?

That's quite decent, IMO.

[craigwatanabe]

Re: Chinese food

When I was in Mountain Home Idaho back in the early 80's a Chinese Restaurant opened up called The Great Wall. Eager for some ethnic food in a place where Taco Joe's was about as ethnic as it got, me and my local buddies from Hawaii checked it out.

Basically canned "Chinese" food you could buy at any Safeway that really wasn't Chinese at all but something that was supposed to resemble chinese food. I asked for chow mein and they gave me chop suey. I told them Chop Suey isn't even Chinese, it was invented in America!

But the real insult to us was when we walked in with our Scott Slippers and they told us we couldn't come in with shower clogs. I told them, "hey let's not get racist here" and that I would never EVER take a shower with these slippers, pointing to my expensive Scott Slippers.

What a disappointment.

But you want good chinese food, check out Tony Chang's Road Runner columns. He knows his chinese food.

[Kaukura]

Re: Chinese food

Thanks for the suggestions Lei Liko and MadAzza.. I will have to try those.

[Pomai]

Re: Chinese food

One of my blog users just mentioned that Libby Manapua Shop in Kalihi will ship out their stuff via mail order through USPS 1-2 day service. Albeit expensive compared to picking it up in person. Still, this might be valuable info' for folks off island craving that local style Manapua, pork hash, half moon and rice cake fix.

You can call them, make your order, pay by credit card and they'll send it out frozen in a styrofoam shipping container.

They also mentioned Libby's has an extended parking lot across the street now, so no need cram into that "manini" lot behind the building.

Libby's is still my favorite of all the manapua shops on Oahu. I should propose a website design to the owner. They NEED one.


Manapua, Pork Hash, Half Moon and Rice Cake, with shoyu and Coleman's mustard dipping sauce.


Ahh, that famous pink box!

Libby Manapua Shop
410 Kalihi St., Honolulu, HI
(808)841-2253

MENU (all take-out, this is current)
Charsiu pork manapua - 95¢
Blacksugar manapua - 90¢
Chicken manapua - $1.00
Porkhash - 45¢
Halfmoon - 45¢
Pepeyau - 45¢
Rice cake (white or brown layered) - 45¢
Cookies (almond or tea) - 50¢
Coconut custard mochi - 75¢
Coconut custard mochi w/ chocolate chips - 80¢
Spring rolls (vegetarian) - 65¢
Spring rolls (shrimp paste w/curry sauce) - 60¢
Pot Stickers - 55¢
Pillows (like a turnover or pocket) - $1.20
-Azuki bean, chicken curry, chicken teriyaki, sesame chicken, hamburger curry, pizza or bbq hamburger
Chow fun, large (quart size) - $3.90
Chow fun, small (pint size) - $2.85
Gon lau mein, large (quart size) - $4.00
- small (pint size) - $2.90

[cynsaligia]

Re: Chinese food

One of my blog users just mentioned that Libby Manapua Shop in Kalihi will ship out their stuff via mail order through USPS 1-2 day service. Albeit expensive compared to picking it up in person. Still, this might be valuable info' for folks off island craving that local style Manapua, pork hash, half moon and rice cake fix.

You can call them, make your order, pay by credit card and they'll send it out frozen in a styrofoam shipping container.

They also mentioned Libby's has an extended parking lot across the street now, so no need cram into that "manini" lot behind the building.

Libby's is still my favorite of all the manapua shops on Oahu. I should propose a website design to the owner. They NEED one.

*drool*

i have many fond memories of libby's from small kid time, but one of my favorites was about ten years ago. i bit into a char siu pork manapua...hmm. all bread. bit again. still all bread. i bit several more times, and i got more than halfway thru tha buggah, and only then did i get a bite of that wondrous almost fuschia porky stuff.

my snacking partner laughed. "wow...what happened there?" he asked.

i shrugged. "manapua man in training, maybe."

my snacking partner almost choked on his pork hash, he started laughing so hard. i didn't think what i said was all that funny, but the look of distress and panic on his face was priceless. thank goodness he didn't literally choke, otherwise...this wouldn't be such a fond libby's manapua memory.

[Walkoff Balk]

14 Of The Unhealthiest Dishes At Your Favorite Chinese Restaurant (yahoo.com)Ch

Those Chinese dishes are mostly at Panda Express.

[Walkoff Balk]

The Secret To Chinese Restaurant-Style Green Beans Is In The Sauce (yahoo.com)

You made green beans actually tasty.

[Walkoff Balk]

Man accused of attacking Panda Express workers over the quality of his food (hawaiinewsnow.com)

Panda Express isn't real Chinese food. He even got mad when the food was free.