Valentine’s Day part I
Valentine’s came a little early. We had a number of errands to do in town on Thursday and decided to make it a day in ‘the Big Guava’–kind of like those folks who go in to ‘the City’ to spend a day shopping, dining, museuming and the like in the major metropolis’ like San Francisco or New York. Aside from welcome relief from my chiropractor our next big appointment of the day was to meet with Mr. Mori as my husband was submitting his retirement papers!!!!!!!! Yay! Hooray! Mr. Mori turns out to be a 6′3″ sandy haired Italian not the short Japanese guy we pictured. And you know, I listened to a message on the answering machine that he left the other day…and he stills sounds like your typical Japanese civil servant despite the fact that I know that not to be true. We did business, we shopped (wine at the Kaimuki Tamura’s then the polar opposite-tea at Lupicia in Ala Moana.) We then got a jump on Valentine’s Day by dining at Stage. A celebration was in order. Retirement and Valentine’s Day. My husband also presented me with the lovliest of lei, a 3 strand pikake and chose for himself a plumeria both from my favorite Lei Shop– Po’ohala Lei and Flowers. The dining experience at Stage was a treat. Delicious and Asian inovative. The service genuine and attentive. Dessert-yummynum. We started with shared crispy fried Calamari and spinach Caesar Salad then hormone free New Zealand King Salmon and organic free range Lamb Chops for the entrees. A delighful palate cleanser of homemade ice cream with a zing of chili pepper was a prelude to a sumptuously oozing bitersweet chocolate Soufle and a surprise retirement dessert from the kitchen. I am not a restaurant food critic so please check out the menu for the details. We had a delightful meal there and a day for celebration in the ‘Big Guava.’
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