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Hawaiian Restaurants - Big Island Restaurants Big Island Printer Friendly Version A Word About "Symbols and Awards" Help us preserve the Islands. Tell our advertisers you found them on Alternative-Hawaii. HAWAIIAN (see Hawaiian Food Glossary ) Hawaiian Cuisine Types Hawaii Regional Cuisine: Local food beautifully presented by professional chefs using the freshest Hawaiian ingredients. Local Kine Grinds: An ethnic mix of local-style comfort food. HAWAII REGIONAL CUISINE | LOCAL KINE GRINDS HAWAII REGIONAL CUISINE SPONSOR BAMBOO RESTAURANT Hwy 270 & Hwy 250 Hawi, HI 96719 (North Kohala District) Mailing address: P. O. Box 1463, Kapaau, HI 96755 Tel. (808) 889-5555 Fax (808) 889-6152 Email: bamrest@interpac.net Voted "Best Restaurant on the Big Island" by the Hawaii Island Journal and recipient of the prestigious Hale Aina Award in 2004. Bamboo features creative fresh island-style Hawaiian Regional Cuisine in a historic, flower filled tropical dining room. (LD $$) Photo FRIENDS HUALALAI GRILLE BY ALAN WONG Four Seasons Resort Hualalai Kaupulehu, HI 96745 (North Kona District) Tel. (808) 325-8525 Not a Grill at all! Offers the best in Hawaii Regional Cuisine - a unique blend of Eastern and Western styles using locally grown and raised ingredients, with creative new approaches to familiar dishes. (LD $$$) MERRIMAN'S 65-1227 Opelo Road Waimea, HI 96743 (South Kohala District) Tel. (88) 885-6822 Home of Hawaii Regional Cuisine by a nationally renowned chef - pursuing the best, the freshest and the most varied local ingredients. The flavors here are always fresh and pure. 2002, 2003 & 2004 Ilima Award. 2004 & 2005 Hale Aina Award. (LD $$$) MERRIMAN'S MARKET CAFE King's Shops 250 Waikoloa Beach Drive Waikoloa, HI 96738 (South Kohala District) Tel. (808) 886-1700 Famous Hawaii Regional Cuisine, with an added Mediterranean twist. (LD $$) Top LOCAL KINE GRINDS ALOHA ANGEL CAFE Aloha Theatre & Performing Arts Center 79-7384 Mamalahoa Hwy Kainaliu, HI 96750 (South Kona District) Tel. (808) 322-3383 Featured in Food and Wine, Bon Appetit, and Gourmet Magazine. An eclectic menu featuring Island ingredients. The Aloha Angel bakery prepares their pastries, cakes and cookies daily. (BLD $) BIG ISLAND GRILL 75-5702 Kuakini Hwy Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 (North Kona District) Tel. (808) 326-1153 Where the locals go when they want great food at reasonable prices. Attentive service in a family diner style atmosphere. (BLD $) BLANES DOWNTOWN 217 Waianuenue Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 969-9494 One of the Big Island's best drive inn's. Home of the famous boneless chicken. (BLD $) CAFE 100 969 Kilauea Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-8683 Originators of Loco Moco! 50 years of home-style cooking - a Hilo institution! (BLD $) DON'S GRILL 485 Hinano Street Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-9099 Rated one of the best on the Big Island for family dining. Extensive menu. House specialty - rotisseried chicken. (LD $) JACKIE REY'S OHANA GRILL Pottery Terrace Center 75-5995 Kuakini Highway Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 (North Kona District) Tel. (808) 327-0209 Part sports bar, part family restaurant. Eclectic range of cuisine. (LD $$) JIMMY'S DRIVE INN 362 Kinoole Street Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-5571 No drive-in service, despite the name. The menu is a mosaic of Korean, Hawaiian, Japanese, and American dishes - a true mixed plate! (LD $) KONA MIX PLATE 75-5660 Kopiko Street, (Kopiko Plaza) Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 (North Kona District) Tel. (808) 329-8104 Some of the best local food in Kona - mix of Japanese and Korean. (LD $) KOZMIC CONES 317 Waianuenue Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 (Downtown Hilo) Tel. (808) 935-6311 Bentos, local plate lunches, ice cream treats. (BLD $) K'S DRIVE IN 194 Hualalai Street Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-5573 Ono variety of local foods. (BLD $) KUHIO GRILL 111E Puainako (Prince Kuhio Plaza) Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 959-2336 Home of the famous one pound laulau! (BLD $) MANAGO HOTEL RESTAURANT Highway 11 Captain Cook, HI 96704 (South Kona District) Tel. (808) 323-2642 Highly rated local style food. (BLD $) NANI MAU GARDEN 421 Makalika Street Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 959-3500 Located in a floral/botanical garden. Featuring local-style regional foods. (L $$) NORI'S SAIMIN AND SNACKS 688 Kinoole Street Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-9133 Serving Hawaii's traditional noodle soup and local style nibbles. (LD $) O'S BISTRO 75-1027 Henry Street Kailua-Kona, HI 96740 (North Kona District) Tel. (808) 327-6565 Try their vegetarian pasta, saimin, or seared ahi salad. (BLD $$) RESTAURANT OSAKA 762 Kanoelehua Avenue Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 961-6699 Local style, Japanese & American family dining. (BLD $) SANDY'S DRIVE INN 79-7936 Mamalahoa Highway Kainalui, HI 96739 (South Kona District) Tel. (808) 322-2161 All the local favorites - from Loco Moco to Spam Musabi. (BLD $) SEASIDE RESTAURANT 1790 Kalanianaole Highway Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 935-8825 An 80-plus-years old local institution known for fish - there is a fishpond in their backyard. Fantastic taro bread pudding with warm haupia sauce. (D $) SUNLIGHT CAFE Hilo Shopping Center 66 Kekuanaoa Hilo, HI 96720 (Hilo District) Tel. (808) 934-8833 Combination of western and eastern food. (BLD $) SUPER J's 83-5409 Mamalahoa Highway Honaunau, HI 96704 (South Kona District) Tel. (808) 328-9566 Hawaiian food takeout - great laulau all day long. (LD $) TEX DRIVE IN Kalapana Street and Highway 19 Honokaa, HI 96727 (Hamakua Coast District) Tel. (808) 775-0598 Island's best burger and local favorites - "ono kine" food and malassadas! 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Maui Windsurfing

The Maui Windsurfing DAILY Report MWR Daily Report May 17th, 1996 Looks like there's a good puff out there. I'm writing this ahead of time cause I'm gonna get so tired I won't be able to type. tim ATTENTION: Will the blonde woman sailing uppers on Ezzy wave gear this afternoon please e-mail kent@maui.net :-) Wow! What can I say? It just doesn't get any better than this. For my sizeanything from 4.2 to 4.7 was perfect. The northeast trade winds were sosteady that sail choice was a matter of personal preference. I took my4.7 thinking that if the wind backed off a bit I would still be fullypowered. The wind never eased, in fact, there wasn't a single hole to befound anywhere! After all the slalom sailing from days past, it was good to finally getback on a wave board. I could tell it was going to be a good session fromthe moment I hooked in and started heading upwind from the launch atkook's beach (Kanaha). Making my way out towards upper reef, everythingseemed so well balanced and in control. I could take my hands off theboom and just hang back and cruise. I was hitting jumps on the way out,just to get warmed up, and not loose any speed. Yes, this was going tobe a good session! Imagine how stoked I was to see Robby Naish and DonMontague sailing by. This is how I dreamed it would always be. At Uppers, I found myseff in waves that were shoulder high, nothingterribly radical, but perfectly matched for my ability level. Occaisionally a logo-high set would roll in and challenge my nerves. Igladly took the challenge this time and went for it. I managed a few nicebottom turns and off-the-lips. Yes, this was wavesailing at it's finest. The sun is out. It's warm, the water saphire blue and so refreshing. Breathing the fresh air, naturally cleansed from travelling thousands ofmiles over open ocean, was envigorating. It was spectacular looking upand seeing Halealkela rising to over 10,000 feet in the foreground and tothe opposite, the rugged and mist-covered West Maui mountains and Iaovalley. Rainbows, palm trees, green pineapple and cane fields. It's alltoo much to take in at one time. Someone pinch me. I've been hereexactly one year, but I'm still amazed at this place, and it still seemsall too good to be true. After sailing for about an hour, Kent shows up and we greet each otherwith smiles and shouts. Eeee-hah! We slashed around some more until Igot too tired to continue. I figured it was time to quit while I'm stillahead and save this scene for another day. Gary Back to May, 96

Hawaiian Cruise

Hawaii Cruise 1 2-Day Hawaiian Cruise October 3-15, 2005 Aloha Everyone! Hawaii is absolutely beautiful! Our itinerary was as follows: 10/3 Honolulu - Boarded Carnival Spirit 10/4 Honolulu - Departed at 6PM 10/5 Arrive Nawiliwili, Kauai 10/6 Arrive Kahalui, Maui 10/7 Arrive Lahaina, Maui 10/8 Arrive Kona, Hawaii 10/9 Arrive Hilo, Hawaii We were at sea from 10/10 to our arrival at Ensenda, Mexico on 10/15. We then boarded busses to San Diego or Los Angeles for our trip home. One of things to do when visiting Hawaii is to tour the islands. The scenery is breathtaking. The mountains, the craters, the flowers, the clouds. Words cannot describe Hawaii. One must see it for themselves. Seeing pictures of the Arizona Memorial is one thing, but to see it in person is a very moving experience. After the Arizona, we toured the submarine USS Bowfin and then on to our sister ship USS Missouri. Some of us toured the engine room of the Missouri. Our thanks to Dick Hamann and his friend Stan Nicholls for arranging these tours for us. For this cruise we all wore yellow t-shirts, compliments of the Cruise Connection. Of course, we took a group photo , compliments of our Wisconsin Association. Our cocktail party was hosted by Carnival Cruise Lines. Thanks to Claire and Dick Hamann for another great cruise! Looking forward to our next one in 2007. 1 Approaching Oahu 2 3 4 You can see Pearl Harbor from this vantage point. 5 Some of us climbed to the summit of 763' of Diamond Head Crater. 6 It started out with the sun and ended with heavy rain 7 8 9 This was taken just below the summit of Diamond Head 10 The famous Diamond Head as seen from Waikiki Beach 11 Underwater photos taken from Atlantis submarine 12 13 14 15 16 17 On our way to the Polynesian Cultural Center 18 Great Show!! 19 Sorry for the out of focus pictures. We could not use flash. 20 21 22 23 Views from our hotel room 24 25 26 Oktoberfest at the hotel 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 First Day aboard the spirit 34 35 Carol & Marty Sippel 36 Brenda & Cal Miller 37 Our first dinner with our yellow shirts 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 On line for our tour of the Arizona 50 51 52 Pearl Harbor survivor 53 Photo by Mike Rigdon 54 USS Missouri BB-63 55 56 Arizona Memorial Wall 57 USS Bowfin SS-287 58 59 60 61 62 63 John Protivnak and Dom Menta taking a break 64 Part of our group that toured the Arizona Memorial 65 66 Aboard the BB-63 67 68 69 70 World War II Memorial Plaque 71 Frank Perry & Frank Romantowski reliving the past 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 A walk down Maui streets 82 83 Leaving Maui 84 Carnival Spirit 85 Rainbow Falls in Hilo 86 Orchid Nurseries 87 88 89 Next 3 photos Kilauea Caldera, crater in Hilo 90 91 92 Walking on Lava 93 94 Kilauea Iki Crater 95 Kilauea Iki Crater 96 97 Peg & Bob Simpson 98 Claire & Dick Hamann 99 Carol & Marty Sippel 100 Dom & Lil Menta 101 Bill & Ellen Humienny. Bill is our adopted BB-61 crewmember 102 Leona & Gerry Myers 103 Millie & Roger Gaumont 104 Anne & Russ Texter 105 Nancy & Gordon Zaagmar 106 107 108 2 supervisors in the upper left making sure the ladies do their work correctly. 109 Captain Roberto Volpe with Cal & Brenda Miller 110 Our cocktail Party 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 On the right is Leroy and Mary Wilson 118 Clem, Susan McClure, Mike Rigdon, Cal and Brenda Miller 119 Mike and Mimi Visconti, Don and Joan Smith 120 121 Photo by Bill Humienny(BB-61) L to R: Bernie Johnson, Eugene Gingrich, Andy Murphy and Helen Gingrich 122 The greatest captain we ever had on any of our cruises. Captain Roberto Volpe 123 Dick presenting our Tee-shirt to the Captain. 124 Guess What? He wore it for the whole cocktail hour. 125 126 Dempsey (Clem) Clemons & Cal Miller our oldest and youngest crewmembers on this cruise. 127 Our Association 2nd VP Ed Gavin introducing himself 128 Four of our 1940's crewmembers Bernie Johnson Michael Visconti Don Smith Leroy Wilson 129 Lil and the Captain 130 Dick, Captain & Claire 131 Ed, Captain & Bob Pennell 132 Dom, Captain & Dick 133 Kristine, Don & Captain 134 Marty leading us in song 135 Brenda & Cal celebrating 2nd anniversary 136 137 The group singing Anchors Aweigh at the Karaoke Party. I think we all got thrown out after this one. 138 Photo by Bill Humienny(BB-61) Karaoke Party. We heard that Mike Visconti brought the house down with his singing 139 140 141 Photo by Bob Simpson of Aaron Bowen being transferred to the Haddock. 142 143 Group photo The following forty pictures were sent in by five other cruisers. Thanks for sharing your photos with us. To those that supplied captions, THANKS, you made it easier for me. 144 Following 6 photos were submitted by, Bill Humienny. Cocktail Party, next 3 145 146 147 Dick & Claire, dressed up for the Captains cocktail party. 148 Marty, Carol, Dom and Lil 149 W aiters entertainment during the evening meal. 150 Following 6 photos were submitted by, Bob Simpson. Peg Simpson, Carol & Marty Sippel. 151 Nice painting of the USS Arizona BB-39, at the Arizona Memorial. 152 Taking a rest before our visit to the USS Missouri 153 Diamond Head in the background. 154 Standing in front of Kilauea Caldera Crater. 155 Carol, Marty and Peg (by the van), heading to see another crater. 156 Following 7 photos were submitted by, Ruth Protivnak. Hawaii National flower, yellow hibiscus. 157 Lava Rock. 158 Rabbit Island. 159 Pali Outlook 160 Ruth & John Protivnak and the USS Missouri BB-63 161 Lions head Rock. 162 Waikiki Beach. 163 Following 8 photos were submitted by, Joan Romatowski Frank Romatowski and Lovely Hawaiian Wahine. 164 Waimea Canyon on Kauai. 165 Frank and Joan 166 Rainbow over Maui. 167 Frank & Frank Perry, "M" Division buddies. 168 Joan & Frank celebrating their 48th anniversary. 169 "M" Division at our cocktail party. Joe & Judy Determan, Gretchen & Fred Thibeault, Frank & Janice Perry and Frank Romatowski. 170 "M" Division with Captain, Roberto Volpe. Frank Perry, Frank Romatowski, Fred Thibeault and Joe Determan. 171 Following13 photos were submitted by, Mike Rigdon. Hawaiian Coastline 172 National Cemetery of the Pacific 173 View down the steps of Cemetery 174 Walls of Honor with names of 20,000 MIAs from WW II 175 Downtown Honolulu from Punchbowl 176 USS Missouri BB-63 WW II Memorial Plaque. 177 Arizona Memorial from motor launch 178 Roger Gaumont, Dick & Claire Hamann. 179 Memorial to Subs Lost in WW II 180 First site of Kauai from Spirit 181 Waimea Canyon on Kauai 182 John, Ruth, Susan, and Mike at Waimea Canyon 183 Susan McClure, Ruth & John at Halemaumau Crater Top of Page Please fill out our Site Survey! Send E-mail to Dom Menta with questions or comments about this web-site. The information contained in this web-site is 1998/200 5 to the USS Wisconsin Association. If you desire to use graphics or other info from this web-site - please E-mail Dom Menta This page was last updated on 11/26/05 .

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawaii Volcano Adventure Tour at Mt Kilauea HAWAII VOLCANO ADVENTURE ".. a scene of wild beauty ..." "Mark Twain, 1866 FROM HILO Just as it was for Mark Twain over a century ago, this is truly the experience of a lifetime! We have designed this very special tour just for you... Continuing eruptions at Kilauea Volcano have captured the world's imagination. This excursion features the closest approach to the recent lava flows allowed by Civil Defense and local authorities. Our trained guides will escort you, and if conditions permit, you may be able to go right to the edge of a 2000 degree F molten lava flow! A real Polynesian Adventure! Hilo Area Macadamia Nut Factory (seasonal, and time permitting) Orchid & Anthurium Nursery Volcanoes National Park Volcano Observatory Jagger Museum Steam Bluffs & Crater Drive Thurston Lava Tube Volcano House Kilauea Iki Crater Departure : Hilo Hotels 9:00-9:15 am Hilo Airport 8:30 - 8:45 am Return to Hilo area approx: 5:00-6:00 pm Tour Prices: Adult $59.00 Child Under 12 $44.00 (All tours subject to state sales tax) No host lunch at Volcano House. We suggest a light sweater or jacket for the volcano area. As we cannot predict weather and volcanic activity, features may vary daily depending on conditions. Admission to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park included. Sturdy, covered walking shoes required due to terrain. All passengers will be required to sign a release of liability form before departing hotel. Polynesian AdventureTours Contact Your Travel Professional Or Call Toll Free 1-800-622-3011 e-mail sales@polyad.com

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