Mexican Food

[JerryCarr]

Aloha, Punagirl. I am not going to crucify you for not liking Luquin's. The food is generally mediocre and are you ever right about the slow service. If you get there really early, say 5:30, the speed of service is reasonable. Otherwise, it can take forever. Their tamale dinner is decent, if overpriced, but they don't have it every day. I sort of wish they would do good Tex-Mex (not too difficult) instead of whatever it is they are doing now.

I think they are so successful because there isn't much competition (none at all in Pahoa itself,) and they are something of a local institution, probably because of the bar as you noted. Despite all this, I eat there about three times a year because it is convenient to meet friends there.

Cheers,
Jerry

[Kapohocat]

Hey punagirl no crucification from us. We quit going there altogether. Service and food both were poor time and time again.

I just learned to make lillikoi margaritas at home. And my homemade Mexican food taught to me by by real Mexican (from Mexico) grandmother is much better!



Edited by - kapohocat on 12/31/2006 13:56:55

[wyatt]

I'm Mex American and I go to Luguin's for the hamburgers. We eat Mexican food at home. We
just pulled our chicken tamales out of the roaster. We usually make Christmas eve tamales but we were gone. So New Years eve tamales this
year.

Wyatt

[jade]

I tried the mexican resturant in Hilo. The one next to the farmers market. I thought it was overpriced especially for lunch. minimum $10.00 a plate. (gets expensive when you have kids) Couldn't get out of there for under $50.00 for a family of four. Just for lunch that seems like a bit expensive. I will have to try the place in Shipmens. I thought Maui taco in the mall was really good and reasonable too. They had a full salsa bar that was excellent. That did it for me. The hotter the better. The atmosphere is mall what can I say. My two favorite things, shopping and food. Worth a try.

[mella l]

Speaking of homemade Tamales, when I lived in East Oakland I would buy tamales from a little home cooking shop. Excellent Tamales and at Christmas time the Tamales were extra special and included rasins of all things. I have drempt about the Christmas Tamales and have never found a recipe for them. Hey we just finished dinner and here I am dreaming of real tamales!

Happy New Year Punatics! LOL


mella l

[Green]

I tried just about every mexican place on the island and unfortunately they are all mediocre in my opinion. Ps. the best deal at overpriced and mediocre luquin's is the 1/2 order of nachos really enough for 2 people.

[punagirl]

Wyatt -(Mark/Richard - I have a hard time writing Wyatt now that I know you!) so once I'm in Seaview will you help me work on my tamale technique? I can't get it right. Is it easy to find ingredients on BI? What is the best store for shopping? I have worried that I would need to ship a big package from here when I move and then have my sis supplement me every few months. I am working on talking Bob into a vacation Mexico for one of those two week cooking schools. Mexico,he has no problem with but he doesn't like to cook. I guess I need to find a scholl near the beach.

Atlanta/Pahoa

[oink]

Carolann R
I normally work in an originally aggriculturally(still largely Ag based) community predominantly populated by Latin American immigrants from all over, the vast majority illigals who have arrived in the past ten years with some Mexican herritage Americans who's families have been here several generations. In recent years the community has changed culturally so that it no longer resembles the Southern town it once was. There is one Southern restaurant remaining, a Burger King and a small Itallian. Other than that it's a Latin American menu. I can only stand so much Burger King and my cholesterol can only stand so much Itallian. I don't like the Southern restaurant, but I do love my Southern food ,some would call it soul food - same thing. Nothing against African American culture, but I always resented their claiming Southern food as "their" "Soul Food". It's just Southern food, black and white.(Short rant)
I would be glad to introduce you to some of the local restaurants but it might be a bit of a drive for you as I'm in S. Fla. The diversity here is quite broad. I believe it is currently weighted more heavily towards Guatamalan with Mexican a close second.

S. FL Islander to be

[wyatt]

Hey Punagirl. Sure can help with the tamales.
We were not able to find prepared masa. So we used Masa Flour and added a few ingredients.
One key ingredient (Lard). We had corn husks from home. But I believe I've seen them here. Last year we had friends bring masa from Arizona.You simply freeze it and carry on. Mark has become quit good at Mex food. I make a few things. but I'm better at tasting and telling him what Mom's and Gramma's was like, and what ingredients I can remember. I grew up with Gramma next door. I had hand made tortillas tell age 18. We will be having fresh
beans,eggs and refried tamales this New Years morn.

Aloha
Wyatt



























































Edited by - wyatt on 01/01/2007 07:45:49

[Beachboy]

you folks who are into making your own Mexican food (tamales, etc,), you'd be surprised what a plane flight to Honolulu will get you. There is even Hispanic Grocery store there! Not huge in size by, but you'd be surprised by their stock too.

Anybody making Pinapple tamales on Big Island? When I lived down in Jalisco, Mexico I was "turned on to them",who had retired there...those tamales were awesome!



Edited by - beachboy on 01/01/2007 10:12:44

Edited by - beachboy on 01/01/2007 10:13:58