Comments on: The Angry Korean Lady of Honolulu: a restaurant I plan to patronize while in Hawaii

By: Nilay Shah

Nilay Shah — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 03:49:00 +0000

I’ve been trying to go the restaurant without success! I was in Hawaii twice in the last month, and on both visits, unsuccessful in eating there. The first time I called and confirmed she was open, but upon showing up – she wasn’t letting anyone in! The second time, again despite calling in advance, they ended up having a private party and closed off the whole restaurant. Good luck, let me know how the food is!!!

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:15:00 +0000

where do you go for vegetarian?

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:13:00 +0000

hawaii is an 808 state.

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:12:00 +0000

$16 for a korean pancake? she must make them from scratch.

By: lewis_stoole

lewis_stoole — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 03:08:00 +0000

xeni, i thought you were a vegetarian.

By: Sparg

Sparg — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 22:54:00 +0000

I figured they had had problems with local fishermen dicking around.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 18:53:00 +0000

Glad to see more disdain for YellowTail. I remember buying a couple bottles at different times with the same experience both times. I poured a healthy glass and left the bottle nearby for refueling. An hour passed watching a movie and I realized that I was thirsty, but I’d barely touched the glass. I took a sip for encouragement, but my body was telling me “no, don’t drink this.” The body knows… that YellowTail is wrong.

By: noah django

noah django — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 10:15:00 +0000

exactly. if only we could all be this candid at work. Atlanta’s Vortex has a similar attitude:
http://static.shopify.com/s/files/1/0147/1442/t/1/assets/Stuff_Pages_2-13.pdf

By: Clifton

Clifton — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:03:00 +0000

Cool, you will be right across the street from where I work!

By: Clifton

Clifton — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:53:00 +0000

I could drink their Fire Rock Pale Ale every day. It stacks up pretty well against Sierra Nevada IPA. For those who don’t like hops, they do a really nice Golden Ale too.

By: John Pescador

John Pescador — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:15:00 +0000

Her mother was there one day so there were signs saying don’t talk to my mother she doesn’t understand English. I’ve seen her yell at two elderly Japanese ladies, “you want spicy two? I have to wash the kim chee with water to make it spicy two!” People look like they are on eggshells when they eat lunch there. I have been yelled at and my friend thought it was funny so he tipped her well.

By: PatriciaB

PatriciaB — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 06:08:00 +0000

She makes outstanding+ food. You will order too much. You will be in food heaven. Be cool. Check out the Tasty Island blog article on her.

By: Hell's Donut House

Hell's Donut House — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:28:00 +0000

Try The Green Door on Nuuanu, fantastic Malaysian food. Betty’s not angry like the Koran lady but still a real character.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/green-door-cafe-honolulu

By: David Cercone 2

David Cercone 2 — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 05:02:00 +0000

Hilarious, although my friend Lauren is the original Angry Korean Lady, lol she is also my Furious Chief Lady Scientist. Excellent post this made me laugh as I’m having my sushi and sake for dinner :)

By: Gilbert Wham

Gilbert Wham — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:56:00 +0000

Holiday + increased likelihood of Novelty Beer makes sense to me.

By: sdmikev

sdmikev — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:13:00 +0000

We eat out a lot at all our favorite Korean (my wife is half), Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese places in San Diego. Surly is the standard at all but the Japanese ones. Just the way it is. The Vietnamese waiters are the most surly, though.
I love it all, but still can’t get a taste for kim chee and it makes my wife a little sad.. :)

By: Bill Collins

Bill Collins — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 01:12:00 +0000

Two recommendations for Oahu food.

1. Your Kitchen in Kaimuki. Run by the sweetest Japanese couple, also might be the best shave ice on the island. Get the pork bowl with egg. SOOO good.
2. If you like attitude, try Morio’s on King St (get reservations). It’s a sushi joint – sit at the bar and make sure you bring Morio some beer!

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:29:00 +0000

I used to eat lunch at a Japanese restaurant near the Chinatown gate where, if you moved any of your plates or utensils around, the waitress/ proprietor would yell across the room, “I made that nice for you!!!” and then come over and put them back.

By: apoxia

apoxia — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 00:25:00 +0000

I guess when I’m on holiday I’m more likely to enjoy a novelty style beer. There were other varieties, however, which were more everyday.

By: sdmikev

sdmikev — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:41:00 +0000

my favorite place on earth,

By: peter doolan

peter doolan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:37:00 +0000

this reminds me of an angry korean place in cambridge, MA’s porter square. it wasn’t a gimmick, i don’t think, they were just genuinely and often surprisingly nasty to their customers. they had an unstated but strictly enforced entrees-must-match-the-number-of-diners rule, they were famous for shutting the kitchen at an arbitrary time, they would chase people out the door and harass them if they felt they were under-tipped, they did not tolerate friends sitting around chatting after the food was eaten and if you weren’t eating your food according to korean custom they would snatch your utensils out of your hands and patronizingly demonstrate correct method. looks like they’ve closed down by now… here are some tales, preserved on yelp
http://www.yelp.com/biz/seoul-food-cambridge?sort_by=rating_asc

By: blueelm

blueelm — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:11:00 +0000

That’s what I assumed. I used to use one, but then I started carrying small clutches to restaurants. I can imagine if she has small tables that one large heavy tote bag could topple the thing.

By: nachoproblem

nachoproblem — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:53:00 +0000

It’s unlikely they’d just run into each other, with the number of landmines in between their restaurants. They’ve had a cease-fire for sixty years but there was never an official treaty.

By: Bradley Robinson

Bradley Robinson — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:52:00 +0000

She’ll be easy enough to spot out.

http://boingboing.net/2013/02/28/28-socialist-hairstyles-meet-n.html

By: nachoproblem

nachoproblem — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:45:00 +0000

I’ll vouch for that.

By: SomeGuyNamedMark

SomeGuyNamedMark — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:36:00 +0000

Wait until she runs into Angry North Korean Lady

By: sdmikev

sdmikev — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:26:00 +0000

+1, they make good beer. we get it in CA, but not all their stuff.

By: Marc Mielke

Marc Mielke — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:08:00 +0000

For the last couple years we’ve been able to get air conditioning in our little grass shacks.

By: Chanfan

Chanfan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:07:00 +0000

The Grouchy Chef is exactly what I instantly thought of, as well.

By: big ryan

big ryan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 22:06:00 +0000

ha yeah i hear ya, im in san diego and all the local breweries here are like ‘HOPS MORE HOPS!’ everything is IPA’s hopped out of control

i like a nice smooth brown beer