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I'm in Honolulu for a month...

So I won't be cooking at home as much.  I will be sharing lots of photos, however, starting with these.

Dim Sum lunch at Mei Sum in Honolulu's Chinatown. The cart-pushers are incredibly rude (you say "excuse me" and they look at you with disgust and roll right by you), but the waitress/manager fell in love my kids (she was so sweet, pinching their cheeks and encouraging them to eat) and that sorta made up for the bad service. Plus, the dim sum was amazing.

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assorted dim sum

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you are rude but them baskets on your cart contain yumminess.

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my sesame ball!

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custard tartlets


June 13, 2007 in Hawaii, Travel | | Comments (4)

Tags: dim sum, mei sum honolulu

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