Oahu Jan 20-24, 2025

We stayed at the Ritz Carlton Residences Waikiki for our first week in Hawaii which proved to be a big upgrade from where we've stayed before in Honolulu. Lots of new restaurants to try, new (to us) botanical gardens and museums to visit, and a fantastic time at the new Cirque du Soleil show "Auana" that had recently opened at the Outrigger.
Oahu2025-001 We're baaack! Fuel for overcoming severe jet lag- brown rice poke bowl with spicy Hawaiian-style fresh ahi (w/limu seaweed and inamona) and fresh marlin, topped...
1 We're baaack! Fuel for overcoming severe jet lag- brown rice poke bowl with spicy Hawaiian-style fresh ahi (w/limu seaweed and inamona) and fresh marlin, topped…
Oahu2025-002 Not what you want to see when you get onto a hotel elevator 😱 The fact that the elevator is failing to reboot and wants me to
2 Not what you want to see when you get onto a hotel elevator 😱 The fact that the elevator is failing to reboot and wants me to "check cable" is a bit…
Oahu2025-003 Somehow, in all our trips to Honolulu we'd never visited the Bishop Museum before. Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the last descendant of the royal...
3 Somehow, in all our trips to Honolulu we'd never visited the Bishop Museum before. Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop was the last descendant of the royal…
Oahu2025-004 The Pacific Hall contains artifacts of other Pacific and Polynesian cultures
4 The Pacific Hall contains artifacts of other Pacific and Polynesian cultures
Oahu2025-005 The Hawaiian Hall contains the princess's royal heirlooms in addition to a vast collection of Hawaiian cultural artifacts
5 The Hawaiian Hall contains the princess's royal heirlooms in addition to a vast collection of Hawaiian cultural artifacts
Oahu2025-006 The Bishop Museum is the largest museum in Hawaii
6 The Bishop Museum is the largest museum in Hawaii
Oahu2025-007 The Bishop Museum is the largest museum in Hawaii
7 The Bishop Museum is the largest museum in Hawaii
Oahu2025-009 Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop founded the Kamehameha Schools and this is a vintage recording of Hawaiian chants and songs performed by students in the classes...
8 Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop founded the Kamehameha Schools and this is a vintage recording of Hawaiian chants and songs performed by students in the classes…
Oahu2025-010 Different types of Polynesia and Oceania voyaging canoes
9 Different types of Polynesia and Oceania voyaging canoes
Oahu2025-011 The royal Hawaiian family tree
10 The royal Hawaiian family tree
Oahu2025-012 The Science Hall is setup mostly for school children, but we found a two-story 🌋 and Max found the launch controls. The choices are
11 The Science Hall is setup mostly for school children, but we found a two-story 🌋 and Max found the launch controls. The choices are "Magma" or "Gas", and Max…
Oahu2025-013 We waited, we waited, and we waited some some more and still nothing happened. Disappointed that her planned destruction of Oahu was not to be, we started...
12 We waited, we waited, and we waited some some more and still nothing happened. Disappointed that her planned destruction of Oahu was not to be, we started…
Oahu2025-025 We'd been wanting to try natuRe Waikiki for a couple of years since they opened, but their strict refusal to accommodate allergies, such as Max's gluten...
13 We'd been wanting to try natuRe Waikiki for a couple of years since they opened, but their strict refusal to accommodate allergies, such as Max's gluten…
Oahu2025-026 We booked the chef's counter which seats only 8 and which offers only one of two tasting menus to choose from. Diners at the several other regular tables can...
14 We booked the chef's counter which seats only 8 and which offers only one of two tasting menus to choose from. Diners at the several other regular tables can…
Oahu2025-027 We started out with the oyster supplement, fresh Pacific Northwest oysters with yuzu gelée
15 We started out with the oyster supplement, fresh Pacific Northwest oysters with yuzu gelée
Oahu2025-028 Course #1,
16 Course #1, "Venison & Chicken" was venison tartare on the left and an amazing chicken liver paté on the right
Oahu2025-031 The uni blancmange and the caviar supplement. The uni was like a trifle in the shell- layers of uni, seafood flavored blancmange, lots of other delights I can't...
17 The uni blancmange and the caviar supplement. The uni was like a trifle in the shell- layers of uni, seafood flavored blancmange, lots of other delights I can't…
Oahu2025-034 Plating our next course, the abalone and risotto
18 Plating our next course, the abalone and risotto
Oahu2025-035 Kiawe smoke was injected into the cloche and revealed in front of us
19 Kiawe smoke was injected into the cloche and revealed in front of us
Oahu2025-039 The abalone and risotto right before being devoured. Fresh hearts of palm and the abalone were cooked sous vide for several hours prior to being flame-finished...
20 The abalone and risotto right before being devoured. Fresh hearts of palm and the abalone were cooked sous vide for several hours prior to being flame-finished…