Two Weeks with the Fiancée
It doesn't happen often, but Gina has made it back to the mainland, and this time for two weeks! Because her visits are so rare, it's always a whirlwind to meet up with old friends, and this visit is no different, especially since she's locked into a very tight study schedule in preparation for her June boards. As a result, most of our get-togethers are for meals, since that's all Gina has time for.
She flew in Wednesday night, and the next afternoon we had lunch with Andrew, Gerald, and Hubert. If you asked Andrew or Hubert to name their favorite place to eat in Hawaii, they'd probably say Curry House, which unfortunately can't be found anywhere on the mainland (Gerald would probably say the Gold Club, which can be found in San Francisco). So Gina flew in some frozen sauce from Curry House in a small cooler (airport security took a long, hard look), and we prepared it with the chicken katsu from Da Kitchen to replicate the experience. Nothing was done to replicate the Gold Club experience. Sorry, Gerald.
The food was tasty, and all that was missing was some good ol' kimchee. It also would have been nice to have Jeremy around, so that we could settle the eating champ title once and for all. Perhaps in June.
Pictures were courtesy of Gerald, which is why he isn't in them, but he isn't very photogenic anyway, so it's for the better.
Sunday afternoon, Gina and I met up for lunch with her Iolani friends Jackie, Laurel, and Matt, who all ended up in the Bay Area for school. Tonight is dinner with my brother, tomorrow is dinner with one of Gina's relatives, and we still need to meet up with her old Hawaii neighbors, college buddies, former coworkers...like I said, whirlwind.
If it sounds like all she's doing out here is studying and eating, well, that's the bulk of it, though we have managed to play some tennis, do some shopping (both the mall and city varieties), and play video games. But in the end, the next seven weeks are all about preparing for the boards. She won't even let me visit her in Hawaii! :(
She flew in Wednesday night, and the next afternoon we had lunch with Andrew, Gerald, and Hubert. If you asked Andrew or Hubert to name their favorite place to eat in Hawaii, they'd probably say Curry House, which unfortunately can't be found anywhere on the mainland (Gerald would probably say the Gold Club, which can be found in San Francisco). So Gina flew in some frozen sauce from Curry House in a small cooler (airport security took a long, hard look), and we prepared it with the chicken katsu from Da Kitchen to replicate the experience. Nothing was done to replicate the Gold Club experience. Sorry, Gerald.
The food was tasty, and all that was missing was some good ol' kimchee. It also would have been nice to have Jeremy around, so that we could settle the eating champ title once and for all. Perhaps in June.
Pictures were courtesy of Gerald, which is why he isn't in them, but he isn't very photogenic anyway, so it's for the better.
Sunday afternoon, Gina and I met up for lunch with her Iolani friends Jackie, Laurel, and Matt, who all ended up in the Bay Area for school. Tonight is dinner with my brother, tomorrow is dinner with one of Gina's relatives, and we still need to meet up with her old Hawaii neighbors, college buddies, former coworkers...like I said, whirlwind.
If it sounds like all she's doing out here is studying and eating, well, that's the bulk of it, though we have managed to play some tennis, do some shopping (both the mall and city varieties), and play video games. But in the end, the next seven weeks are all about preparing for the boards. She won't even let me visit her in Hawaii! :(
posted by Chang Kim at Monday, April 24, 2006
9 Comments:
that's strange, she was perfectly fine with me visiting her in a couple weeks
good luck with boards, gina :) you will rock them!
Mmm... Maybe I should go get some curry katsu.
Good luck, Gina! DOMINATE!
I gotta get myself to Hawaii to try this restaurant!
man those photos look really professional. they really capture the moment.
thanks for all the good wishes! :) 49 days and counting...
So, are there CoCo Ichiban Curry Houses in LA?
According to this link, they are only in Hawaii (Won musta been thinking of some generic Curry House), but check out the video game!
I remember your dang kimchee in the fridge and it smelled. I looked back at the icy-hot and icenuts blogs, hillarious memories. You know, I converted that game for my 8th grade vball players to a game called "I'm a loser". There is still the voting, but the loser doesn't use icy hot, but they have to go up to a strange grown-up and say "excuse me, I am a loser". It works, but 13 year olds do not understand taunting nor do they understand racial slurs.
mmm, curry. i was going to make some curry a month ago then i noticed that it had expired in 2005. what is Gold Club? good luck on step 1..its a pain but just a matter of studying hard.
in case anybody noticed my absence, i just returned from vacationing in new zealand and australia...a details and pics to come soon!
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