Big Island Dog House!

 Aloha, so another week in Hilo meant another chance to try out some tasty foods.  This week I chose a place called "Big Island Dog House".  Now I've been there before on a few occasions and the reason for this is that I do construction work in my spare time and they are located outside of the Home Depot.  I was attending school on this day but I need to run over to Target (which is across the street from  Home Depot) on my break so I wanted to grab a couple quick dogs.

 What you can find here is a pretty wide variety of things to eat, but I came for the hot dogs.  They have everything from your ordinary plain dog with ketchup and mustard, to a kicked up "Poi Dog" with all the fixins.  I decided to give the Poi Dog A try

They supply you with your ordinary white bread bun and a standard red hot dog as the base for this item.  I guess what makes this a "Poi Dog" is the mixture of toppings they pack this thing with.  You get mustard, jalapenos, sauerkraut, and a heaping pile of olives.  I really enjoyed this hot dog and thought all the flavors blended pretty good actually.

The next hot dog I ordered (I got two.........I was hungry) is called the "German Shepherd"

As you probably might guess this hot dog was going to have two things....mustard and sauerkraut.  CORRECT, and that's all that it came with.  Hot dog, bun, mustard and sauerkraut.  I was a little less than pleased with this choice to say the least.  It was just to ordinary for me, to easy.  I guess it was the basic red hot dog that let me down, I wish they would upgrade to some kind of German sausage or something.  Anyway I washed both dogs down with a bottle of water that I had from earlier and continued on with my buisness.

I payed about $7.50 for both hot dogs and left a dollar tip.  Was it worth it, lets just say I WOULD eat there again ONLY if I was shopping at Home Depot and barely had any time for food.  I encourage people to give Big Island Dogs a chance though, you might like it!  Till next meal!!!

The Manono Mini Mart

I traveled out to Hilo twice last week for school and found a place for lunch that not many people may know about.  It is located about a half mile from HCC (Hawaii Community College) at 454 Manono St.

 Now I don't have too much time in between classes so I need to find places that are somewhat close to the school.  This place is Perfect!  You get to the Manono Mart and there usually aren't a lot of people there....even around lunch time which I think is great.  Inside you will see a gas station like "Mini Mart" store.  The one thing that's different is that they make the freshest sandwiches that I've had in a long time.  The Aioli Deli in Kamuela was a very good sandwich shop and probably the last really good sandwich I've had before this.

I went to the Manono Mart on both Tuesday and Thursday and tried two different sandwiches.  The first one I tried was the Turkey w/ cheese on Multi-Grain bread.

I did not expect the sandwich to be as good as it was.  We all know turkey breast can be dry at times but the one they use is not at all.  The portion size is also not what I expected.  I did manage to eat both halves and I barely made it back to school afterwards.  I was so full that I had to rest in the car for a while before I could return to classes.

Thursday I went back and tried the Roast Beef Sandwich on the multi-grain bread as well.

Man, they just keep getting better and better.  Once again, the roast beef just melted in my mouth it was so tender.  They were not skimpy with the amount of meat that they gave me either.  Both sandwiches came packed with lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese, sprouts and your choice of meat with a couple slice of pickles on the side.  They also offer several choice's of breads too.

Each day I went and bought lunch from the Manono Mart I think I spent about $7 - 8 and that included the sandwich and a bottled drink.  Not to bad if you ask me.  Some mini marts you go to charge $5 just for two slices of bread and some tuna spread.  I will definitely be back to try more items from their menu in the future.  For now though there are many more places like the Manono Mini Mart and.............I will find them!

Until next time..........