Hubby and I were starving after his doctor appointment. He fasted before blood work that morning, and I had walked for an hour. By lunch we were impatient and hungry. A light bulb blinked on in his head about a steak place. He told me they were quick, even though the place was packed, and we would get the food to go. They had just a few plates, and the menu was not extensive.
Picture this. I'm famished. Obviously he is too. He says STEAK to a confessed carnivore. He happens to like some nice steak places. In my mind I had an expectation or at least a general idea of the kind of establishment where we might stop. In his mind he thought we were going somewhere that would meet my hunger needs. So he pulls up here.
"This is where you're taking me?!?!????" I recognized the building. It's along the access road between Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base. It's not anywhere that ever flashed EAT HERE at me. It reminded me of bar with no windows. The square sign reads "STEAK OUT Pearl Harbor's Best Kept Secret.
"You're gonna love it!" he announced. He jumped out of the car. I sat there with my mouth in an "O" shape, in shock. I might have followed him and dragged him back to the car, but Son2 was sleeping in the back seat.
I sat there thinking, ok, either way this is going to be something to blog about. Either I am going to love it, and it's going up on The Farmer Files, or I am going to hate it and it is so going up on The Farmer Files. I felt some consolation. I tried my best for a passenger seat shot from a weird angle. The shot was tough. The parking spaces were painted on the diagonal. People kept coming and going on my camera screen, but I finally snapped an exterior shot without any people. Well, some people must sure love this place because the door kept swinging open and closed, with folks carrying lots of take out bags.
Several minutes later Hubby returned. He swung out through the door, armed with take out. I suppressed any images of swinging saloon shutter doors from the old West. Again, he told me I was going to love it, with a confident smile.
We arrived home. I laid Son2 down for a nap in his crib while Hubby unpacked lunch in the kitchen.
He ordered the 21 ounce for him and the 11 ounce for me. We split the larger portion of meat, and still didn't finish. Rice, the Hawaiian food staple, and salad were snuggled into the box. They weren't anything to write home about. Now the meat, that was a completely different story. The meat was savory. It was a bit sweet, probably from shoyu, because it's used in all Hawaiian food. The meat was also peppery, tender, and juicy. It was surprisingly delicious. The Steak Out delivered a pleasing lunch, for lunch. It was what it was, lunch and not a high falootin'- tootin'-I'm-getting-a-babysitter-so-I-can-eat-steak-with-a-knife-in-peace, kind of place. It was definitely some place I am glad I tried, though.
Picture this. I'm famished. Obviously he is too. He says STEAK to a confessed carnivore. He happens to like some nice steak places. In my mind I had an expectation or at least a general idea of the kind of establishment where we might stop. In his mind he thought we were going somewhere that would meet my hunger needs. So he pulls up here.
"This is where you're taking me?!?!????" I recognized the building. It's along the access road between Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Hickam Air Force Base. It's not anywhere that ever flashed EAT HERE at me. It reminded me of bar with no windows. The square sign reads "STEAK OUT Pearl Harbor's Best Kept Secret."You're gonna love it!" he announced. He jumped out of the car. I sat there with my mouth in an "O" shape, in shock. I might have followed him and dragged him back to the car, but Son2 was sleeping in the back seat.
I sat there thinking, ok, either way this is going to be something to blog about. Either I am going to love it, and it's going up on The Farmer Files, or I am going to hate it and it is so going up on The Farmer Files. I felt some consolation. I tried my best for a passenger seat shot from a weird angle. The shot was tough. The parking spaces were painted on the diagonal. People kept coming and going on my camera screen, but I finally snapped an exterior shot without any people. Well, some people must sure love this place because the door kept swinging open and closed, with folks carrying lots of take out bags.
Several minutes later Hubby returned. He swung out through the door, armed with take out. I suppressed any images of swinging saloon shutter doors from the old West. Again, he told me I was going to love it, with a confident smile.
We arrived home. I laid Son2 down for a nap in his crib while Hubby unpacked lunch in the kitchen.
He ordered the 21 ounce for him and the 11 ounce for me. We split the larger portion of meat, and still didn't finish. Rice, the Hawaiian food staple, and salad were snuggled into the box. They weren't anything to write home about. Now the meat, that was a completely different story. The meat was savory. It was a bit sweet, probably from shoyu, because it's used in all Hawaiian food. The meat was also peppery, tender, and juicy. It was surprisingly delicious. The Steak Out delivered a pleasing lunch, for lunch. It was what it was, lunch and not a high falootin'- tootin'-I'm-getting-a-babysitter-so-I-can-eat-steak-with-a-knife-in-peace, kind of place. It was definitely some place I am glad I tried, though.
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WELL in that PICTURE it looks so so YUMMY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had known about this place when we were on the island. Definitely looks better than the Chilis we went to in Honolulu!
ReplyDeleteThat's the sign of a true blogger: when you'll sit through something just so you can blog about it. :-)
ReplyDeleteIt does look really yummy! Love the hole in the wall powerhouse eateries, we don't know of many, but love the idea :) There's a place like that in NJ where my family used to go all the time, there were pics everywhere of celebs that ate there!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me of a Mexican restaurant in Findlay. Olers. It took me years to get up the nerve to go inside but now we go all the time. It is advertised as being Delightfully tacky!
ReplyDeleteWas it as "hole in the wall" as the chicken place we went to after church that time ;)? I must say that the steak looks delish!
ReplyDeleteThe steak looks yummy! Love the "salad."
ReplyDeleteEverything looks yummy!
ReplyDeleteYour're lucky, they used to be located in the parking lot across from McD's near Merry Point. The only thing I miss about that location was that heavenly smoke coming off the grills. Good stuff! Plus, their menu is much, much more extensive now.
ReplyDeleteWhen visiting son's friend on base he took us there it was the best deal on the whole trip. food was great and a real value!
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