Reunion Potluck and a Garden Tour
Last week I went with my mom to a potluck with her cousins. Good food as always and nice company. We had (starting from the top left) spam musubi, mochi rice with lup cheong, chicken wings, ribs, chicken spinach mushroom casserole, pasta salad, and mandoo. I don’t have a picture of it but as you can imagine there was also lots of dessert!
FYI – If anyone is interested in local Hawaii/Japanese literature, check out An Offering of Rice. It includes personal stories written by one of my mom’s cousins…the one that made that awesome lup cheong mochi rice!
Besides the food and company, one other thing I always look forward to when parties are held at this particular cousin’s house is taking a walk around the backyard. It’s really misleading to call it that, it’s actually more like a botanical garden or park. Take a look and see for yourself!
I wish I had a garden like that…but I imagine it must take just a little more effort than my dying potted plant on the balcony.
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12 comments - June 16, 2008
what a great place! and that book sounds interesting, will have to pick it up the next time I’m home. oh, and all that good food, what a nice day.
Hey kat,
Thanks for checking out the book. Have a great day!
Beautiful! I was just saying to myself, lup cheong mochi rice? Now that sounds interesting! Gotta check out the link.
Hey rowena,
It tastes like fried rice with lup cheong…but the rice is a little more sticky. It’s very ono!
Take me to that garden now please! Gorgeous.
wow! i can’t believe that’s a backyard! When i first looked at your pictures I thought to myself, “What park is that?”
The food looks delicious but the garden is absolutely breathtaking.
Hi noble pig, lauren, and Lisa -
Thanks for dropping by, have a great rest of the week!
Every morning should start off like this — with an image of a plate lunch on your monitor (and I don’t even care if I’ve already seen it yesterday).
Regarding your comment on the coconut tree climber, I never got the hang of it myself even if I have luau feet!
Hey rowena,
Glad I could help brighten your morning!
What a gorgeous garden! It’s stunning. And the food looks great, too!
Thanks for stopping by Elle, have a great weekend!
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