From this month, I have made a suggestion to have a monthly get together as opposed to just Thanksgiving and Christmas. We live in such a beautiful and warm place that we should take advantage of the environment it offers. With much sunshines and many places to bbq, we all should be more aware of it. So yesterday, we had our bbq party at the Kapiolani Beach Park. Luckily, the weather turned out to be nice by late morning. Earlier it was raining.
Securing the spot is always a challenge as you need to be there early. Jerry and I decided to meet at 9:30am to find a spot and setup his tent. I applaud Jerry because he’s always on time as long as the beer is ready. As you can see, he didn’t have a cup to pour his Miller Lite so he wrapped a piece of newspaper and was waking up everyone in the morning and telling them to get out of bed. In Hawaii, it’s illegal to have open liquor in public places. As long as it’s in a cup and you are not too obvious pouring the liquor, it’s ok. I arrived around 9:45am and we setup his tent.
The best charcoal we always use is the Kingsford brand. The bbq always taste better and never goes wrong. And always get the Weber grill. They are built to last forever. Don’t ever get the cheap $10 grill.
Ben bbq’ing his yakitori sticks. Hokuto, Kody, and Wakaya playing with the skateboard. Hokuto got in trouble from John as he was running around and going to other people’s party (just like Jerry… j/k). Hokuto is getting bigger as always and loves to play now. Hates sitting down.
My kalbi grilling. If you ever tried grilling this, the smell is just unbelievable. The shoyu and garlic combination is a universal attraction. Every time we have a bbq, people we don’t know would walk close by and see what we are grilling. And let me tell you – even though you have a heavy smoke, they still fight and come to you. Some of them are actually like magnets. They don’t really care about the smoke and prefer to fly through them.
Ben’s yakitori with negi. This was something new and was prepared so nicely and in proportion. I have never seen a yakitori so perfect in shape. The secret is don’t have any spaces between each of the meats and the bigger pieces have to be at the top of the stick. The bottom has to be the smallest as the heat is usually weaker on the fringe of the grill. That really makes sense.
Overall, it turned out to be a beautiful day at the beach and as always Jerry wrestling with Joji and beating the crap out of him. And kids too. Poor Joji. Taku’s younger brother and his wife visiting from Tokyo enjoyed the bbq too. Sorry… I should have taken more photos and will do it for next month’s bbq. Stephen will be back for his spring break next month so we have this set already. In the meantime, go enjoy the outdoors!
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