RumFire Waikiki

In kicking off of the Hawaii Film Festival, RumFire held the opening press conference for all of the press attending this years Festival. This blog however, is not about the highly anticipated film festival! RumFire took advantage of the opportunity of hosting the opening conference by taking that time to let everyone in attendance try some of their food off of their new social comfort food menu. They announced that they recently hired a new chef. With being one of my favorite things, I was first in line to try the new food. The chef had prepared spicy ahi poke and ho farms tomato medley. As you can tell from the pictures, the proportions were very small. To be honest, it was very hard to even get a good taste of what was in my mouth because before you know it, the food was down my throat. So after getting seconds and thirds, I didn’t really care for either the ahi or the tomato medley. The food was not bad but the spicy ahi poke did not taste any different from poke I could buy at foodland for less than half of RumFire’s price. It was just nothing special. As for the tomato medley, it was more bizarre than anything. And I am definitely not anything close to a picky eater. The texture of it was much like that of jello. It was as if I was eating tomato flavored jello and that did not exactly sit well with me. Like I mentioned before, I think the perfect word to describe it is BIZARRE! After looking at the new menu, there were other things that caught my eye, so I wouldn’t give up on RumFire’s food just yet! I plan on going back sometime in the near future.

Philly Cheese Steak 101

Recently, while I was watching TV, I saw a comical Arby’s commercial advertising their new Philly cheese steak sandwich. It showed angry Philadelphians offended at the fact that Arby’s new sandwich was suppose to be better than an actual sandwich from Philadelphia itself. I recently sat down with Philadelphia native, Mallory Sminkey, and found that it was the perfect time to get the actual truth about this famous sandwich that Philadelphia is famous for. I personally have never been to Philadelphia or had a Philly cheese steak sandwich. First things first, I wanted to clarify exactly what makes up the sandwich. Mallory went on to explain that the four most important components to the sandwich are the roll, the thinly sliced steak meat, the cheese wiz, and the onion rings. Next, I wanted to know what the top famous restaurants for the Philly cheese steak were in Philadelphia. Mallory gave me a list of 5 places; Pat’s, Ricks, Jims, Tony Lukes, and Gino’s. But further went on to say that she preferred Pat’s and Rick’s. Talking to Mallory, I got the inside scoop about the two famous restaurants. Apparently, Mallory is best friends with the owner of Rick’s daughter, and Mallory claims that Rick is actually Pat’s son. Remember, Pat is the other restaurant that Mallory really enjoys. It was a shock to me at first that Rick would actually go into the restaurant business and compete with his father Pat. But word on the street is that Rick ended up giving up his business to another one of his children, instead of Rick. I found this really interesting! For those on the island who do not have the luxury of traveling to Philadelphia anytime soon, Mallory did recommend the one restaurant on the island that is the closest to the real deal. Ono in Waikiki won her vote for the best Philly cheese steak on the island of Oahu. However, she does mention that they don’t have their cheese proportions right, which is something that is important for this cheese wiz lover! There you have it! Philly Cheese steak 101!

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Hard at work, the Sofiyani LA team began designing the jewelry pieces in the beginning of spring of 2011.

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