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The Consolation Of The Mahaloha Burger

5/2/2023

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​THE CONSOLATION OF THE MAHALOHA BURGER

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    ...Continued from 4/26/2023:
      
On Saturday, April 8, Tom and I said Aloha to our family members who left Hawaii that day and returned home  to the mainland (see post from 2/26/2023, https://www.ailantha.com/blog/aloha-my-loved-ohana​).
       Though Tom and I were looking forward to spending another week in Honolulu at the beautiful Hale Koa,   
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...still, we were feeling a little melancholy that our loved ones wouldn't be with us.
      So we consoled ourselves with a walk from the hotel to downtown Honolulu,
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...by way of Lewers Street, which was already getting crowded on this Saturday evening.
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      When we reached Kalakaua Avenue, the main drag through downtown Waikiki, we headed for the Royal Hawaiian Center, home of a luxury galleria on the first floor,
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...and a more plebian food court on the second floor,
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...where Tom and I decided to join the crowds having dinner.
       I, for one, being in the mood for some comfort nourriture, I suggested we try a burger place with a nice name,
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...a combination of "mahalo," the Hawaiian expression of gratitude, and "aloha," which can mean "hello," "good-bye," "peace," or any nice word of greeting or parting. We hoped we might get a burger that at least lived up to the appeal of its name.
        Did the Mahaloha Burger live up to our expectations? 
      Blew 'em out of the park is more like it! This burger was awesome! It was juicy! It was tasty! It was messy! But we didn't care, it was so good. And the bun...the bun was soft and buttery. And the fries were hot, seasoned, and oh, so crispy.
   Our fabulous, buttery-bunned  Mahaloha Burgers and crispy fries:
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       After our wonderful Mahaloha Burgers we were feeling considerably consoled, but decided that we'd feel even better topping off our dinner with some dessert from the Kulu Kulu  Honolulu, where they make the world's best cream puffs,
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...a couple of which we snagged for ourselves.
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     After our burgers and cream puffs we strolled for a while through downtown Waikiki,
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...which was just lighting up for the evening.
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      Then, feeling better than when we'd started out, we called it a night and headed back to the Hale Koa.
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