Chicken Hekka Follow Up

I made the Chicken Hekka recipe from the previous post about it.

You may have read this comment from Sarah regarding Chicken Hekka:
All I can think of is the Chicken Hekka they made at Kula School in the 1970's -- The definition of disgusting. I don't know if I could bring myself to even try it again -- even if it was made by you!

Well, I hope mine was better than Kula El's....I thought it was fine, but didn't love it. Maybe I remembered a different version? No matter -- my haole husband LOVED IT! Finished off the rest of the leftovers for lunch today. I think I could make it every week and he would eat it all. So that's good news!

I said I would take a photo, but in fact, I forgot! Sorry brah!

Hawaiian Food -- Tampa

One of my best friends, Kevin, lives in Tampa. He was really encouraging about this website and I haven't heard a word from him in weeks....hmmmm. Well, as a shout out to Kevin, I did a quick search for Hawaiian food in Tampa. Guess what? They have a Roy's too. There's Roy now!



Click on Roy to go to his site and find the locations in Tampa and elsewhere.

Kevin, what's up brah?

Chicken Hekka

My sister (chief researcher) found a recipe online for Chicken Hekka from Aloha World.

Here it is:

Chicken Hekka

Ingredients:
1-1/2 lbs Boneless, skinless chicken
3/4 C Sugar
3/4 C Shoyu
3/4 C Mirin
2 Tbs Oil
2" Ginger, grated
3 Medium carrots, julienne 2 Onions, sliced
1 can Shredded bamboo shoots, drained (14 oz.)
1/2 lbs Fresh mushrooms, sliced
1 bunch Watercress, cut into 2" lengths
8 oz pkg Long rice, soaked & cut into 2" lengths
Cooking Instructions:
Slice chicken into serving pieces. Combine sugar, shoyu & mirin. In a skillet or wok, heat oil to medium high. Squeeze juice from grated ginger into wok. Add ginger & stir fry until brown, discard ginger fibers. Add chicken & stir-fry over high heat. Add shoyu mixture & cook 2 more min. Add vegetables, one at a time, & stir-fry after each addition. Add long rice & cook 3 more min. or until done.

MMMMMM. I can't wait to try this recipe. I will take pictures and post reviews as well.

If you are looking for cookbooks from Hawaii, my two favorites are:




I use the kal bi recipe in Taste all the time and have made prune mui a couple of times and LOVE IT.

You can buy A Taste of Aloha from the Junior League of Honolulu. I found only used versions of Hawaii's Country Tables on Amazon.

OGG in NYC

After a brief search, I found two possibilities for Hawaiian food in New York City. Okay, maybe I should rephrase -- "Hawaiian Style" food. The first is a classic mainland version of what might be considered tropical and exotic -- Waikiki Wally's:

(You can link to their sites by clicking on each logo.)

Now, this is "Hawaiian Fusion" and Roy is from Japan originally, but there is opakapaka on the menu...

If anyone knows about any Hawaiian food places in NYC, please let me know!