4/30/2009

After 13 hours of hard work today, the tradeshow was finally over. Celebration time for all of us! Yeppi!

Tonight was the last night we will be staying in Honolulu.

It was after 8pm and my stomach was playing a crazy symphony!

We were not in the mood of driving, looking for parking, and all that crap. So, we looked for a restaurant nearby in walking distance.

There was one restaurant that caught my eyes the other night. It was the La Cucaracha restaurant. I mentioned this restaurant to Radim and he immediately started laughing!

La Cucaracha literally means the cockroach in Spanish!!

The restaurant is located just one block across from our apartment, so La Cucaracha that is!!

La Cucaracha Mexican Bar & Grill (photo by Radim)

We reached there after the rush hour, so the waitress was able to seat us at the outdoor patio. It’s always nice to enjoy fresh air while eating a good meal.

The atmosphere was festive, happy and clean.

The service was quick and friendly.

We were served the usual chips and salsa to start off our night.
Note: There’s extra charge for second basket of chips.

Then, I spotted a giant COCKROACH on our table!! Can you see it?

It’s right there!! Look Closer!

Did you see it? A giant cockroach chilling under the palm tree? That’s sooooooo cute!

My virgin pina colada and Karan’s margarita (photo by Radim)

Cheers! (photo by Radim)

I ordered today’s special – Kalua (Hawaiian style pork) taco.

Radim ordered Puka fish with olives and grilled artichoke.

Karan ordered some kind of burrito. I forgot which burrito, but it was yummily yummily good.

We all enjoyed our dishes. You should know that Radim has had many Mexican dishes before (thanks to his lovely Mexican wife, Clara) and he found the dishes that we ordered very authentic. He especially loved the Kalua taco.

Kalua Taco

Hot sauces (photo by Radim)

After the delightful meal, we couldn’t resist having some desserts!

Dessert: flan (oven-baked caramel custard) & fried ice cream (photo by Radim)

Radim was taking photos here and there. After taking a look at his photos, I felt like tossing my little point and shoot camera into the ocean (yes, blame the tool) T_T. We were in such low light situation and his camera performed so well without the flash! See for yourself! Radim’s photos are the ones with (photo by Radim) in the caption.

See this one. I had to use flash. But still, can you tell that the ice cream was yummy? 🙂

Fried ice cream

Our friendly and pretty waitress lend us some Mexican hats for our amigo shot.

3 Amigos

The waitress (I forgot to ask for her name) suggested a good bar for us to go to after our dinner. But the outdoor was so great that why would anyone stay indoor, in a bar? In fact, I wouldn’t have any blog entries on the nightlife here. Although the nightlife here supposedly to be decent, we were so pooped out everyday with our 6am to 10pm schedule that we just didn’t feel like going to any clubs or bars or karaokes!

Before heading back to our apartment, we did stroll along the busy Waikiki beach streets. 🙂

La Cucaracha Address:
2446 Koa Ave
Honolulu, HI 96815
(808) 924-3366