Outer Orbit

My latest response to a review was simply “Ow, that’s mean. ‘Forgettable’?” Because I have nothing to work with there. At least tell me the food was too difficult to photograph or it didn’t meet a 15-point criteria you’ve developed for your Yelp followers.

Thankful for Manila Oriental Market. H-Mart was a fun trip today, too, but where else has fresh taro leaf?

My Hero.

Did you know the Loco Moco came into existence before the state of Hawaii? Finished my “Brief History of Hawaii” for the restaurant website the other week, but then a cook went down with a medical and I’ve been covering in kitchen every night and haven’t posted it yet.

I actually have a big document of these kinds of fixes for all around the restaurant. Still deciding how to post it. Not really relevant on the restaurant website, but maybe on a blog that’s linked to from our website.

Here’s another zip tie-tube fix. Notice I’m using one zip tie just to attach to the tube so that it can really grip the tube and then another tie to pull upwards to hopefully keep the tube seated.

Today, a thread on restaurant facility maintenance:

@ekadvany @hooleil AL’s had a job posting for a line cook up two weeks ago. Something tells me a whole lot of staff are out on their asses in 9 days. SMH.

"Is this exactly what I want to be doing right now? Honestly, do I want my life to be different?" Why AL's Place is closing after seven years in San Francisco: sfchronicle.com/food/restauran…

We’re evolving. We are now Hapa-Hawaii Food. We were never “Hawaiian Food”- we would say “Contemporary Hawaiian”. And then we pivoted to the less stuffy “Hapa-Hawaiian” and “Hawaii-inspired.” I am Hapa though, that’s for sure …maybe it’s just “Hapa Food”?

@x @peterhartlaub @sfchronicle @SFMTA_Muni @SFConservatory Thanks Gene!

@peterhartlaub @sfchronicle @SFMTA_Muni @SFConservatory good stuff! since you like to roll things, near the bowling alley & Royal Cuckoo is pinball! Bowling alleys in general have it, you don't have to have eye contact, & there's @OuterOrbitsf across from RC that's great w/food & drink & pinball - happy to give ya a lesson/tips!

My @sfchronicle guide to best first dates in San Francisco is here! ♥️ Includes a pupusa tour, tourist traps & the most romantic @SFMTA_Muni line! ♥️ The @SFConservatory Dahlia Garden is included! ♥️ These ideas also work for 2nd, 10th & 1000th dates! sfchronicle.com/projects/2022/…

I’m at Last Rites tiki bar and it’s fucking great! Can’t believe it took me two years to get here. A tiki bar that isn’t a cultural appropriation shit show. I’m love the concept of tiki escapism and all these environments, but they’re so problematic. Finally one I can enjoy!

I foresee this could lead to a clash of the generative identity-basis of OO (my highly specific Japanese-Caucasian experience on Oahu during 80s through 2000s) and a showcasing concept of Hawaii- something larger than what I could ever experience.

And another larger goal could be to join the move towards sustainable tourism growth in Hawaii. OO is a link for some people to Hawaii so we could embrace that. We could highlight the places and businesses in Hawaii that inspire us in our development of the restaurant.

What is a value-oriented approach to economic development as it applies to restaurant experiences? Maybe we shouldn’t be barking about each new shiny thing as the end-goal of a visit, but instead framing the products you consume as part of a larger concept…