Engrish sneaks up on you where you never expect to find it.
We went to eat at one of the newer restaurants in Honolulu called Jin Din Rou, a Japanese Chinese chain from Japan. The food was pretty good but portions were on the smallish side and prices on the higher side. A small plate of sweet and sour pork (made with black vinegar and sweet potato making the dish pop) was about $9 for the small and $18 for the large. The prices reflect the Japanese owners sensibility of yen prices at Y900/Y1800. Makes perfect sense in Tokyo but the Honolulu crowd is used to mass servings (like four scoops rice two scoops mac salad?) for cheap. Several of the dishes were quiet refine and the tastes were unique and very non-Honolulu Chinatown. Xiao long bao made with green tea? Pretty darn good! Totally lacked massive quantities of MSG, though.
Anyway, as I paged through their menu I fell upon a plate called stir friend pork and jew’s ear….
huh?
wait…jew’s ear….?
I mean I can go on and on about how this is totally not Kosher. But jew’s ear. I tried to bug Yukako about this but she was a bit stumped as well. Seems something got amiss with a possible mushroom.
I’ll ask her again about this tomorrow.
http://jin-din-rou.net/h_menu03.html
ITS EVEN ON THEIR ON LINE MENU!
And its even served with soy sause.
Hmmm…you gotta wonder about Engrish at time.