Kapalama, Utage, Elvin's Bakery, Ernest Pyle's grave

Today Linda took me on a drive into the older sections of Honolulu.
We passed Kapalama Canal in Kalihi and saw the line of tents of the homeless that was mentioned in the front page article of this morning's Star Advertiser, which dealt with the problem of  the rise of people living on the street.

We stopped in Kapalama SC to explore the stores there, one of which was Elvin's Bakery.

Beautiful cakes.
The Strawberry Shortcake
is supposed to be very good.

There is also a large number of Danish type pastries.   We bought Cinnamon Toasts and cookies.

So this is where Dairyu
moved to from Beretania St.

Part of their  menu in the window.
It is mainly a ramen place but also serves Japanese foods.

Then across the way to
Dillingham Square.
The character is "Utage" the
name of the Japanese and Okinawan restaurant where we
stopped to have lunch.

My Soki Soba (pork spareribs with Okinawan noodles) was  soo good.  The red ginger gave it a nice bite.

Linda's choice was the Shoyu Pork .
Both lunches came with salad, a drink, and  Cookies and Cream ice cream.
We met a couple of nice ladies seated next to us and chatted for two hours!

Later we drove to Punchbowl National Cemetery where the flowers are in bloom..

It was peaceful and not very crowded,  unlike last Saturday when there was a memorial ceremony for Ernest Pyle.

Gravestone of Ernest Pyle, Pulitzer Prize winning American war correspondent and journalist.

Plumeria trees

Fiery bougainvillea