Day 13 - At Ho'okipa and Mama's Fish House with Anna

The kids wanted a rested, so they got one. All of us had been waking up early every morning and they simply wanted a morning in which they didn’t have to wake up before 6:30am. Anna and I opted to take the morning and head to one of the beaches we discovered the other day. We grabbed the snorkel gear and a fishing pole and off we went.

The beach we went to was a hidden spot known only to the locals. There were a couple of cars there when we got there. I attempted to go out and snorkel, but the water was very rough, so it churned up the sand to make visibility pretty bad. We packed up our things and head over to Ho’okipa Beach.

For some reason when we were at Ho’okipa Beach early last week, we never realized that the beach had a resting zone for turtles. Anna and I parked our beach chair right next to the zone and watched the turtles sleep away their morning. About every fifteen minutes another turtle would slowly roll in on a water and crawl up the sandy beach to join the group. The place was an attraction spot to say the least.

The main attraction were the surfers and windsurfers. Young and old, they all went out to brave the waves. The current was very strong here and there wasn’t any good easy spot to get in the water. Rocks and lava formations were all over the place and took up most of the beach entry in the better part of the where we were sitting.

Anna made a reservation at Mama’s Fish House, a local have-to-go-eat-at restaurant where we tried to go to a few days back. Unfortunately, we didn’t have a reservation then, but Mama managed to make one early today. We left the beach around 11:15am and headed down the road ready to see what all the fuss was about.

We got their a little early, but they were nice enough to get us situated right away. We were greated by our server, Lacey, who was outstanding. She gave us a quick rundown of the history and menu and away we went. The menu had an appetizer sashimi that screamed my name. The oysters screamed at Anna. I have eaten quite a bit of sushi in my lifetime, but this platter was by far the best and unique prepared sashimi I have ever had. Maybe it was the location and company, but I think the chef gets a five star for this one.

Mama’s Fish House, as the name states, specializes in fish. So, what better way to celebrate that then to have a nice stuffed lobster and crab Dorado. I know – sounds good right? Anna couldn’t decide, so she went surf and turf with Vension and a lobster tail – I KNOW – that sounds amazing as well, right? And yes – it WAS!!! We finished off the meal with a Kona coffee and a Macadamia Nut pie!

After our mouths finished their culinary orgasims, we headed back to the condo to see what the kids were up to.