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Skriven 2006-08-13 00:11:00 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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The notable thing about Hu Ke Lau, besides Dave's
favorite pork fried rice (I forgot to say that it has
quite a fair amount of pork in it, and that you can get
French fries instead, which Maryanne and Dave's mom did)
is that there is a Polynesian song and dance show on
Saturday nights. You can eat on the nontheater side to
the right past the "koi pond" or on the left, past the
bar, on the theater side, for $3 more a head. It's a
pleasantly tacky show, lots of what can only be called
belly dancing in grass skirts, lots of audience participation.
You eat and drink before the show, but if you're not done,
you continue to eat and drink during, which we did.

There are three girl and three boy dancers, mid-20s to
40s, I'd say, an emcee-ette, rather jolly and large in the
stereotypical Pacific Islands way, and the Pacific Breezes
Band, which within its members included a couple fret players,
a teenaged drummer, and perhaps the most bored keyboard
player I've ever seen in my life.

Most of the patrons seem to have loved the extravaganza; I am
sort of on the fence. Instead of singing and clapping along I
nursed a Guinness (draft 16-oz for $4, not too bad). I noted
Manny eating a dish of ice cream and Lynnie having some kind
of cheesecake. Most of the other people, especially the Fords,
seemed to be getting really into it. I don't think that one
learns a ton about Polynesian culture here, more about the
drinking habits of Homo sapiens Americanus. But, as I said, it
was a pretty high-spirited occasion.

Speaking of high-spirited, you can get their special drink,
which is tropical fruit juices with ($9) or without ($6)
booze, in a Hu Ke Lau glass (you get to take it home) with
an electric ice cube, which flashes color. We had several
scattered about the table, and everyone was amused to no end
(whoever said we were mature adults?); but it turns out Lynnie's
ice cube was (stuck in the on position), so her grandmother
marched to the cashier with it in hand and returned triumphant
with a proper one.

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      Title: Chinese Style Fried Rice
 Categories: Chinese, Rice, don't eat
   Servings:  4

      1 c  Water
  1 1/3 c  Minute Rice
      1    Egg
      3 tb Butter
    1/3 c  Onion
    1/2 c  Water
      3 tb Soy Sauce

  In a small saucepan, bring 1 cup water to a boil.  Stir in rice, remove
  from heat, cover and let stand 5 minutes.  Meanwhile using a 10" skillet,
  cook 1 slightly beaten egg in 3 T butter.  Add 1/3 cup chopped onion to the
  rice.  Saute, stirring over medium heat until mixture is slightly browned.
  Mix 1/2 cup water with 2-3 T soy sauce and stir into the rice.

  Source unknown

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