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#CatTravels: Can’t leave Kauai without Hamura Saimin

By Catherine Toth Fox • February 1, 2013 • #CatTravels, Food

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To me, there’s nothing better than sharing food with friends, especially on trips.

I like to sample a lot of different things — nearly impossible when you’re dining alone. So it’s almost mandatory I have help.

Plus, it’s no fun talking to myself.

On my last day on Kauai, I enlisted the help of my girlfriend, Joy, on my last stop: Hamura Saimin, the famous saimin stand on Kress Street in Lihue.

She was game. Hamura’s was near her workplace, and she hadn’t eaten there in awhile — like, I’m sure, a lot of Kauai residents — so we set a time and me there.

It’s been a year since I’d been back on Kauai, and I always think fondly about the saimin here. Sometimes I think my taste buds are always better in my memory.

Luckily for me, they weren’t. The saimin was just as good as I had remembered.

Here’s what my last few hours on Kauai looked like:

Sunrise on Kauai

Sunrise on Kauai
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It was my last morning on Kauai, so I spent it lounging on the beach, watching the sunrise.

Thanks for following my adventures on Kauai on Twitter @thedailydish and on Instagram @catherinetoth.

Special thanks to the Kauai Visitors Bureau for setting all this up!

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9 Comments

  • Reply M February 1, 2013 at 12:33 pm

    Hello Cat!

    Hamura’s Yummy! It wasn’t even crowded, everytime I been there I had to wait for a table.

    • Reply Catherine Toth February 7, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      We went at 11:30 a.m. and there was literally no one in there. Can you believe that!

  • Reply Annoddah Dave February 1, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    CAT: For me, my taste buds in the 60’s was better for Hamaura’s. My tastes must have changed because last year it was a disappointment. To me Shige’s is better.

    • Reply Catherine Toth February 7, 2013 at 8:56 pm

      OoooOooO, I love Shige’s. I think the broth is different at Hamura’s, but I can’t say for sure.

  • Reply P February 1, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    I love your blog Cat. I miss Hawaii so bad when I see some of your pics.

    • Reply Catherine Toth February 7, 2013 at 8:55 pm

      Aw, thanks for reading! Where are you now?

  • Reply David Jackson February 2, 2013 at 5:11 am

    The pie looks delicious, like it would melt in your mouth. As the years go by I think that retiring to Kauai or the Big Island makes a lot of sense. Not a big fan of big crowds anymore. Maybe retire Kaaawa.

    I’m surprised someone doesn’t open a chicken centric restaurant. If you are clever there a plenty chickens for free… You could call it the Kauai Free Range Chicken House or maybe the Roadside Chicken House. Just no call it the Kauai Chicken Ranch.

    • Reply Catherine Toth February 7, 2013 at 8:55 pm

      Kauai is nice, but lemme tell you, you really have to FIND things to do!

      There was a chicken-centric restaurant — can’t remember the name off-hand — that I was going to go to but ran out of time.

  • Reply Pomai April 7, 2013 at 12:52 pm

    To be honest, I wasn’t really impressed with Hamura Saimin, likening it to packaged S&S stuff.

    I still say, believe it or not, Zippy’s is in it to win it with their famous “Zip Min”. The broth is EXCELLENT. Noodles have perfect texture and flavor. And you can’t beat the variety of toppings, including Choi Sum and a big honkin’ Shrimp Tempura thrown in for good measure. Winnahz!

    Next to them, I’d go with Palace Saimin for best saimin on Oahu. I have yet to try Shige’s out in Wahiawa. As you said, it’s just so far!

    Now I gotta’ go dig through your blog for Japanese Ramen coverage! 🙂

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Born and raised on O‘ahu, Hawaiʻi, Catherine Toth Fox has been chronicling her adventures in her blog, The Cat Dish, for more than a decade. She worked as a newspaper reporter in Hawai‘i for 10 years and continues to freelance—in between teaching journalism, hitting the surf and eating everything in sight—for national and local print and online publications. She’s currently the editor of HAWAIʻI Magazine.

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