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New goal: eat everywhere

By Catherine Toth Fox • December 27, 2011 • #CatTravels, Food

I had a few errands to run this morning and drove right past an okazu-ya I had seen before but never tried.

Instead of doing the usual and saying, “I’ll check it out next time,” I turned around and pulled in the parking lot. I wasn’t hungry, but I decided to check out the offerings at Caryn’s Okazu-ya on Young Street.

It’s been around for more than 20 years, now on its third owner. And the menu looked good: shrimp tempura, mochiko chicken, teriyaki hot dog, Okinawan shoyu pork.

I’m glad I stopped.

This is going to be my New Year’s resolution of sorts, to stop and try and not wait until later.

Think of all the restaurants and shops and places you always say you’ll check out — and years go by and you’ve still never seen or done it.

Do it.

Trust me, you won’t regret it. Because even if it turns out not as great as you had expected, at least now you know.

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12 Comments

  • Reply rayboyjr December 27, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    Hey Cat … wow!!! … that’s a lot of food for someone who “wasn’t hungry” … haha!!! … was that plate shared by two??? …

    … good idea … your “resolution” kind of reminds me of that old saying – “No better time than the present” … or something like that … and I agree …

    … but can’t say I’ll be following in your footsteps anytime soon … *sigh* … I’m a lazy procrastinator …

    … I gotta remind myself … I have the rest of my life to be lazy … some opportunities may not pass my way again …

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:30 am

      Hey, I wasn’t THAT hungry — but I’m always hungry 🙂

  • Reply M December 27, 2011 at 2:22 pm

    Hello Cat! you are exactly right, I always say that too, I’ll check it out the next time but the next time never comes.

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:30 am

      I figure you may not get the chance again, so may as well do it now. Later is for later.

  • Reply David Jackson December 27, 2011 at 2:53 pm

    Did that a lot when I lived there before. Some real gems in Hawaii if you aren’t afraid to try things out.

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:30 am

      The thing is you have to STOP and do it at that very moment. Life gets in the way of all the fun things we want to do 🙂

  • Reply kat December 27, 2011 at 7:55 pm

    I like your new goal 🙂

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:30 am

      Hey, it’s doable! 🙂

  • Reply WildeOscar December 28, 2011 at 4:22 am

    I usually receive as Christmas gifts a one or two gift cards or gift certificates (paper still exists) for restaurants I like. I never seem to have them with me when I have the urge to use them and access to that food. My goal this year is to use by the end of January the two I received last week as gifts. That way, I can’t lose them or forget about consuming the gifts. I know I will eat in these places anyway. They are favs.

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:31 am

      That’s an awesome goal! Do it! You won’t regret it!

  • Reply hawaiiobsessed December 28, 2011 at 6:47 am

    I like your goal!

    • Reply Catherine Toth December 30, 2011 at 11:31 am

      If you aim low — or within reach — you can achieve anything! LOL

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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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