The other day I listened to two Honolulu foodies argue about the pork chops at the Manago Hotel.
One preferred them with gravy; the other declared that practically blasphemy.
So I decided to try it for myself.
Yesterday, en route to Honaunau, we stopped at the historic hotel in Captain Cook to try the famous pork chops and see what’s better — with or without gravy.
Here’s what the entire experience looked like:
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i too prefer to bring the chop to the gravy, not the gravy to the chop. but i don’t hold my knife and fork in the continental manner as you do. i grab it by the handle like a dreamsicle and rip me off a big ol’ hunk. then i pick my teeth with the bone, and wear it in my nose till all the neighborhood dogs stop chasing me.
i too prefer to bring the chop to the gravy, not the gravy to the chop. but i don’t hold my knife and fork in the continental manner as you do. i grab it by the handle like a dreamsicle and rip me off a big ol’ hunk. then i pick my teeth with the bone, and wear it in my nose till all the neighborhood dogs stop chasing me.
I heard if the famous pork chops from Manago Hotel! I actually am going to the Big Island next month! Must stop here!
I heard if the famous pork chops from Manago Hotel! I actually am going to the Big Island next month! Must stop here!
i’m literally sitting here swallowing my drool.
i’m literally sitting here swallowing my drool.
PLAIN!!! 😉
PLAIN!!! 😉
I like it either way, but yeah bring the pork to the gravy.
I like it either way, but yeah bring the pork to the gravy.
I’m drooling just looking at the stuff I already ate!
I’m drooling just looking at the stuff I already ate!
I’m drooling just looking at the stuff I already ate!
@WatermarkHawaii I’m with you. But the gravy is goooood on the rice 🙂
@WatermarkHawaii I’m with you. But the gravy is goooood on the rice 🙂
@WatermarkHawaii I’m with you. But the gravy is goooood on the rice 🙂
@turkfontaine hahaha so random! 🙂
@turkfontaine hahaha so random! 🙂
I’m kind of a gravy guy… especially if it’s mushroom gravy. I can appreciate a chop dry though — long as it isnt, well, dry. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Cat!
I’m kind of a gravy guy… especially if it’s mushroom gravy. I can appreciate a chop dry though — long as it isnt, well, dry. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Cat!
I’m kind of a gravy guy… especially if it’s mushroom gravy. I can appreciate a chop dry though — long as it isnt, well, dry. 🙂 Thanks for sharing, Cat!
plain or gravy, color me happy either way.
by the way, nice ring !!!!
plain or gravy, color me happy either way.
by the way, nice ring !!!!
plain or gravy, color me happy either way.
by the way, nice ring !!!!
Oh, man, mushroom gravy! I love that over rice, too! 🙂
Oh, man, mushroom gravy! I love that over rice, too! 🙂
No gravy!
No gravy!
No gravy!
No gravy!
Hello Cat,
Got to try it next time I’m on the BI
I say no gravy too. I add ketchup but it’s sooo juicy and yummy. It is a MUST visit every time I’m home on the BI.
You got the gravy, but you forgot the onions!
Still good either way.