Comments on: The Nook Lives up to the Murmurs http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/ foodblogging los angeles Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:31:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: thranduil http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-131949 thranduil Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:57:09 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-131949 I just went here for dinner with a friend last night. The Kurobuta Pork Belly got the biggest thumbs up for the night! Service was great, we did a walk in around 6:30 and waited about 10 minutes for a table. It really is a "nook" - it took us a while to figure out it really was in the corner of the shopping center - look for the arrow! I just went here for dinner with a friend last night. The Kurobuta Pork Belly got the biggest thumbs up for the night! Service was great, we did a walk in around 6:30 and waited about 10 minutes for a table. It really is a “nook” - it took us a while to figure out it really was in the corner of the shopping center - look for the arrow!

]]> By: bulavinaka http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-122387 bulavinaka Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:19:35 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-122387 Boiled peanuts were something that my uncle offered, among many other "specialties" at his family-run grocery store in Honolulu. I just ate and ate... If you've been to the Islands and been in any of the local food shops and cafes, it's very common to run across little surprises like this that give the mom&pop stores a niche in now-commercialized Hawaii. I never asked where he got the idea from - just assumed that he either ran across this idea by accident (oops - dropped an unshelled peanut in the boiling water - hey not bad) or he picked it up from who-knows-where... maybe someone from one of the many military bases missing boiled peanuts from back home in the South? If Country & Western can become a huge hit and mainstay in the Solomon Islands, then boiled peanuts could easily slide into that Stone Soup cuisine called Hawaiian food. Boiled peanuts were something that my uncle offered, among many other “specialties” at his family-run grocery store in Honolulu. I just ate and ate… If you’ve been to the Islands and been in any of the local food shops and cafes, it’s very common to run across little surprises like this that give the mom&pop stores a niche in now-commercialized Hawaii. I never asked where he got the idea from - just assumed that he either ran across this idea by accident (oops - dropped an unshelled peanut in the boiling water - hey not bad) or he picked it up from who-knows-where… maybe someone from one of the many military bases missing boiled peanuts from back home in the South? If Country & Western can become a huge hit and mainstay in the Solomon Islands, then boiled peanuts could easily slide into that Stone Soup cuisine called Hawaiian food.

]]> By: dynaMike http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-122175 dynaMike Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:06:31 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-122175 Love Nook! Service is great. Host (gentleman w/the shaved head) is great. Food is great. I also commented on the soft peanuts during my first visit, but I was told that the (soft/mushy) preparation is intended. I Googled around after hearing this, and it sounds like this is the true, Southern comfort style of serving them. Can anyone verify? Love Nook! Service is great. Host (gentleman w/the shaved head) is great. Food is great.

I also commented on the soft peanuts during my first visit, but I was told that the (soft/mushy) preparation is intended. I Googled around after hearing this, and it sounds like this is the true, Southern comfort style of serving them. Can anyone verify?

]]> By: BoLA http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-121715 BoLA Fri, 02 Mar 2007 08:21:17 +0000 http://la.foodblogging.com/2007/03/01/the-nook-lives-up-to-the-murmurs/#comment-121715 J - Sounds like you and S had a great dinner out. :) I wasn't a big fan of the boiled peanuts at all, and had to pass them over to MS who can pretty much eat anything. LOL! You know I'd offer you and S a bite off my plate! Good eats, for sure! J - Sounds like you and S had a great dinner out. :) I wasn’t a big fan of the boiled peanuts at all, and had to pass them over to MS who can pretty much eat anything. LOL!

You know I’d offer you and S a bite off my plate! Good eats, for sure!

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