Halekulani Bakery

Disclosure: Coupons for complimentary croissants and drinks were provided.

I never pass up the opportunity to visit a bakery, so of course I made sure to stop in at Halekulani Bakery while staycationing at Halepuna Waikiki by Halekulani!

Clockwise from top center:

• Prosciutto Goat Cheese Fig Jam Danish
• Chocolate Haupia Brioche Bun
• Salted Caramel Croissant
• Big Island Macadamia Nut Chocolate Croissant
• Valrhona Chocolate Croissant
• Curry Pan

Although I have the biggest sweet tooth, I am #TeamSavory when it comes to pastries, so I loved the savory, salty, & sweet combo of the danish, but I really enjoyed the mac nut croissant as well. as well.

I also got a Caramelia Salted Chocolate Chip Cookie, because I can't resist a giant chocolate chip cookie.

The bakery also offers sandwiches, drinks, and of course — the Halekulani Signature Coconut Cake.

Don't be deterred by a long line. Apparently a lot of people need their morning caffeine (fun fact: I never had coffee before), so we were greeted by a pretty long line before 7am, but thank goodness it moved really quickly!

If you go later in the day the lines are shorter or nonexistent, but you run the risk of a smaller pastry selection, as a lot of the treats sell out in just a couple hours.

Halekulani Bakery
2233 Helumoa Rd

Honolulu, HI 96815

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G-Town Catering and Flour Lei at Kaiser Honolulu Clinic

Every Wednesday, you can find reasonably priced local plate lunches outside of Kaiser Permanente's Medical Office Building on the corner of Pensacola and South King Street. The plate lunches are offered by G-Town Catering (Instagram: @gtowncatering), which I had never heard of before.  But as I saw one of the guys loading a take-out container with noodles, that caught my eye and I knew I just had to try it (I love noods!).

Here's what today's menu looked like - as you can see they have a nice selection of local favorites, from shoyu chicken to furikake crusted ahi. But what I really wanted was the fried yakisoba noodles with ahi cake. 

For $11, this was a deal! The plate was loaded to the max with yakisoba. They left just enough space for a decent-sized ahi cake to fit on top. The 

I knew I was not going to finish all the noodles, which meant I would have leftovers for dinner (or the next day's lunch - woohoo!). 

The ahi cake was amazing. As you can see from the picture below, it's primarily all ahi, with some veggies and minimal fillers mixed in. Even without the aioli drizzle, this ahi cake would have been moist and flavorful.

While I was waiting to pay for my plate, they offered me a sample of the ground beef curry - delicious! I'm definitely coming back if I'm ever nearby on a Wednesday during the lunch hour.  There's only street parking available (unless you're coming here to visit one of the offices in the building), but there's lot of metered parking in the area.

Also here on Wednesdays (9 am - 12 pm) is Flour Lei (@flourlei) - she specializes in breads (honey whole wheat bread), cinnamon rolls, and cookies. Unfortunately she was sold out of cinnamon rolls by the time I got here, but I bought a bag of soft sugar cookies and boy were these super soft and chewy! 

Find these two vendors every Wednesday at Kaiser Honolulu - 1010 Pensacola Street, Honolulu, HI.

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Great Harvest Bread Co.

 

Since we were in the area, we decided to stop at Great Harvest Bread Co. for some snacks.

The first time I had Great Harvest Bread Co. was years and years ago, when a friend brought me some of their amazing Blueberry Cream Cheese Scones.  I was nearly tempted to get that again, but I couldn't resist the enormous Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie

It was really delicious and on the chewy side (I am team chewy when it comes to cookies!).

Cinnamon Roll

My middle son scored - a second cinnamon roll was thrown in because they baked up smaller than usual.  How nice!

Cinnamon Chip Cream Cheese Scone

Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Scone

The treats were devoured in no time, and I'd gladly stop in again for scrumptions sweets!


Great Harvest Bread Co.
4400 Kalanianaole Highway 7
Honolulu, HI 96821
(808) 735-8810

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