Waikiki Brewing Company Kakaako + POW WOW! Murals with Leah and Carly

After a week at a family resort on the other side of the island, the twins were ready to come see me for a fun night out before our Circle Island Nacho Tour on Saturday. We started out in Kaka'ako to check out the recently updated street art. Every February, artists come from all over the world to paint new murals in this neighborhood during Pow!Wow! (http://www.powwowworldwide.com/festivals/hawaii). It is so much fun to watch the artists create the masterpieces over the week long festival. I missed the festival this year so was stoked to take these girls on a walkabout to check out all the new and classic murals. I even got them to wear the nacho ponchos with me for a few fun photos.

After a couple of hours of walking around, it was time for a beer and what better place to check out in Kaka'ako than Waikiki Brewing Company. They have delicious locally brewed beer AND nachos!  I love their nachos because they are made with homemade cheese sauce that is crafted with the jalapeno mouth beer that they brew. And they put fresh jalapenos on them which always wins me over.

Carnivore Nachos
 Fresh Oahu made tortilla chips topped with Jalapeno Mouth ™beer cheese, roasted poblano salsa, jalapenos,  black beans,locally grown tomatoes, avocado and sour cream
With Kiawe smoked brisket    18
With Kiawe smoked pulled pork    16

Shananigans (4.25) - PRESENTATION: Nice big portion on a big pizza tray, you can see how fresh the ingredients are. RAD: I could drink the beer cheese. Fresh avo, yummy salsa, fresh jalapenos. LAME: The chips are not the same caliber as the nachos... TOPPING TO CHIP RATIO: 4.75, all the chips have topping homies to the last bite. PRO TIP: Order a side of BBQ sauce and pour it all over your nachos. It adds the pop you didn't know you needed. I also always order these with an extra side of beer cheese sauce because you can never have enough cheese. The service here is always the best. I love this place!

Carly (3.5, 4 w/BBQ sauce added) - PRESENTATION: Pretty, pizza like. RAD: Very fresh, crispy chips. LAME: blandish until Shannon added the BBQ sauce. TOPPING TO CHIP RATIO: 4.

Leah (4) - PRESENTATION: Avo slices, fresh salsa, brisket, jalapeno slices, toasted chips. RAD: Delicious beers! BBQ sauce, beer cheese, toasted chips. LAME: Needs more cheese!  TOPPING TO CHIP RATIO: 1:2, prefer more avo and jalapenos. BBQ sauce made nachos A+.