Did Magnum ever eat sushi?

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Re: Did Magnum ever eat sushi?

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Reef monkey wrote:Anyone else have a restaurant near you that gives off a Magnum PI vibe, ie feels like it could be from Honolulu in the early 80s? Maybe a favorite Chinese or sushi restaurant? Houston has a very large Vietnamese population , the second largest in the country, I guess our hot steamy climate felt like home to the boat people who fled Vietnam in '75. There is a huge Vietnamese enclave that stretches for miles along Bellaire Boulevard in southwest Houston with lots of asian stores and restaurants, and Buddhist temples. It's called "New Chinatown" ("Old Chinatown" is just south of downtown Houston and is almost completely regentrified now), but it's really much more Vietnamese than Chinese. There are whole areas where the official street signs are in both English and Vietnamese, and there is a "Saigon Plaza", a statue dedicated to the soldiers of the ARVN (which looks eerily similar to the Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC). The whole area feels Magnum-esque, reminds me of scenes where he's walking around Honolulu's Little Saigon looking for information, except a lot nicer. Plus the food there is fantastic, and most of the restaurants have a very Vietnamese atmosphere. Houstonians of all backgrounds have been eating pho and banh mi for a couple decades before these foods became trendy with hipsters nationwide.

I guess we never saw Magnum eating a banh mi sandwich or bowl or pho or bun (vermicelli bowl)?
I've written this somewhere else before, but the next city over from where I live in Long Beach is called Westminster. It's the biggest Vietnamese community in the US and several blocks along Westminster Blvd. are referred to as Little Saigon. They have a parade for Tet every year. We've been enjoying pho and banh mi there for many years. The cuisine has spread all around SoCal now. There is also a Buddhist monastery here in Long Beach and I occasionally see monks around town in their orange robes, as well as a Buddhist temple in the next town over form where I work. It's beautiful and draws many from the faith to live nearby. North Long Beach also has the largest Cambodian population, in the US having fled the Khmer Rouge in the late 70's. Little Phnom Penh or Cambodiatown, as the neighborhood is called, has many great restaurants and a few years ago a friend of mine married a Cambodian woman and their wedding reception food was amazing!

Stay safe Reef Monkey
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ConchRepublican wrote:Yes. I forget the exact episode title, but he's sitting on a boat or dock with a Japanese fisherman who offers him tuna he just caught and fileted.
That would be Sashimi.
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Sam wrote:That was "Forty Years From Sand Island" and Mr. White Death.
In Mr. White Death, they ordered Sushi at the restaurant. In, Forty Years from Sand Island, Magnum eats Sashimi, plain,raw fish.
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Reef monkey wrote:Oh, thanks, the media coverage makes it look worse than it is actually going to be. County Emergency Management Agency says we won't get hurricane conditions in the city, just lots of flooding, and my house is in a high spot. Just to be on the safe side, I filled my gas tank and a 5 gallon Jerry can for the generator, am having an iffy tree that hangs over my house taken down tomorrow morning, and have stocked up on the essentials - bottled water, batteries, canned goods, propane, rye whiskey, dark and light rum....
Thinking of you Reef monkey. Looks pretty damn wild down there. Stay safe!

Theres a fabulous Tiki bar in Toronto that I go to sometimes that brings me to Hawaii. It's a bit more of a Hawaii 5-O vibe, but I'm still in my Magnum zone there: http://shamefultikiroom.com/toronto/
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Fr. Paddy McGuinness wrote:He ate sushi with Ernest Borgnine in "Mr. White Death" during season three.

:wink: I thought the funniest part was when Ernest remembered Higgins as "Punky"

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Fr. Paddy McGuinness wrote:Mai Tai from the House Without a Key at the Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki. I know it's subjective, but it's the best I've had.
1/3 Ounce Orgeat Syrup
1/3 Ounce Orange Curaçao
1/3 Ounce Rock Candy Syrup
3/4 Ounce Bacardi Gold Rum
1/2 Ounce Bacardi 151 Rum
1 1/4 Ounce Fresh Lime Juice
3/4 Ounce Bacardi Select (float)
Build it over crushed ice and float with 3/4 ounce of Bacardi Select Rum. Garnish with a lime wheel, sugar cane stick, mint leaf, and Vanda orchid (I skip the garnish). It fills one rocks glass. If nothing else it's worth trying because the original Charlie Chan stories were written under the Banyon tree at this hotel. Rock candy syrup is just half portions of water and sugar. Boil it until the sugar dissolves and it's done when it cools. Try unprocessed cane sugar for the best results. Be safe this weekend and beware escaped convicts with pregnant girlfriends.
Paddy,
After reading your and Conch's drinking tips I might add one in memory of Mad Buck Gibson aka Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway invented the now legendary Papa Doble daiquiri at the La Floridita bar in Havana and held the house record of 16. My Bucket List includes visiting La Floridita and beating Papa's record, once the last Castro goes. My plan: I start at noon, drink 2 an hour, and by 9 pm the record is mine. Mad Buck would approve.
Here is the recipe as recorded by Hemingway's pal A.E. Hotcher, which I taught to the bartenders at Chicago's Trader Vic's around 1990, they loved it.

3 ounces white rum (Bacardi or Havana Club)
Juice of 2 limes
Juice of 1/2 grapefruit
6 drops of maraschino liqueur

Fill a blender one-quarter full of shaved ice. Add rum, lime juice, grapefruit juice and maraschino liqueur. Blend until well mixed and serve in a large goblet. Or you can shake all ingredients with ice, then pour over shaved ice into a goblet or cocktail glass.

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Okay, I’ll be trying a daiquiri this Friday. I’ve had so many gin & tonics lately I’m immune from malaria for the rest of my days.
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Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:My Bucket List includes visiting La Floridita and beating Papa's record, once the last Castro goes. My plan: I start at noon, drink 2 an hour, and by 9 pm the record is mine.
Sorry if it disappoints you, but I found it to be an overpriced tourist trap. I was there in the spring and the atmosphere is far from what my mind had conjured up. You can still do it though, but arrive early, prepare to wait a long time and bring a stack o' cash for those 17 doubles!
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Styles Bitchley wrote:
Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:My Bucket List includes visiting La Floridita and beating Papa's record, once the last Castro goes. My plan: I start at noon, drink 2 an hour, and by 9 pm the record is mine.
Sorry if it disappoints you, but I found it to be an overpriced tourist trap. I was there in the spring and the atmosphere is far from what my mind had conjured up. You can still do it though, but arrive early, prepare to wait a long time and bring a stack o' cash for those 17 doubles!
Styles,
Jeeze Louise Styles, why not just stab me in the heart, next thing you know you'll say there's no Santa Claus. Just kidding, I suspected and feared it would be a clip joint by now, given the Hemingway connection and the dedication of his fans and the jackpot that would represent to it's owners.
But, as I have read every one of his books but the unfinished one, I still have to go down and lamp the joint at the least. So Styles, did you drink at least one Papa Doble?
Dobie



Higgins: As you may have noticed, I've fired the groundskeeper. Until I can find a successor, I'd like you to assume some of the responsibilities.
Magnum: But Higgins, I don't know the first thing about gardening!
Higgins: I assure you, the kind of work I had in mind requires no intelligence what so ever.
Magnum: Like what?
Higgins: Like distributing 1500 lbs. of recycled vegetation that was delivered this morning.
Magnum: Recycled vegetation!? What do you mean 'recycled vegetation'? Recycled how?
Higgins: [smiles] Through a cow.

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Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:
Styles Bitchley wrote:
Luther's nephew Dobie wrote:My Bucket List includes visiting La Floridita and beating Papa's record, once the last Castro goes. My plan: I start at noon, drink 2 an hour, and by 9 pm the record is mine.
Sorry if it disappoints you, but I found it to be an overpriced tourist trap. I was there in the spring and the atmosphere is far from what my mind had conjured up. You can still do it though, but arrive early, prepare to wait a long time and bring a stack o' cash for those 17 doubles!
Styles,
Jeeze Louise Styles, why not just stab me in the heart, next thing you know you'll say there's no Santa Claus. Just kidding, I suspected and feared it would be a clip joint by now, given the Hemingway connection and the dedication of his fans and the jackpot that would represent to it's owners.
But, as I have read every one of his books but the unfinished one, I still have to go down and lamp the joint at the least. So Styles, did you drink at least one Papa Doble?
Dobie



Higgins: As you may have noticed, I've fired the groundskeeper. Until I can find a successor, I'd like you to assume some of the responsibilities.
Magnum: But Higgins, I don't know the first thing about gardening!
Higgins: I assure you, the kind of work I had in mind requires no intelligence what so ever.
Magnum: Like what?
Higgins: Like distributing 1500 lbs. of recycled vegetation that was delivered this morning.
Magnum: Recycled vegetation!? What do you mean 'recycled vegetation'? Recycled how?
Higgins: [smiles] Through a cow.
One and then done. I’m a huge Hemingway fan too. My fave author. The trip to his vila outside Havana was more enjoyable.
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I live about 15 minutes from Panonu, just beyond the county line, inside Orange County, locally known as the "Orange Curtain". His comments on Little Saigon are quite accurate. My favorite eatery in Little Saigon is Brodard Chateau, which features excellent Vietnamese food. You can enjoy Vietnamese food for far less money, but the experience, service, and quality of food is superior.

As for Panonu comments on the culture of Little Saigon, about 15 years ago, a local Vietnamese merchant in Westminster, had the poor taste to display an NVA flag in his window. With so many Vietnamese veterans of the war, it caused a near riot, as literally hundreds, then thousands, started a large demonstration against the foolish merchant. While the Vietnam War effected so many American families, and effected EVERY family in South Vietnam, and those hard feelings certainly die hard.

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