UYE BRUNCH BOOZERS III @Morimoto Waikiki

Morimoto’s lived up to his hype… this was my first time here and what better way to enjoy it with great company.
Yes I am a month late on this review but it still counts :) They have valet service for those of us that don’t want to find street parking or are just too lazy. Its free with validation so it would probably be the same amount if you parked yourself.
Anyway moving on to the important stuff… as soon as I walk into the restaurant I see a long table with our Unilocalers. Wowza! We were seated at the VIP area and of course there was absolutely no one else eating inside, all the other customers were outside. I guess they couldn’t fit us outside but hey the table was huge. it felt like thanksgiving dinner.
They have a huge variety of breakfast items to choose from, you can choose from traditional or japanese breakfast. I ordered the Beef loco moco and my friend Kate H ordered the banana pancake. We were smart and ordered two different things so we could share them together.
The loco moco was delicious it was more of a curry plate because they didn’t give much beef in there but the banana pancake was amazeballs! The pancake was fluffy and the syrup was holy cow fking great! It was a like a brown sugar substance that when you poured it on to your pancake it got all dried up and made it even more fantastic!
Our waiters were really nice and accommodating to all our needs. Yes we Unilocalers can get a little high maintenance… only because we deserve the very best ;)
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I guess I’m a little late posting this review but being late is better than not posting at all, right?
This is a really nice place to get some brunch it was a little pricey but I didn’t mind, its not too often I get to do this. And it was really great to meet all you fellow Unilocalers.
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My main concern before arriving was, «WHAT IN THE HECK SHOULD I WEAR?!». I had never really been to a «dressy» restaurant before and from what the internet told me, I better not show up wearing blue jeans or a T-​shirt. Oookkkaaayyy… well that left a lot of options open. So I eventually decided on a long and flowy, floral print dress that I had yet to wear even though I’ve owned it for 2 years. But guess what? When I showed up, a lot of peeps were wearing jeans and t-​shirts (okay, they were polo shirts, but whatever), so I felt kinda gypped by the internet (or Morimoto’s). But I didn’t feel too awkward in my dress and I just felt happy that I was finally getting a chance to wear it.
And onto the food! I also got the Traditional Japanese Breakfast ($ 30) and the funny thing is that when Emi’s came out it had some different pickled veggies than mine had. I figured since they came out within 30 minutes of each other that everything would be the same. Perhaps they ran out of something in the back? But the main course of the breakfast was butterfish and boy was it amazing! Melted right in your mouth and tasted delicious. Definitely worth exchanging my usual eggs n’ bacon routine for. The stone-​cold poached (?) egg floating in a brown sauce (teriyaki perhaps?) was interesting. I believe I should have eaten it all in one bite instead of breaking the yoke into the sauce, but I digress. I liked half of the pickled veggies and the other half were too bitter for me. Like the pickled plum… geez, was that thing as bitter as an old widow who just found out that her husband had cheated on her. The tofu-​miso soup on the other hand was just right and they even give you extra pieces of nori to add to the soup or just to munch upon.
Overall I was pleased with this awesome UYE that also happened to be my first ridiculously-​expensive restaurant experience. Lessons that I learned from this UYE: Don’t always believe what the internet tells you (it’s a lying and conniving charlatan!), pickled plums are disgusting, and make sure to plan out the rest of your month’s meals accordingly after you hit up a $$$$ restaurant.

Nice meeting you all. See you at the next event!

Great place to hang UYE style!

Thank Esteban for an awesome event! I am always amazed at the new Unilocalers I get to meet at these things. The food was good and the presentations were nice. I was particularly impressed with the traditional japanese breakfasts!
I didn’t know what to expect dress-​wise for a brunch at a swanky hotel with swanky décor and swanky guests. I really liked Michael’s outfit, very Brunchy– airy classy.
The décor was spectacular, I really like the drapes, they let enough light in and had a nice airy feel. The furniture is really green but not overwhelmingly so.
The bathroom in the hotel is spectacular. I felt like I was in a grove of trees with all the earthly wood tones and zen like feel. The faucets were cool too, plus the hand towels were nice and thick.
The valet was super quick to get my super fancy hyundai… haha. It was a nice and classy lazy Sunday morning for me and mom. Thanks everyone for making her belated birthday treat (besides the mani pedi from the Waikiki Edition) a lot of fun. She enjoyed her annual 30^th birthday celebration for the 21^st time.
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I’m a bit embarrassed to admit that this was my first time eating at Morimoto’s! I’ve been wanting to eat there since it first opened but things kept getting in the way. Kids, Unilocal parties, giving birth, Unilocal parties, going on a diet, Unilocal parties, oh who were we kidding about that diet, and you guessed it… Unilocal parties! So thank you Esteban for helping me get to Morimoto’s with a Unilocal party! So maybe it wasn’t the usual Elite fiesta but it was wonderfully elegant and oh so civilized. If I didn’t have two kids and a baby in tow, it would have been relaxing.
The décor at Morimoto’s is modern, yet beachy and I have decided that when I build my gorgeous Lanikai beach house I am going to have a giant dining table for entertaining and a huge pimp chair! Yes, a giant, beautifully upholstered chair that sits at each end of the table. As Esteban was today’s UYE host, it was only appropriate that he get the pimp chair. It will be mine one day, oh yes, it will be mine!
I ordered the traditional Japanese breakfast which was butterfish with an assortment of pickles, rice, an egg in a hot bath and fresh raw ahi. When I make my millions I am going to have my hot butler Gerrardo bring me this very breakfast every morning in bed. It was freakin’ delicious and I deserve to start off every morning with a yummy piece of butterfish! My BF gave me a bite of his eggs benedict and I was in heaven. Hot damn. If this is what breakfast is like, I can only imagine how good dinner is!
I’d say the only downside during the meal was not getting chopsticks with my breakfast. Yo, I’m half Japanese! I can’t eat butterfish with a fork?! The price tag is certainly hefty when you’re living the good life at Morimoto’s, but when you’ve got amazing food and the company of awesome Unilocalers how can one complain? Life is short. Unilocal it up and stuff your face with butterfish!