Movement By Lydia

"Taste of Hawaii" is a new series of blog posts highlighting some of my favorite places to eat/drink in Oahu. To read more posts from my "Taste of Hawaii" series, please click here. ITCHY BUTT The name of this restaurant immediately catches your attention. Whether or not the words "itchy butt" make you hungry, they certainly pique your interest when seen as a restaurant name. If I had to take a guess, that's what the owners of Itchy Butt were going for. The name is definitely what drew me in... but I stayed for the food. Located across from Cartwright Neighborhood Park on the corner of Keeaumoku and Kinau, Itchy Butt is a hole in the wall place that serves Korean fried chicken in the Makiki area of Honolulu. When I say it's a hole in the wall place, I'm not kidding. Itchy Butt is super tiny and take-out only. You walk up to the little window to order, and everything is made-to-order. While you do have to wait (and there is no seating un...

So during the program, there are a few cultural activities we did that were set up by the program. One of them was a Korean cooking class, which I was looking forward to because I love Korean food and already cook it back home! I was excited to learn how to make more foods! Our cooking class was at  서울관광고등학교, and it was quite the subway ride to get there from where I lived. I left super early in the morning.. like before my host family woke up. I think that was the only day I didn't eat breakfast with them&left before they woke up, so I just left a note to let them know where I went. Despite leaving so early I was almost late cause the station was SOOO crowded.. I remember seeing a girl in the subway station then running together to find everyone because we were scared we were late. Anyway, we all met at the subway station and then walked to the high school we were having our cooking class at. There were a LOT of hills, which is why we were told to wear sneakers haha.  ...