It is Sunday, and often I find myself on Sunday thinking about breakfast. We have been thinking about how to think outside the box when it comes to food. Often, one of the best ways to do that is to visit the food of other cultures and places. One of my favorite breakfasts that I had recently was at the Diamond Head Market & Grill in Honolulu, Hawaii. Nothing makes you ready for breakfast more then hiking up Diamond Head and viewing the ocean from one of Hawaii’s most popular landmarks. Inspiring scenery makes you want inspiring food all the more. Luckily, by chance we came across the Diamond Head Market & Grill.  It would be easy to pass by this place and not notice. It looks like a casual little market, and not really someplace you would be looking for a great meal. Hawaiians are foodies at heart though, and do not need the pomp and circumstance. The takeaway plate lunch is a common way to eat in Hawaii. With such beautiful scenery, who wants to be inside? Anyhow, we stopped in for a visit. I ordered the ahi tuna and eggs with white rice which is the Hawaiian equivalent of steak and eggs. Going with the island theme I also ordered a side of coconut pancakes. What a great breakfast! I love grilled tuna. If you are going to replace steak, there is no better substitute. Now obviously, not everyone would like ahi for breakfast, but not everyone wants steak either. Lucky for me, I am not one of those people.  If you haven’t had coconut pancakes you really must try them. You can make them yourself by buying coconut flakes and inserting them into your pancake batter. Then you just have to either buy or make some coconut syrup. You may be able to find this at an international food store or the famous ABC Store in Hawaii would be more then willing to ship you some. Even better you could make it yourself. This looks like a pretty good recipe at the below link. I haven’t tried this version yet as I am still using my bottle from Hawaii, but will be trying it once I run out.

http://mattbernier.blogspot.com/2007/08/coconut-syrup-recipie.html

Breakfast in Hawaii is also great because they have their famous Kona coffees to kick start your day. So whenever I am missing Hawaii, I pickup some Kona coffee at the market and cook up some ahi tuna and eggs, along with a side of coconut pancakes, and it takes me back to that beautiful day on Diamond Head when my wife and I were on top of the world.

Want to check out the view we had from Diamond Head? Goto the new Foodie Fotos section.