Shokudo Japanese Restaurant & Bar - Honolulu

The first time I went to Shokudo Japanese Restaurant & Bar was almost 5 years ago, for our girls night Christmas Dinner. It was a really nice dinner--9 girls, all of whom I've been friends with for a long, long time.

I finally went back to Shokudo last month for a baby shower for one of the girls.

It was the same group of friends (minus @incirclepets), and it's amazing how much things changed since our Christmas Dinner. At that time only one of us had a child.

Fast forward a few years and there are now 10 kids with two more on the way (and I'm sure many more will be on the way in the future).

It was so much fun, and that's probably why a lot of the photos are blurry--I think I was laughing too much while shooting in macro mode (but I do need a new camera...).

We decided to order individual lunches versus family style.

Several of us order Combination Lunch Boxes, which came with Miso Soup...

and Salad.


I ordered the Teriyaki Chicken and Chicken Karaage combo.

Everything was really good!

Others ordered Salmon and Teriyaki Chicken...

And yet others ordered Assorted Tempura and Teriyaki Chicken.

A few ordered other items off of the menu, like the Spinach Salad.

Another ordered Balsamic Beef Tataki Sushi...

and this noodle dish (I don't remember what this was).

One of the girls ordered this, but I can't remember what this was either...

Of course we had to get the Honey Toast. The last time we were there, the 9 of us shared 2 Honey Toasts.

This time the 8 of us ordered 4!

We ordered 3 "regular" Honey Toasts and 1 Caramel.

The Honey Toast was just as good as I remembered it...

It was such a great lunch...the food was good, our server was friendly, and it was nice being in the company of such great friends...

Shokudo Japanese Restaurant & Bar: 1585 Kapiolani Boulevard, Honolulu, HI 96814, (808) 941-3701