People recently asked me these questions and so here are my answers. Truly food for thought.

Q: What's your favorite comfort food?
A: Spaghetti! It just reminds me of my childhood. I love hamburgers, too. I live in lower Manoa, and the spot where the Tsukuneya Japanese Restaurant is today on the corner of University Avenue and Dole Street there used to be a place called College Inn. As a little boy I would walk over there to have one of their 30-cent hamburgers and a 5-cent orangeade soda. I remember thinking, "I can eat this everyday for the rest of my life!"

  Today, as I cut down on red meat (due to the fact that my body doesn't eliminate iron very well), I have shifted to veggie burgers. But, of course, the fun memories of College Inn remains.

  Q: What's in your refrigerator right now?
A: Acai juice, spaghetti sauce, cutie oranges, Fresca, lentil soup, soy milk (to go with my cereal), apples and oranges, guava jam, lilikoi butter, ketchup, and mango chutney.

  Q: What's your favorite restaurant to go on a date with Pam?
A. Pam and I recently went to Orchid's at the Halekulani Hotel. If we could afford it, La Mer. Went there once or twice. I also like Le Bistro. Love Longhi's because of the good food and it's quiet enough for conversation. We try to always have a Thursday lunch date since that is my day-off. And those lunches are always on the mid-range price. We love Thai food, Vietnamese food and ramen. We rarely do dinner dates so we can be home with Quinn.