{"id":23926,"date":"2012-09-30T05:39:46","date_gmt":"2012-09-29T20:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=23926"},"modified":"2012-09-30T05:39:46","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T20:39:46","slug":"fine-dining-hawaii-53-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?p=23926","title":{"rendered":"Fine Dining Hawaii:  53 By The Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23929\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23929\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-219.jpg\" alt=\"photo 2\" title=\"photo 2\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23929\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nremember the old John Dominis?  well, they closed, then a japanese company rebuilt a fine dining restaurant called 53 By The Sea.  anyway, we went to investigate.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23933\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23933\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-54.jpg\" alt=\"photo 5\" title=\"photo 5\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23933\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ni was pretty impressed by this huge door.  probably the biggest door in hawaii.  and once you open it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23931\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23931\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-412.jpg\" alt=\"photo 4\" title=\"photo 4\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23931\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ngorgeous!  fancy, clean, and top of the line.  if you want to impress your girlfriend, this is definitely the place to do it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23928\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23928\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-131.jpg\" alt=\"photo 13\" title=\"photo 13\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23928\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nit just opened last week and was pretty crowded already.  the food was good, the service was good, and the whole experience was awesome.  i would highly recommend this restaurant to everybody.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23927\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23927\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-1110.jpg\" alt=\"photo 11\" title=\"photo 11\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23927\" \/><\/a><br \/>\njust to sit at the bar is awesome. they have a full bar stocked with everything you can imagine.  oh wait!  the didn&#8217;t have corona!  that was the only bummer.  but that turned out fine because my friend ordered a bottle of dom perignon instead. haha.  they have live jazz music with a guy playing on a one of a kind piano.  in fact, the only one in hawaii.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23930\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23930\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-313.jpg\" alt=\"photo 3\" title=\"photo 3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23930\" \/><\/a><br \/>\ngrappa or port wine?  usually we have grappa for our desert drink.  then i took a sip of this port wine.  loved it!  it was my first port wine experience and not my last.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23932\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23932\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-123.jpg\" alt=\"photo 12\" title=\"photo 12\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23932\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwant romance?  watch waikiki and diamond head go from sunset to city lights.  then watch all the kewalo&#8217;s surfer boys ripping up the waves right in front of you.  can&#8217;t beat this view and to me, it&#8217;s the best hawaii has to offer.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/?attachment_id=23934\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/photo-151.jpg\" alt=\"photo 15\" title=\"photo 15\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium alignnone size-medium wp-image-23934\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nwhen you order a drink, the bartender comes with his portable bar and gives you a show.<br \/>\nhighly recommended by my friends and me.  they didn&#8217;t advertise yet but once they do, this place will be by reservations only.  the seafood platter is a must.  the lasagna is a must.  and the tiramisu is a must.  see you there.<br \/>\n53 By The Sea<br \/>\n53 Ahui St<br \/>\nHonolulu, HI 96813<br \/>\nHours:<br \/>\nMon-Fri 5 pm &#8211; 10 pm<br \/>\nReservations 536-5353. Valet parking only. $25 corkage fee.<br \/>\nSat 5 pm &#8211; 11 pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>remember the old John Dominis? well, they closed, then a japanese company rebuilt a fine dining restaurant called 53 By The Sea. anyway, we went to investigate. i was pretty impressed by this huge door. probably the biggest door in hawaii. and once you open it. gorgeous! fancy, clean, and top of the line. if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[825],"class_list":{"0":"post-23926","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-kirby-blogs","7":"tag-53-by-the-sea"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/go-naminori.com\/kirbyfukunaga\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}