Restaurant Review: Dough Dough's Hawaiian Cafe - Good Kind Grinds!

Time for another restaurant review! This time it is off to Huntington Beach and to Dough Dough's Hawaiian Cafe! As many of you know I love Hawaiian food and both of my parents are from Oahu!

The simple front of the place leads into this taste of the islands on the inside! My parents would love this place! The folks that run this place are from the islands and that friendliness truly comes forward! Plus everything they make is made right there and then! No food sitting around and then just plated up! So it may take a bit longer to get your food out but trust me it is totally worth it!

The first time I sat down for a meal I order this massive Big A's Loco Moco! This was one amazing plate. Rice, a hamburger patty, spam, Portuguese sausage, eggs, onions and gravy make for a super filling meal! Yes, I ate it all! I was full for the rest of the day but I ate the whole thing! The flavors are so good! Everything mixes together so well!

The next time I came back I went with the plate lunch! Rice with mac salad, kalua pig and chicken teriyaki! I tasted like the pig was cooked in lava rock for hours buried in the ground and the chicken had been marinated for a day and then cooked up. It felt like home! Ono!

They also make malasadas! Once again these are made once you order them and you get them filled with different fruit fillings like this apple one here! Fresh, hot malasada makes for a perfect finish to any meal here!

Dough Dough's Hawaiian Cafe
16552 Bolsa Chica St.
Huntington Beach, CA 92649

Hours

Mon	Closed
Tue	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Wed	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Thu	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Fri	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sat	8:00 am - 9:00 pm
Sun	8:00 am - 9:00 pm

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Restaurant Review: Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee

Kellie cannot wait to get her hands on a doughnut and a cup of coffee!

I finally made it to Sidecar Doughnuts and Coffee in Costa Mesa with my good friend Kellie. She is turning out to be my partner in crime when it comes to doughnut adventures!

I love the simple and clean look of the place!

I have been wanting to try this place for quite sometime and was happy to go with Kellie for both of our first times! Sidecar is known for using the best ingredients and never using preservatives in their doughnuts!

Everywhere I go I see Mickey!

Lil Oishi is ready to try his first Stumptown Cold Brew!

Besides amazing doughnuts they also carry Stumptown Coffee from Portland, Oregon! These guys are right up there with Portola Coffee Lab in Costa Mesa for their dedication to quality. Quality in their relationships with the coffee bean growers, the coffee making process and the communities that you find them in.

The Cold Brew is just that, coffee brewed without heat. It's a long 12 hour process that results in a smooth, full-bodied brew. Perfect just out of the fridge! Perfect with all of the quality doughnuts from Sidecar!

Sidecar makes about 12 different doughnuts each week and they rotate through all of their flavors. You can go to their site (at the bottom of this post) to see what flavors are available!

This is the best maple bacon doughnut I have ever tasted! The doughnut is light and airy, not heavy like your typical doughnut shops. The maple is subtle and not overpowering which allows for the great taste of the crisp bacon to come through. Just perfect in my opinion!

This was my first experience with huckleberry. Not only is there huckleberries in the glaze but also in the cake! The sweet and tart taste quickly made this another favorite!

I am a sucker for twist doughnuts and this madagascar vanilla twist was one of the best ever. Light and airy and not too sweet made this just perfect for me!

Last but not least is the malasada. Now with parents born and raised on Oahu, Leonard's is famous! And I was just mentioning to some friends why isn't there a malasada on the menu anywhere? Well here it is! These are not quite the same as Leonard's but every bit as good! Soft, light, airy and sugary! I could be back on Oahu right now!

Yes, the doughnuts are pricy but worth every penny. You can taste the quality in every bite. Plus, paired with quality coffee and you have a great meal or snack! I will gladly be back!

Sidecar Doughnuts & Coffee

270 E 17th St
Ste 18
Costa Mesa, CA 92627

(949) 887-2910

www.sidecardoughnuts.com

Hours: Mon-Sun 6:30 am - 4 pm

Small Kid Time Recipes: Malasadas

  1 Tbsp Rapid Rise yeast ( I use Fleischman’s Rapid Rise yeast)

·         1 tsp Sugar

·         ¼ cup Warm water

·         3 cup Flour

·         ¼ cup Sugar

·         ¼ cup Melted butter

·         3 Eggs

·         ½  cup Evaporated milk

·         ½  cup Water

·         Vegetable oil for frying

·         1/8 tsp nutmeg

·         Mix Fleischman rapid rise yeast with melted butter, condensed milk and water (120 to 130 degrees), 3 beaten eggs at room temperature, half of the flour. 

·         Mix well

·         Let it sit for 10 minutes            

·         Add the rest of the flour, mix well

·         Let rise for an hour in a warm draft free area. Or until double in size.

·         Heat vegetable oil to 375 degrees

·         Make 2 to 3 inch balls of Malasada dough

·         Cook in vegetable oil for about 6 minutes or until golden brown and cook through

·         Set on paper towel to cool just a little

·         roll in  sugar or shake in a bag with ½ cup of sugar

·         Ready to eat

 Tip;

When using Fleischman’s RAPID RISE yeast, water and condensed milk should be between 120 to 130 degrees to activate the yeast.  140 degrees is too hot and will kill the yeast.  Fleischman’s RAPID RISE yeast does not have to go through the second rise process that other yeasts have to go through, such as Fleischman’s ACTIVE  DRY yeast.  

              

Heat oil to 373 degrees. 

·         If oil is too hot; the Malasada dough will pop right back up to the surface and the outside will brown too quickly while the inside will be undercooked

·         If the oil isn’t hot enough;  the malasadas dough will sit at the bottom of the oil

·         If the temperature is right; The malasada dough should sit on the bottom of the oil for a few seconds and then rise to the surface.  It should take about 3 minutes to cook on each side. Total of 6 minutes until a nice golden brown.   

Test;   Make a 2 to 3 inch ball and drop carefully into the oil.  Cook for 6 minutes, take it out and cut in half to see if it is cooked completely through and the outside is a nice golden brown.   

Making the malasadas ball the same size;

·         Oil hands if making balls with hands

·         Or use oiled spoons

·         Equal size malasadas,  equal cooking time

Source: Hawaiian Food Recipe
http://hawaiianfoodrecipe.wordpress.com/hawaiian-food-recipes-malasada/