While we were staying at Sea Mountain in Punalu'u, we found ourselves horribly ill-prepared on the food front. Even though we had heard numerous times to stock up on food because there was little to be found in the area, for some reason I thought there was a gas station close by that had a grocery store in it. BIG mistake. Colossal mistake. The grocery store I had in mind (which we had stopped at when we were on The Big Island in 2010) was actually about an hour from Sea Mountain, so we had to improvise.
Thankfully, Hana Hou was there, and they weren't too outrageously priced, because OH MY GOODNESS was the grocery store just ridiculous. I'm talking $8 for a SINGLE red pepper, and $3 for a box of of spaghetti noodles. Ridiculous.
But the exterior was inviting, and the sign touted that this was the "southernmost restaurant in the USA" (not to mention that a salad with supplies from the grocery store would have cost us approximately $20...), so we thought we'd give it a try.
To be honest, we walked in and weren't really expecting much, considering the place looks like an average little diner. We weren't really too impressed with that part of it, but I think part of the issue was that we had a cranky toddler to entertain for a bit too.
But not only was Hana Hou priced reasonably, the food was really delicious! Mark went with the meat loaf with coleslaw and mashed potatoes (which he said was really yummy), while I settled on a Kalua pork sandwich with coleslaw (also really tasty).
We really couldn't leave the place without trying one of their incredible pies, though. We settled on coconut cream, and we were VERY pleased with it (including Cashel - he was impressed!)
If we are ever in the area again, we would definitely be back, but we would also try to plan a little better and pick up supplies either in Kona or in Hilo before heading so far into the middle of nowhere. And we would definitely be picking up multiple pieces of pie to enjoy while lounging on our patio at Sea Mountain :)
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