Yes, you read it correctly. We are in Hawaii. And it's Sunday... Actually, we weren't planning on having brunch; lunch plates are more the style around here. We were looking for a casual light lunch on the beaches near Kapalua and we discovered The Gazebo, an out-the-way "beach dinner" with award-winning omelets.
Let me first say that the view was absolutely stunning. Diego complained about our table a little bit at the beginning -by the window, with amazing views of Napili bay- but then he changed seats (on the same table) and saw this
and found his cool.
This was only momentaneous, though. His food choice was as uncool as his initial mood... Instead of going for the obvious option -the gazebo eggs Benedict!-, he ordered a tuna sandwich. He said he thought it would be a grilled tuna sandwich.... But we were in a dinner!!! so a tuna salad sandwich was brought to the table. As with the view, he was initially unhappy, but then admitted that the sandwich tasted quite good, and that it was more beach-compatible than any other item in the menu. To drink, he ordered a POG -passion fruit, orange and guava- juice. Super refreshing and delicious.
By now you must be wondering whether we may have expanded our idea of brunch to tuna sandwiches just to say we went to Hawaii...
We didn't. I did have eggs -should we say at least one person in the table has to order eggs to be considered brunch I'll have to check all the previous postings to be certain of this...- I had the chicken and basil (and tomato) omelett, topped with Jack cheese and accompanied with home fries and four heavily buttered toasts. The omelett was cooked to my taste - not runny- but the chicken was a bit bland. The basil's flavor helped it significantly, however, and I ended up devouring three quarters of it. The home fries were on the hashy side, but quite decent. Treasoning my brunch principles (diego's fault), I also went with the POG and passed the coffee. So, was this the perfect brunch? Certainly not. Was this the perfect setting? You bet!
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