He's Loco! My favorite breakfast dish!


 

CaseT

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For Loco Moco!!!




A bit of history then on to the smoke!




Back around 1986 a great little restaurant opened in Depoe Bay Oregon, Oceans Apart. Frank Napoleon brought Hawaiian cooking to the Central Oregon coast.



It was here that I found one of the best comfort foods ever conceived, Loco Moco. Simply put, egg, gravy, hamburger, rice. Super simple but so complex in flavor goodness! I was also introduced to Linguica sausage, Mahi Mahi, and Hawaiian sweet bread (super good with Frank's secret family recipe chowder on top). His teriyaki, another guarded family secret, is still the best I've tasted! Frank has opened a new place 13 miles north in Lincoln City, Oceans Apart, and I highly recommend stopping there if you're in the area.



Back to the smoke... We just returned from Kauai. One of the only things I wanted to do while there was have loco moco! Proved to be more difficult than one would think. We stayed up in Haena which is way up north and disconnected from everything (just the way we like it!!). In Hanalei there was a mix plate place that had Loco Moco, but the day we went they weren't open. Island time, places are not always open when they say they are!! I finally got some Loco Moco around day 3 or 4 (once again island time, I can't remember the exact day!!). While going through smoking with drawls, it hit me Loco Moco fatty!!!







So there it is Classic Loco Moco. I had this twice from the same place. This day they had rice, and they had Fire water! The second time I had it they didn't have rice so they substituted potatoes, and they were out of fire water!


There are many variations from the traditional Loco Moco. Linguica, bacon, teriyaki, spam all can be part of the mix.


So tonight we have a combo Loco Moco fatty featuring linguica, beef, and bacon, and potatoes!







The parts.




I know nothing about wine and very little about rolling pins
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So far so good








The weave







Linguica in






Potatoes check!







Rolled an wrapped!





Smoked!!!
 
That's a piece of art right there. How was weaving the bacon? I bet that was a challenge

Great Cook!!!
 
Dang....nicely done Chase, one of the better fatties I've seen here in a long time. Did you drink the beer with it?
 
That's a piece of art right there. How was weaving the bacon? I bet that was a challenge

Great Cook!!!

Dang....nicely done Chase, one of the better fatties I've seen here in a long time. Did you drink the beer with it?

Thank you!

The bacon weave is actually pretty simple to do. I'll have to find it but there's a great YouTube video.

The beer barely made it past the rolling stage!
 
Gorgeous fattie, I would enter that next time there is a throw down on them!

I like your technique for rolling out the meat for the fattie, do you just cut the bag off when you are done rolling?

One plate please.
 
All I can say is WOW! That is one fine cook. Nice photos to clearly illustrate the methodology.

I just may have to "copy" that!

Good job! I am jealous!:rolleyes:

Thanks for sharing this wonderful lookin' cook with us!

Keep on smokin',
Dale53:wsm:
 
Very nice. Thanks for the story too. If you're interested, the Peerless Restaurant in Ashland (Oregon) just hired a Head Chef who came from Hawaii. His name is Joshua Ketner. Apparently he was the chef at several prestigious restaurants over there.
 
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Gorgeous fattie, I would enter that next time there is a throw down on them!

I like your technique for rolling out the meat for the fattie, do you just cut the bag off when you are done rolling?

One plate please.

Thank you. Yes I just cut down the seams on each side and flip the top flat over. You need to snip a little hole in the corner of the bag at the bottom prior to rolling so the air has some where to go.
 
All I can say is WOW! That is one fine cook. Nice photos to clearly illustrate the methodology.

I just may have to "copy" that!

Good job! I am jealous!:rolleyes:


Thanks for sharing this wonderful lookin' cook with us!

Keep on smokin',
Dale53:wsm:

Thank you! Copy away! Everyone needs to eat Loco Moco for breakfast!
 
Very nice. Thanks for the story too. If you're interested, the Peerless Restaurant in Ashland (Oregon) just hired a Head Chef who came from Hawaii. His name is Joshua Ketner. Apparently he was the chef at several prestigious restaurants over there.

Thank you! Next time I'm in Ashland I will check it out. Frank Napoleon has opened Oceans Apart again at the Coast in Lincoln City Oregon. So now everytime we go to the beach I have to stop in for a Loco Moco Fix!
 
Wow, that looks like a week's worth of fantastic breakfast.

Thank you!

It is extremely filling and that fatty did last for most of a week!! There's a restaurant on the big Island of Hawaii in the town of Waimea called Island Style. The three cooks look like the center and two guards for any pro football team. The Loco Moco there is a platter of rice, three hamburger patties and three eggs covered in a gallon of gravy! The Kahlua pork hash there is to die for!

Wow! That looks amazing! I have to stop comign on here when I am hungry...

Thank you!
 

 

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