Budget Friendly Bites and Thai Delights In Kalihi, Hawaii

In this week's video I will be stopping by Kalihi to visit K&M Drive Inn to try one of their Thai dishes and also their oxtail soup. Is this the place for the cheapest oxtail soup on the island of Oahu? Let's find out...
K&M Drive Inn
265 Mokauea Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
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Open Monday - Fridays 4:00am - 4:00pm
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[@FoodFiend]

I forgot to mention they have very affordable breakfast and lunch bentos. However, when I went they were already sold out. So if you want one, you have to go early. 🤙

[@Waynes-xt9gr]

I recently got laid off and about to apply for another job, if things go right and mgmt hires me, I know where to GO NOW to celebrate!!! Thanks Misty!

[@FoodFiend]

Oh I'm so sorry to hear that Wayne. Rooting for you to get this new job! Take care and best wishes!🙏

[@alant.541]

I've never tried oxtail soup and don't know anything about not eating red food. I must be living under a rock. You made it look so good. I gotta have it. Thanks!

[@FoodFiend]

One day you should really try it. Not scary at all. I know you've mentioned you've never tried it because it's kind of gross, which it is if you think about it lol. Or maybe try Jamaican style oxtails. Those are bomb! It's a routine medical procedure to not eat fibrous foods, and no red or purple dyed or colored foods. I'm sure if you're near my age or older you've done it if you get my drift. LOL

[@BasicallyBosco]

This is the video I was looking for! Great recommendations and very straightforward video. Thank you so muchhh!!!!

[@FoodFiend]

Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found it helpful. 🤙

[@nv0us]

Great find. Gonna see how the oxtail compares to 'Next stop .... $28' and Kapiolani. haha. Thanks for sharing!

[@Walts-Travel]

Wow! Amazing video outside in nature. Good eats!!!

[@FoodFiend]

Yes, but with nature comes flies and gusts of wind LOL. It was a pretty day though.

[@bigedhaaheo]

Thank you for your review & encouraging to Support local businesses.

[@FoodFiend]

Mahalo Ed!

[@martinquintana5837]

Looks ono I used to go to Kam Bowl for their Oxtail soup back in the day. Anyways Aloha from Kansas

[@FoodFiend]

@@martinquintana5837 I love Kam Bowl's oxtail soup. My favorite so far. 😊

[@ryden7114]

Your making me drool Sista. Love Thai curry dishes. Never tried vinegar in curry. Vinegar in Filipino food yes. Our oldest son Allen is married to a Filipino filipino. Ox tail soup looked so ono. God bless Sis. Have wonderful night.

[@FoodFiend]

Yes never thought to put it in curry or even the oxtail soup but that particular concoction worked! Still keeping Heidi in my thoughts. 🙏

[@ryden7114]

@@FoodFiend Thank you Misty. Heidi is on Chemotherapy now. Chemo is in pill form. $18k a month. Thank God she has good insurance. Thank you so much for your prayers 🙏.

[@miketuggle9273]

BAck in my married days when I would visit Indonesia with my then wife, we would hit the little food stalls and get ox tail and it was so divine. You are bringing back some old memories!!!! lol. I don't think I have had ox tail in 10 years. if you ever put beans on to slow cook over night, ox tails thrown in makes them yummy!!!

[@FoodFiend]

Yum that sounds great! I usually make Jamaican style oxtails with butterbeans in the crock pot so sounds similar with the bean thing. I love when the beans soak up the juices.

[@unclemikecruz]

Green curry yes sir that’s the one. I will try tomorrow.

[@FoodFiend]

Aurite! No forget her special sauces inside on the table. Mahalo!

[@kawaikui]

Awesome review of such ono-looking food ... mahalo for sharing the prices and location!😁💕

[@FoodFiend]

You're very welcome 😊

[@RodSwansmad]

Hi Misty , Remind me to get some of that citronella spray as we don’t have it here in Sydney , I’m adding it to my list ! This K&M Drive Inn pricing is amazing. On my list is to eat is Ox Tail Soup , doing some research I haven’t found any ox tail soup close to$15 bucks , there all been around $25 to $29. Your soup is certainly great value with huge chunks of meat ! Cheers Rod 🤙

[@FoodFiend]

I'll try to remember but I don't see it here much unless it is the Off brand spray. I got mine off Amazon. Sometimes it works well like at Ala Moana Beach Park and in Wahiawa and other times when flies are aggressive and hungry it doesn't work such as this park. It helped somewhat but they hovered around. Still better than nothing though.

[@SeanKaleponi]

Aloha Misty!! Doing a rest day at my Africa Hotel and watching this video. Thats crazy $15.95 Oxtail with meat and taste good. Ill be there🤙👍 also.. at the 6:28 sec mark. The Oxtail really looked like it was glowing. 👍🤙😁🤗😋

[@FoodFiend]

Aloha Sean! I hope your African trip is going well! Love the pics on IG so far. Keep them coming! I can't wait for the video! Bald and Bankrupt just went to Uganda and Rwanda. I kept laughing at thr whole video because his sense of humor is hysterical. Have fun and stay safe out there!

[@paulafriedmanalohafrommaryland]

Aloha Misty. I love green curry also and what you ate looked delicious. Mahalo for sharing this with us!!

[@FoodFiend]

You are so welcome.

[@telawsonartzy6880]

Mmmmmmm oxtail🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 Seriously hungry now and more than a tad jealous. Great tasty vlog solid 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@FoodFiend]

It's so yummy and gelatinous. Mahalo TE!

[@wendelld808]

Nice find on that oxtail soup. Gotta try that soon. Mahalo Misty!!!

[@FoodFiend]

Mahalo Wendell 🤙

[@nelsonfong8101]

That's the cheapest oxtail soup price for sure! Thank you for the info and very nice video! 👍

[@FoodFiend]

Yes so far! I am shocked! Hope the price doesn't go up. 🤙

[@brianhirose8866]

You rockin that black label trading company shirt! The curry looked Ono too. Seeing the oxtail. Now I gotta go there and try. Great video as always! Hopefully see you tonight. Chao!

[@FoodFiend]

Yes it is winnahs for the price. Super generous portions. Hope I can stay awake for tonight. Still feel groggy.

[@davyf7620]

Ho Misty, that oxtail look so good! And that’s one huge serving rice! Can take the leftover home and make fried rice!!! 😄 Thanks for sharing!!!

[@FoodFiend]

@davyf7620 you're welcome Dave! Yes we used the rice for other meals.

[@bolohead1]

Oxtail looks really good. Guess I'll be stopping by soon.

[@FoodFiend]

Yes it was so good considering the prices. 🤙

[@pikakerose]

your food looks good when im in that area i will try them out thank u

[@FoodFiend]

Awesome! 🤙

[@joettekanter7699]

Thank you for another delicious video! 🤗😋🎉 I know the procedure that you’re having done because I’m having it too,lol. 😒

[@FoodFiend]

Aloha Joette! Hope yours is smooth. I finished it yesterday and everything went well. 👍

[@kealohakekahuna]

K & M IS 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 😉🤙🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@FoodFiend]

💯

[@kylerdad123]

Aloha Misty: That was a great find. The Thai green curry was amazing; it looks awesome and comparable to my favorite Thai restaurant’s, Sala Thai, Fremont, CA, curry but at a larger portion, even the rice was huge, but at a good ”price-point.” The oxtail soup looks amazing and I hope to try it during the next trip home. With the rice as a side dish, the oxtail soup must have been a great meal for lunch and dinner - it was a huge portion. Looking forward to the next great find next Friday. Best wishes and much🧧, fellow 🐯!

[@FoodFiend]

Aloha Bill! The Thai curry in your neighborhood sounds divine! Yes this place gives so much rice! But it's a good thing as we used the leftovers for other meals. Everything was huge and I don't know how they are so generous and make a profit. But it is a good value for the customers. I hope you have a wonderful week ahead! Take care! 🤙😊

[@classyfiftynine8208]

Cheap, Ono'licious and Large Portions ? It's added to my Go-To list. Mahalo-Nui Loa

[@FoodFiend]

Aloha Doug! Yes cannot go wrong!

[@classyfiftynine8208]

@@FoodFiend Misty: By looking at the background, I tried to figure which park you had lunch at. Seems rather secluded but... I wouldn't appreciate the flies 😎😎 Perhaps one of your secret places ? If so... Keep it secret.

[@FoodFiend]

@@classyfiftynine8208 Yes that's secret squirrel. 😉

[@Tradewindsvintagehi]

Kalihi is my hometown and God’s country❤

[@FoodFiend]

Same here. No place like it. Some folks won't understand though. 🤙

[@kimcheelove]

hope the doctor gave you the all clear/thumbs up!!

[@FoodFiend]

He did! No polyps and I don't have to do this for another 10 years. Hooray!

[@kimcheelove]

@@FoodFiend wonderful! happy to heat that! i'm even more awed that you made a video for us WHILE you were preparing for that!

[@FoodFiend]

@@kimcheelove Oh thank you! I just have to really pre plan and did it the day before the week I started the bland diet. The rest of the week was horrible with just rice, chicken, bread and pastas. But all done and now I can eat tasty food! Have a wonderful week.

[@kimcheelove]

@@FoodFiend mahalo! you too!!

[@tevyetev]

Misty!! I’m gonna give them all my money next month when I’m there. Great find 🤙🏽

[@FoodFiend]

@@tevyetev 🤣🤑💰 yes! You'll get lots for your money. I want to try the chicken wings and fried pork ribs next!

[@tevyetev]

@@FoodFiend definitely getting ox tail and the ribs. And then maybe some laulau next door lol. I’m gonna join your membership but I guess I have to do it on my computer not my phone?

[@FoodFiend]

@@tevyetev thanks yes just noticed that. I think it's only on a computer. Sorry about that!

[@tevyetev]

@@FoodFiend all good. I’m happy to support

[@howzit9397]

I know where get cheap oxtail soup and a great place to go!!! You just have to pay for the flight, room and car in Vegas go to the Cal! 😂😂

[@FoodFiend]

🤣 I'm a weird one and Vegas does not excite me at all. I've been probably 5 times or so in my younger years, but now that I'm older I have no real desire to go there.

[@titasmom678]

That looked delicious! I will definitely try it out. I can't imagine what the oxtail tastes like, but you made it sound delicious. Oh I found it on your actual channel. I thought you could also see it from individual videos? My bad!

[@FoodFiend]

Yes try it. I'm fond of the Classic local Chinese inspired oxtail soup. Oxtail is really beef tail so it's just beef simmered until it falls apart in a star anise and ginger style soup with Chinese parsley. This one is a bit different and more rich tasting but still ono.

[@titasmom678]

@FoodFiend haha. I'm used to eating it with green onion and cilantro, so it will be a new flavor for me without it.

[@FoodFiend]

Ah! Lost in translation! 🤦🏻‍♀️ thanks for joining and being a member Carol!

[@titasmom678]

@FoodFiend Well worth it. It's like having my own taste tester!

[@FoodFiend]

@titasmom678 well most will be personal vlogs of what's going on and I try to mix small kine food in it. Hope you're not disappointed as I can't eat out too much due to trying to be healthy. Next I may do a memory walk at Ala Moana...relive the stores like the Ritz, Shirokiya, Liberty House lol

[@royhi1809]

Zippy's oxtail soup. 24 hrs a day! Excellent but pricey.

[@FoodFiend]

@@royhi1809 no at the price they're selling it for these days. I make my own. Cheaper 😊

[@nv0us]

Whisky. Wine works, too. Look it up

[@FoodFiend]

Yes I've made bourbon beef stew and know wine is used in cooking, but usually not in our local oxtail soup. That makes this one unique.

[@nv0us]

White wine. Whisky def works👍

[@Rhoda8002]

Misty, did you do a video on Mitsu Ken in Kalihi?

[@FoodFiend]

No. Because I don't really like it after they moved. I really enjoyed them when they were on School Street. I feel the food changed after the new owners took over.

[@minniec.9127]

Yr food looked great and super affordable. I don't see how K&M makes any profit on the oxtail soup. On the mainland, oxtails are selling at $10.99/lb. I see they also serve Pho Oxtail soup. You mentioned the oxtail soup is very rich tasting, unlike the lighter Chinese version. I suspect K&M cooks it Vietnamese style which has many more spices and seasonings i.e., star anise, cinnamon, cardamon, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cloves and fish sauce.

[@FoodFiend]

Yes I don't know how they do it. The taste was different but still yummy. There was no anise seed flavor to me even though others say they taste it. It was like someone reduced bourbon and added beef stock. I've made a bourbon strew before. Or like a French Onion soup without the onions. A rich beefy broth with buttery aftertones with a slight hint of soy.

[@minniec.9127]

@@FoodFiend Yr bourbon stew sounds yummy. I like to braise oxtails as in a stew or braised short rib style, rather than in a soup.

[@MarkFromHawaii]

Sorry about your health issues Misty. You probably have the same problem as my daughter. She has to limit fresh veggies and fibrous food (begins with a "d" and ends with an "s"). Plus she is lactose intolerant. Anyway, nice Thai place - will have to add to the ever-growing list of places to try. Mahalo!

[@FoodFiend]

@MarkFromHawaii Mahalo Mark. I have no health issues - yet. It was a regular check up for old people. No fiber or spicy red stuff for...a colonoscopy 😆 went well. The plumbing is clear.

[@EvilTheOne]

I hear what you're saying about aging and eating habits. I love spicy food, although spicy food no longer likes me (LOL). I sometimes pay for it after eating spicy food. But I can't hep it, it taste so good.

[@FoodFiend]

@EvilTheOne yes sometimes I get a burning sensation. Not heartburn but down in the tummy but rarely. I really have to over do it. It happened in Vietnam where every table has raw chili. This however was a diet for the week for a procedure that is routine when you get old. Lol

[@EvilTheOne]

@@FoodFiend Before my retirement, my coworkers told me about drinking milk with hot foods. It does work, but then it does defeat the purpose when 'enjoying' spicy foods.

[@711riddler]

Interesting side note, I grew up on Oahu so I thought thai curry is supposed to be thicker.. It is supposed to be thin like soup. If it's thick like yogurt they use coconut cream, not coconut milk and coconut cream is too fatty.

[@FoodFiend]

Interesting. I've always known Thai curry to be thin and soupy. At first I didn't care for Thai food until I went to Thailand and actually tasted the real thing. All the food there is so ono!

[@_PhysicallyFit]

Misty, is cologuard an option?

[@FoodFiend]

I'm not sure as I am just following my general practitioner's suggestions. I did it already and it was actually quite quick and painless. The results were good news as well. 👍

[@SakuraSpring]

This place sounds like a gem in the rough! On the other side of Nimitz and Puuhale Elementary? Real cheap oxtail soup. Was either of the two salty?

[@FoodFiend]

@SakuraSpring Aloha Do! No not salty to me. It is past Puuhale elementary makai side near Democrat Street!

[@SakuraSpring]

@@FoodFiendwhat’s really nice is their serving size is to serve a family instead of just one serving. I don’t remember going on the other side of Mokauea before, but wow! You found a good one!

[@chrisignacio8422]

Can you ship to Big Island if I Venmo you? 😂

[@FoodFiend]

🤣😋

[@chrisignacio8422]

W@@FoodFiend You make GREAT videos! love❤️ from the Big Island. Will try next time on Oahu!

[@FoodFiend]

@chrisignacio8422 aw much Mahalo! ❤️

[@Thom1560]

72 years old and had to give up habanero

[@FoodFiend]

Oh no! 😪

[@leilanifrando245]

Ho da ono!

[@FoodFiend]

@@leilanifrando245 for reals ono! 🤤😋

[@berniegolden1853]

Cheaper than Zippys

[@FoodFiend]

yep.

[@DSZARI]

Mam plz I need your

[@maxangeles6279]

$16 for oxtail is not so cheap. $12 would be a good cheap deal. But not $16.

[@FoodFiend]

@maxangeles6279 well you'll never get that here. Every place else is $20 - $30 for a bowl. Good luck. Let me know if you can find a $12 bowl in Hawaii...you can't even get a pound of oxtail raw for $12.

[@RodSwansmad]

@maxangeles6279 We have a saying here in Australia “Tell him he is Dreaming” so max you are dreaming ..Lol

[@FoodFiend]

@@RodSwansmad LOL I don't know if he actually lives here in Hawaii, but if he does he's stuck in the 1980s with pricing. Every comment is that it is too expensive. That's pretty much the standard price of eating out.

[@vp3970]

Oxtail at $10 a pound there is no profit dude. Stick to Mc Arches.