What does sushi, storms, and Pokemon have in common? Well...it sums up Day 1 for me at Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach was a spontaneous trip my parents decided on going to for family vacation Summer 2011, with a little suggestion from me. Let's sum up day one:
7:30 AM : Roll out of bed
7:30 AM : 8:30 - Packing
8:30 AM : Stuffing the minivan
9:00 AM : Departure
3:00 PM : Arrive at Myrtle Beach
(9:00 AM - 3:00 PM : Long car ride consisting of sleeping and well...a good old Pokemon game...)
3:oo PM - 5:00 PM : Waiting to get into hotel (After making reservations for 3:00 PM, we get there to find out our room isn't ready...we end up waiting 2 hours only to have our original room switched...)
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM : Getting settled in hotel
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM : Shopping at Food Lion for food for the week
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM : Dinner at Kono Asian Grill & Hibachi (A Japanese Hibachi restaurant - The wait was terrible but the food was amazing)
We ordered:
Appetizers:
Crispy Calamari (Definitely Recommend)
Vegetable Spring Rolls
(Came free, but wouldn't recommend otherwise)
(some kind of sushi...forgot the name, but it was pretty good...)
Entrees:
Vegetable Udon
(Recommend - Good vegetarian option for sure)
Hibachi Vegetables
(Recommend, but there was a bit too much butter)
Hibachi Chicken & Shrimp
(Recommend - I enjoyed this dish thoroughly)
Teriyaki Beef
(Definitely Recommend - Decent portion and delicious)
Sides:
Miso Soup
(Comes free with most entrees; overall good)
Like I said, the food was great and our server was really nice, but there was quite a long wait for our dishes to come out. If you have time and aren't too hungry, I would definitely recommend this place. I felt for me, the food was worth the wait. Here's their website for a menu:
http://www.konohibachiandsushibar.com/
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Chill at the apartment; at ~8:00 PM right as we were leaving the restaurant, there was a pretty intense storm with heavy winds, heavy rain, thunder and lightning. As intense as it was though, look at it from a distance, it was gorgeous. Looking out from my window balcony, you could see the sky light up yellow and red from the lightning flashes, streaking like brief flames in the gray, cloud-covered night sky.
All and all, a good day, I guess. Like waiting for food in a restaurant, the wait was frustrating, but at the end of the day, it was worth the wait. Sometimes a bit of patience can go a long way.
- Y.L.
