She got what I had - the blueberry crepes. So when I saw that they had strawberry crepes at Stacks, I just figured that she'd get them. Let's stop and get some strawberries and you can toss what you don't eat." Well, she's picky about how she prepares her strawberries and she kept saying that she didn't want to stop. The only problem is that they only sold them by the pint and she didn't think she could eat a whole pint. While we were in Dana Point, Cindy kept eyeing a roadside stand that sold strawberries. They also serve lunch at Stacks and feature Asian influenced foods such as Korean barbecued short ribs, chicken teriyaki, and chicken katsu that is a Panko breaded chicken breast served with a tonkatsu sauce that is similar to a Worcestershire sauce, only thicker. The menu at Stacks Pancake House is a mix of traditional Hawaiian breakfasts (loco moco, Spam-infused dishes) to traditional American breakfasts (waffles, pancakes, omelets) to the exquisite (eggs Benedict and crepes). It was a nice morning and we decided to dine outside on one of the heavy metal mesh tables under an umbrella. Patrons place their orders at a counter and are given a number to place on their table for the servers to bring their food to them. ( see map) The restaurant features both indoor and outdoor dining options. We found parking just down the street from Stacks Pancake House and walked up the street to the restaurant. They opened a second location in Mission Viejo in early 2013 because of the number of customers that were driving down to Dana Point from the Irvine area. Once they felt they had something to work with, Nixon and Ovita moved back to Southern California opening Stacks Pancake House in 2010. They worked on a concept to incorporate Asian cuisine with traditional Hawaiian breakfast dishes. It was also in Hawaii that they found - as my wife and I discovered on our trip to Hawaii five years ago - that breakfast is the favorite meal of the day to most residents of the islands. The two moved to Hawaii and found out that the meshing of Asian and Hawaiian cuisines made for some interesting combinations. that he met his soon-to-be wife, Ovita - also from Indonesia - and the two embarked upon a quest to learn more about the subtleties of Asian cuisine. He ended up in Los Angeles running the operations of four Japanese restaurants. Nixon Tanuwidjaja grew up in Indonesia and worked in restaurants to help put himself through college. On our last morning in Dana Point, we stopped into Stacks Pancake House. Along the main drag of the Pacific Coast Highway in Dana Point, we saw a place that we wanted to try for breakfast. I've often said that if I could live anywhere in the continental United States, it would be in Dana Point. During our trip to Southern California earlier this year, we stayed in the beautiful port community of Dana Point.
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