President Obama and his family had their Christmas Eve dinner at a restaurant known for its Oxtail stew and other modern interepretations of classic Hawaiian cuisine.
At 7:15 on Thursday night, the the Obama family and their friends pulled into MW restaurant in Honolulu, according to the White House pool report.
A February 2014 review of the restaurant in Honolulu magazine noted that the menu featured many Hawaiian classics, but “nothing is what you expect: An oxtail stew and rice is an oxtail deboned, stuffed with more meat and braised, set on top of a beef-stew risotto. The banana cream pie doesn’t resemble a pie at all, but is instead chocolate, bananas, custard and whipped cream layered in a jar and topped with an oatmeal crumble.”
According to the menu, the stew costs $38. Other entree options include beef and fois gras for $45, a 16-ounce ribeye steak for $60 and a pa roasted opah-moonfish for $30.
The Obamas spent over three hours at the restaurant before the presidential motorcade pulled away at 10:24 p.m.
