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Vanessa: I contemplated for a while whether to share our experience trying to take on the Mac 24/7 ‘ Mac – Daddy Pancake Challenge’ on our recent trip to Hawaii. For one this is an overly indulgent, calorie laden, mammoth pancake stack so the guilt factor was high afterwards but also because we were defeated…and there were  four of us! Despite that we certainly had fun giving the challenge a go and hence why I’ve decided to share the experience. Mac 24/7 is located within the Hilton Waikiki on Honolulu. As the name suggests it is open for business 24 hours a day serving all sorts of American favourites  and some very oversized pancakes. Now I should make it clear that you can order regular pancakes off the menu without doing the challenge, but prepare yourself for the portion size. On an occasion after the challenge, we ordered a “short stack” and were shocked when three large plate sized pancakes were set down before us (I’m not sure why we were so shocked by the …