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Back in 2010, I spent about 2 month in the Philippines, exploring, doing all sorts of things, and eating all sorts of food. The amazing people I met, and the delicious food I ate, contributed to it being a very memorable trip. This time, I didn’t make it back to the Philippines yet (however, I hope to visit soon in the future), but when I was in Honolulu, Hawaii, I came pretty close to the real thing at a restaurant called Naty’s Kitchen at the Maunakea Marketplace in Honolulu.

The Maunakea Marketplace is located right in the heart of Chinatown in Honolulu, and if you walk inside the marketplace, and go to the food court section, it honestly feels like you’ve left Hawaii altogether, and have transported yourself into a market in Manila or somewhere in southeast Asia – it’s my kind of spot. There are a few different types of food to eat at Maunakea Marketplace, including a couple Thai stalls, but by far the dominating cuisine in Filipino food, and there are about 5 different Filipino food stalls to choose from. One of the most well known, and also they offer the most selection of dishes is Naty’s Kitchen. Naty’s Kitchen dishes out all the prepared food and has them all on display in the from cabinet, and you just pick and choose the different dishes that you want, which will then all be piled into a styrofoam container. Typically most customers might get a box with 2 dishes and rice, but I couldn’t resist ordering 3 dishes and then a bowl of sinigang soup on the side.

After getting my rice, I ordered the pork dinuguan, one of the more noticeable Filipino foods of pork and blood made into a stew. Although it might not look the most appealing, and some people even call it chocolate pork, it actually tastes quite amazing. It’s almost like blood sausage without the casing, except it’s much more moist and has a gravy. The taste was very nice, almost with a slight hint of a livery flavor and just a slightly sour flavor as well. At first I was also going to order the pork adobo, which is one of the most well known Filipino foods, but it was made with pork belly and after seeing how oily it was, I asked the Aunty if she had any other recommendations. She pointed to the pork igado, which she said had a similar flavor to adobo, but it was made with a less fatty cut of pork. The igado was excellent, including tender chunks of pork, in a pepper and vinegar sour sauce. Along with my rice, it was very good.

The last dish I got on my plate has always been one of my favorite Filipino foods, a dish called pinakbet, which is a mixture of different vegetables fried up with shrimp paste. It wasn’t overly shrimpy or overly salty, just had an excellent fragrance, and a good mixture of vegetables that went well with all the pork dishes. Also, I couldn’t resist getting an order of pork sinigang. When I was in the Philippines I really enjoyed eating fish sinigang, a sour tamarind soup, but here at Naty’s Kitchen in Honolulu this day, they only had the pork version. The flavor of the soup was very good, but the pork made it a little on the oily side – it was good but I would have preferred the fish version.

Naty’s Kitchen is an excellent and quite authentic restaurant in Hawaii that serves delicious Filipino food.

Naty’s Kitchen – Maunakea Market Place, Chinatown
Open hours: I went there at about 11 am on a weekday and they were open and thriving, but I’m not sure of their exact business hours
Prices: All the food I ate and ordered above cost $11
How to get there: Naty’s Kitchen is located in Chinatown at Maunakea Market Place right in Honolulu, Hawaii. If you can find street parking that’s great, otherwise there is a municipal parking garage nearby.

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On our latest trip to Hawaii, we had a few days to stay in Haleiwa, which is a small town on the north shore of Oahu. We had a nice relaxing day, with no plans and so this travel vlog is about how our day unfolded. As we were driving to on our way to find the Paalaa Kai bakery, by chance it happened to be Saturday, and on Saturday there is the Waialua farmer’s market. So we pulled in and stopped to see what they had. It was very small, not much available, but there was some good vegetables and fruits available and what I noticed was a man selling poke. So I bought a box of poke for $10 and as I ordered it, he mixed it all up with all the seasoning right then and there. It was delicious.

We then continued onto Paalaa Kai bakery where I purchased a ham and cheese bread roll, something I had wanted to eat for a long time – since my previous trip to Hawaii. It was delicious along with a couple of cups of coffee. After breakfast we took a swim, and then it was already time for lunch, and after doing some research, we went to a restaurant called Dat Cajun Guy (there will be a full video of this meal coming soon).

Feeling pretty full, and having no plans for the afternoon, we decided to take the drive over to Kaena Point (also spelled Ka’ena Point), where there’s a hike you can take that will take you to the very western point of the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It’s not really actually much of a hike at all, but more of a steady walk along the old road – that used to be open – but is now closed to vehicles (there are some cars that can get in with permit), but it’s best to just walk. The Kaena Point hike offers some incredible views of the ocean, and I really enjoyed the views once we were at the point. Kaena Point is a Hawaii state park, and the land is protected and preserved for its natural habitat of wildlife including seabirds and Hawaiian monk seals. When we were at Kaena Point we saw both seabirds and Hawaiian monk seals, which were both wonderful to see – an addition to the amazing scenery of the hike already.

Kaena Point Hike (Mokuleia side)
How long does it take: I believe the hike is about 5 miles roundtrip. It took us about 1 hour in each direction, maybe a little less, and we spent about 45 minutes at Kaena Point. So all in all it took us about 3 hours.
Price: It’s free, no entrance fee
Kaena point hike directions (remember this is coming from the Mokuleia side, which is from the north short): For driving directions, keep on driving west on Farrington highway until the road comes to an end at the parking lot. Then once you park the car, just follow the road all the way to the end, and you’ll reach the point.
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There are so many delicious foods to eat when you are in Hawaii. And one of the most famous things to eat when you drive around the north shore of the island, is at one of the many shrimp trucks. There are quite a few different trucks to choose from, and there’s a huge debate as to which one is the best. But among the handful of different shrimp truck options, one of the most famous is Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck.

I have driven past this shrimp truck in Kahuku many times, but for some reason I have never stopped before to eat there. One reason is because, I would normally fill up on other plate lunches or Hawaiian poke from Kahuku Superette (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIvn7n7cIeQ) before ever arriving at one of the famous shrimp trucks.

But little did I know, there is now a second branch of Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck in Haleiwa, Hawaii, and that’s exactly where I happened to be when I saw it. So I didn’t get to go to the original one, but many of the reviews I read said that they use the exact same recipe. One morning we decided to go to their truck and find out what the hype of the north shore shrimp trucks were all about.

I arrived just as they opened, so that we could get the most fresh food, and also so that we wouldn’t have to wait in line – sometimes there can be big lines waiting for the shrimp trucks in Hawaii – especially when a big bus of tourists unloads to eat there.

Their menu is quite simple, you just have a choice of shrimp scampi, the hot and spicy version, or the lemon shrimp recipe. Though the hot and spicy was tempting, I decided to go for the most famous recipe, shrimp scampi. My lunch came on a plate with two scoops of rice, partnered with 12 succulent shrimp, all anointed in an extreme amount of garlic caked on. The aroma was impressively garlicky, and as a garlic lover I could not wait to eat them.

Some people decided to take the shell off the shrimp before eating them, but we decided to eat the whole thing with the shell on, that way you don’t miss any of that delicious garlic. The side of hot sauce was alright, but it was a little too vinegary for me, so I don’t think it went all that well with the shrimp.

I’m not an expert when it comes to the shrimp trucks on the North Shore – this was my first time to eat at one. But, for my first time eating at Giovanni’s Shrimp Truck, I can say I really enjoyed the shrimp scampi, and I would definitely come back to eat it again.

Address: 66-472 Kamehameha highway, Haleiwa, Hawaii 96712
Website: http://www.giovannisshrimptruck.com/
Open hours: 10:30 am — 5 pm daily

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Char Hung Sut is the place in Honolulu to get Hawaiian manapua. Check it out here: http://migrationology.com/2014/03/char-hung-sut/

Honolulu is just a small city, but it offers such a diverse land of amazingly delicious food. there is plenty of Hawaiian food, Japanese food, Korean food, and Chinese food – as well as fusion food that’s Hawaiian style Chinese food. Char Hung Sut has been around for very long time, and they’ve been serving up classic Hawaiian style baozi known as manapua.

Located in Honolulu’s Chinatown, on the outskirts, the restaurant continually attracts a crowd of hungry locals. It’s just a small restaurant, and it’s only a takeout restaurant, but everyday, there are plenty of locals who come to get a box of goodies. The menu is very simple,
Char Hung Sut mostly sells manapua (the steamed buns filled with char siu), mai tai soo (small dumplings that are baked and filled with char siu), pork siumai (delicious dumplings filled with pork), and half moons (which are little half moon shaped steamed dumplings). They also have chow mein on the menu, but of all the times I’ve ever been there, I’ve actually never had the chow mein – have you had it? Let me know how it is if you have!

So anyways, on my last visit to Honolulu, Hawaii, we stopped by Char Hung Sut in the midmorning to grab ourselves a treat. Like I mentioned, it’s only a takeaway restaurant in Honolulu, so you first tell them everything you want, they box it up like a present and then wrap a ribbon around the outside before they hand it to you. Normally I would grab my box of Char Hung Sut and head to the beach or back home to eat, but this time I decided to unwrap my gift right there to get a first fresh bite of all the goodies.

I began with the pork hash (siu mai), a delicate little dumpling of fatty pork covered in a thin noodle like wonton wrapper. The meat was sweet and juicy, with such amazing pork flavor that burst with every bite. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve always been a fan of the pork hash. I accidentally forgot to order a side of spicy Chinese mustard because I love it with pork hash, but I forgot. Next I took a bite of the half moon, as it was called on the menu. It was a thick rice paper wrapper, a bit too thick in my opinion, and then filled with bits of char siu and lots of water chestnuts. Wasn’t my favorite item in the box. Next I dug in for a bite of the mai tai soo, another famous treat at Char Hung Sut. This was actually my first time to order it here, but I had read many reviews of people who had ordered it and loved it – so that’s why I decided we need to have some too. It was the only baked item that we ordered, so the outer crust was flaky and baked instead of gooey steamed. It was quite good, but a little too sweet for me.

Finally, saving the best thing for last, I took a bite of the main event, the manapua (bao). These Chinese baozi style steamed buns are huge and meaty. The first bite not only included some of the bread, but also a big chunk of char siu (which is the sweet red Chinese barbecue pork). The manapua is the real reason I eat there, it’s always my favorite item!

Char Hung Sut, Honolulu, Hawaii
Address: 64 N. Pauahi Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
Phone number: 808 538 3335
Open hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday from 5:30 am — 2 pm, Sunday from 5:30 am — 1 pm, Tuesday is closed

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All over the mainland people are bringing cuisine from Hawaii to America. But putting their own twist to it and changing it completely doesn’t make it Hawaiian right? Does putting pineapple in it make it Hawaiian? And local people from Hawaii eat rice with almost anything, but pizza?! I’ll tell you this…no we don’t.