OMG…if you think you love McDonald’s Apple Pies.. let me tell you…their Haupia Pies are even better!!!!! Only found in Hawaii, Haupia Pies are exactly the same as the fried Apple Pies except that it’s filled with this creamy coconut flavored slightly salty but very sweet pudding. There are pieces of what seems to be young coconut in there but man when that thing is warm.. look out for a taste explosion in your mouth! Of course the crispy shell rocks too, but it’s the same as the Apple Pie ones found in the mainland.
Hawaii’s McDonald’s also carry a few things that are different like the Spam and rice breakfast (my fav) and the Portuguese sausage with rice breakfast. Both super good but the Spam one is really really good. After doing some looking around online I found a list of the different foods carried by McDonald’s around the world. Check this out:
Greece – Greek Mac, McDonald’s take on gyro
Japan – Ebichiki, a shrimp McNugget
Singapore – McSpaghetti, a chicken spaghetti
Uruguay – McHuevo, a regular hamburger but topped with a poached egg
To see more checkout this article. It has a good description of the food as well as some fun photos.
Ok.. I posted earlier about Ahi Poke and it’s time for Tako Poke!!! YUM! Tako is the Japanese word for octopus and man is it goooood. I tried to make this back in Cali with tako i bought from Mitsuwa but it’s just not the same. It was good…but nowhere close to the ones we tried in Hawaii. The Tako Poke in the pictures below were bought from Foodland and it was yummy. Foodland is cool cause it had a ton of fresh poke everyday. The place we stayed was really close to one so we went there to buy poke a few times during our stay.
Last November I was lucky enough to stay in Oahu for 2 full weeks and we had soooooooooooo much fun. In the first 3 days it was raining pretty hard and this video was actually taken from one of the mornings after it rained. The beach was full of debris that was washed in from the storm so we decided to go walk around and explore. After a few minutes we noticed that there were coconuts scattered on the beach that had floated in. Very Animal Crossings…lol
Since us tourists have never had a fresh coconut before (besides the ones at the supermarket), we decided to crack one open and eat it up. I remembered an episode of Survivorman where Les was stranded on an island and had to eat coconuts…so I began to look for a sharp corner for Jon to use to peel the husk. Unfortunately…there really weren’t any sharp corners anywhere.. so I think Jon just used a big knife. LOL. Man that husk is crazy thick. It’s soft, but packed in sooo tight that it took Jon forever to cut through.
Finally he got into the coconut and it was soo tasty! The meat wasn’t as soft so it must have been and older coconut..but still very fresh and yummy. Woot
Although my video isn’t as fun and interesting as a regular episode of Survivorman… it’s still funny to me. I do have to apologize for the yelling and screaming for no reason.. LOL
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