Hi everyone, so this is my video of the top 10 Must Eats in Oahu! We went for an
amazing seven day vacation in Oahu so we only had 21 meals to squeeze in and of
course we ate more than that because we really wanted to take in all of the
amazing places that people recommended but we had to narrow it down to our top
ten, most favorite, you can't miss places to go, so here they are! #10 is the poke at Alicia's Market Express
We went and tried a lot of different pokes but we didn't like them as much as
Alicia's market. Alicia's market, they don't put on so much flavor or so much
extra sauce where you can't taste the fish anymore and the fish was just so
fresh. We were expecting to find Alicia's Market, we couldn't find it. It turns out
that they had a fire and the main market is closed, and then now they just have this
Express site. So they didn't have as many offerings as they normally do. I
hope that they can rebuild soon, it was super good. #9 - the takoyaki at Takoyaki Yama Chan
so Takoyaki Yama Chan is inside the Japan Village Walk in the Ala
Moana Center and the way that they make the takoyaki is just so fun to watch and
the takoyaki was so good. It was soft and it was a little bit runny inside. The tako
inside, they grilled it and it was so good. I'm salivating while talking about it!
# 8 - Ramen Gashoken and it's the shrimp spicy ramen
That was just so shrimpy and shrimptastic. And you have to try it, if you love shrimp!
so in Hawaii they shave this ice so fine it becomes creamy, it's a really interesting experience
we got mango and we got azuki beans on the bottom. somehow this ice just turns into almost
like an ice cream texture, it was so good and it's something that you can't miss
there's a lot of different shave ice offerings but Waiola was the best
We actually went to Marukame Udon twice. I really love the
Nikutama Udon which is this sweet beef and then they've got an egg inside
tempura toppings on it. And Bruce really loved the Zaru Udon which is this cold udon
and then you have a dipping sauce. It's just made so fresh and you can
actually watch them do it and then you go in this cafeteria style line. Make
sure that you go to the one in Waikiki. There's one more near Chinatown which is
the one that we went to first and that one is smaller, it's not as clean, it's
not as big. The other one is the one where the line just like at least a
30-minute wait to an hour, but it's totally worth it
it's so good
It's in this sort of warehouse-y looking
street and you wouldn't even think that there is this amazing food paradise
waiting for you. They give free samples, you guys, so when you go inside you can
eat so many free samples, and the lady was so nice to us
she was like try this try that i'm like okay okay thank you so much! It's just
heaven! They make these taro chips or sweet
potato chips fresh. We ended up getting a one-pound box, i know it's a lot, but
we totally ate them all cuz it's so good. We put on some of the Maui onion seasoning and
also some barbecue seasoning which was super good. There's nothing like Hawaiian
chips. The chips that you can buy in the supermarkets here, they're just like thin
and they're not really that flavorful, but the chips in Hawaii were just like
thicker and they just like taste so good. I don't even think I don't even
think they put any flavor on it oh my gosh I'm salivating... so good!
It was so cheap and so good. We tried a lot of different loco moco
offerings and I don't like the ones where the barbecue sauce is really sweet
or it almost tastes like they put in Worcestershire. The loco moco at
Rainbow Drive-In, they use more of a gravy so it's almost like the gravy that
you would get on mashed potatoes it was just really really good if you have a
loco moco craving, go to Rainbow Drive-In
the taro rolls at Aunty Emily's Polynesian Bakery and the malasadas at
Leonard's Bakery. The malasadas at Leonard's Bakery are just something that
you have to try because you don't think that they're going to taste how they
taste - really soft on the inside, crispy on the outside, and they make them fresh
to order, so you have to try them. The taro rolls - we were not really
expecting anything. We were there for the Polynesian Cultural Center and we were
really hungry, so we went into Aunty Emily's and were like oh what should we get
Hey there are taro rolls for seventy-five cents. They end up being so moist, so good
and we got so obsessed with them. They had them at the Island Buffet as well, I
don't know if Aunty Emily's made them or if the luau made them because on
YouTube the Polynesian Cultural Center actually posts a video of the recipe and
how to make them. When we came back, I tried to make them, they were a failure. I
mean they were good but they just didn't taste the same so I think it's because
we don't have poi here. So there must be something that alters the consistency
but oh my gosh those taro rolls were so good!
Getting down to the final two, it was so hard I almost want to say that
they're both number one but if I really had to pick
so everybody always says go eat garlic
shrimp on the North Shore and they are not wrong, you have to, it's one of those
experiences where it almost takes you out of body and into heaven when you're
eating them. The flavors are so good, they give you so many shrimp. The shrimp are
so big and they're so fresh. And the rice in Hawaii is just super good I don't
know why. I saw people even getting takeout. I was like okay you're smart,
like you guys waited in line and you got extras! #1 Must Eat in Hawaii....
There's so many dishes at Helena's Hawaiian food that we loved the short ribs were the best short ribs I've ever
had I mean I've had Korean kalbi, I think it's just like the way that they cut the
meat or the way that they cook the meat, I'm not even gonna try to attempt to
think about how they cook it to make it so good but they're the best short ribs
I've ever had. The laulau is so good, the chicken
long rice - it's like this gingery chicken broth and then there's vermicelli
noodles and they're so good. We also had the laulau and the short ribs and chicken
long rice at Da Ono and Helena's is just a different level. The best food
during our whole trip because so many things were so good. One of the places
that we didn't get to try was The Pig & The Lady, which a lot of people
recommended, so next time we go back we want to go try there. So those are our
top 10 eats in Oahu, go try them!