*Photo courtesy of the Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau.
Aloha and welcome to The Tasty Island!
A blog site of my experiences enjoying the wonderful food of Hawaii, with a focus on Honolulu on the island of Oahu. This includes recipes and reviews of eateries ranging from the neighborhood plate lunch stand to fine dining restaurants.
Comments are welcome and certainly appreciated, provided they are in good taste.
All editorials and photographs are original work of this site unless otherwise noted. You are free to use any content, provided you kindly email for permission to Pomai at pomai_05@yahoo.com
Mahalo for visiting,
Pomai
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SPAM MUSUBI RATING SYSTEM
The Tasty Island uses an informal rating system based on Hawaii’s very own Spam Musubi icon. Informal, meaning that the “Musubi Grade” isn’t mathematically averaged from total point scores on a set of various criteria, but simply by my overall impression of the restaurant, item or recipe at hand.
There’s undoubtedly other websites out there with the same or similar grade icon. Still, it’s another fun, simple and easy way to identify with visitors that The Tasty Island truly has Hawaii in its heart.
The Tasty Island Spam Musubi Rating System:
(5) Superb. Worthy of repeat visits or purchases. (Broke Da’ Mout’!)-
(4) Excellent. Worth another visit or purchase. (Winnahz!)
(3) Very Good. Considerable of another visit or purchase. (Supah’ Ono!)-
(2) Good. I’m glad I tried it. (Ono) -
(1) Average. (She Go)
Notice there isn’t any grade below average as I don’t want to go into “bashing” territory here. If an item is included and is below average, I may make a note of it and that’s it. If it’s so bad that it reduces my entire impression of the product or restaurant, then that said place or product will simply not be qualified to be posted on this blogsite. After all, this isn’t the “yucky” island, it’s The TASTY Island!
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Quick facts about The Tasty Island blog site:
- Established: June 8, 2006
- Food categories: All ethnic flavors (as time permits)
- Coverage area: Primarily Oahu, with additions from travels to the neighbor islands of Hawaii
- Expected frequency of new posts: Weekly (sometimes more often than that, sometimes a bit longer)
- Camera(s) for photographs: Canon Powershot A510
- Contact: pomai_05@yahoo.com
Quick facts about Pomai
- Born and raised on Oahu (originally from Kaneohe)
- Single (In a relationship) male of Portuguese/German/English/Hawaiian ethnicity
- Currently employed and resides in Honolulu
- Favorite Cuisine: Japanese and Pacific/Hawaii Regional, yet open to the world when it comes to food and life!
- Contact: pomai_05@yahoo.com
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February 5, 2007 at 7:59 pm
» Blog of the Week: The Tasty Island
[...] Pomai runs this blog that shares the diverse ethnic flavors that Hawaii has to offer. There are recipes and reviews of eateries ranging from the local plate lunch-style stand to fine dining restaurants. But how exactly does Pomai rate his eating experiences? [...]
April 16, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Kyle
Pomai,
Very nice food blog!
Kyle
(Keith Kamisugi’s “Japanee Bruddah”
May 2, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Diana C Stanley
OMW we have been looking for a place online where we can purchase different spices and foods such as Manapua. What are the chances of you selling online and shipping to the mainland? Great site by the way.
May 17, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Ryan
This a great food blog! Keep up the good work!
Maybe you can do teriayki chicken next.
Mahalo,
Ryan
May 21, 2007 at 6:59 am
Kory
Good job Pomai. Anytime you like go grind lemme know. I’m down.
Aloha,
Kory
July 19, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Manele
What a lovely site you have! I enjoyed several entries and really liked your detailed review of Roy’s Waikiki. Great job!
a hui hou!
July 20, 2007 at 9:38 pm
Dayton
Pomai,
You awesome man! The pictures and stories are great. Keep up the good work. Please visit me at my new snack shop called KC Waffle Dog. I am at the Waikiki Shopping Plaza on the 3rd floor. Take a right off the elevator and keep walking to the back.
Hope to see you soon, thanks for your support,
Dayton
August 12, 2007 at 4:53 pm
colleen
I just wanted to know how I could write an article about Azteca Mexican Restaurant
August 17, 2007 at 11:56 pm
Aunty Lei
Aloha Pomai:
What a great job!!!!!
I enjoyed the fabulous party for Nalani…your description of the food there was right on the button….and the entertainment was great.
Aloha and congratulations for a job well done.
Aunty Lei
P.S. Met you when you were wee-high
October 11, 2007 at 9:09 pm
heyjosh
I can’t find a contact email for you. Please email me at josh[at]joshhaley.com. I have a quick question for you. Thanks brah.
Josh
October 18, 2007 at 12:27 pm
miund
Oh dear, you have successfully made me drool over everything featured in this blog. I read all your posts and I want to book a flight to Hawaii this instant just for the food!
Congratulations on such a great blog! I’ll be dropping by often!
October 19, 2007 at 9:42 pm
J
Pomai,
This is an awesome site.
I’m glad to know/find someone who can celebrate the spam musubi.
I LOVE local; food since I was brought-up on it.
If you share recipes, I would like to give you some of mine. I’m not formally trained (I don’t even have the proper equipment for a truly functional kitchen), I just like good food, and cooking, for me, is a means to an end.
I tried to share on H/T website, but people seem (and maybe it’s just me seeing things from a narrow perspective) to take things personally instead of extending themselves to attempt to understand information and share with others.
I very much enjoyed & appreciated your contributions.
Your stretching info in the diet thread should be a sticky post. I stretch because of a past spinal chord injury, and it reduces spasticity.
….and your input made you the lord of the airshow thread (great shots, Man! Well done) as far as I’m concerned. Maybe you’re just more active in the threads than other members are at the moment, but for all I can see in REAL contributions, I think that you are the heavy one who carrirs the threads.
Your pal,
W/M
October 19, 2007 at 9:44 pm
J
OOps!
I thought this was going into e-mail.
November 13, 2007 at 3:59 am
gay
Came across your site looking for pictures of calamansi. Your pictures are so tempting that I’m drooling already. Wish I could there someday.
November 30, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Kelly (a.k.a. Ramen Girl)
Aloha Pomai,
I just found your site while searching the web for images of the Limited Edition Hawaii SPAM can. I am from Hawaii, born and raised on Oahu and am currently living in London. I am throwing a SPAM party next Friday for a couple of friends and the star attraction of the party will be a platter of SPAM musubi.
I love your site! It made me hungry! Thanks!
Kelly
February 26, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Steven
Your blog is AWESOME! I am now completely starving and want to go back to Hawaii immediately.
March 16, 2008 at 10:55 pm
j-yo
Aloha from da Northwest! Former Oahu girl here enjoying your thoroughly informative posts and wonderful photos. My only complaint about your blog is that it makes my stomach growl.
March 16, 2008 at 11:58 pm
Cine
Love your website. Especially the Spam Musubi ratings…
You should check out MAC 24/7 in Waikiki. Its in the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio. Try one of their Mac Daddy Pancakes. They’re huge! Enough to feed 3 hungry people. Here’s their website if you want to see what they have : http://www.mac247waikiki.com/
April 14, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Makani
Does anyone know…or does anyone still have “Exchange” Juice cans?
You remember that “orange” flavored concentrate that everyones tutu had in the pantry…the song: “exchange goes down,down, down..and a round, round, round….
I’ve been looking for a picture a label, better yet a can. Does anyone know who use to make it?
let me know, mahalo!
April 23, 2008 at 10:56 pm
Jade Aguiar
Our softball girls team Kapaa High School Warriors on the island of Kauai would like to fundraise your sausage’s. How would we go about doing that? Can some one e-mail me a number where the person in charge can let me know about fundraising. We need to fundraise ASAP to go to Oahu for the State’s softball tournament.
Mahalo,
Jade Aguiar
Team Mom
April 26, 2008 at 3:50 am
pomai
Hi Jade, sorry but I’m just a blogger that writes about the food on here, not the owner of the company(ies) discussed. I wish I were! Google the names of the Sausage manufacturer (Gouveia, Redondo’s, Rego’s, Frank’s, etc.) you’re interested in, and you’ll surely find the proper phone number to contact them.
Makani, I certainly remember those little Exchange concentrated juices, and their catchy jingle. A classic. I also searched high and low on the net for archived photos and information on the stuff, to no avail.
Everyone else, mahalo plenty for all the kind words. It truly inspired me to continue this blog hobby which I enjoy sharing with you all here.
April 26, 2008 at 4:35 pm
sixmokes
Your site rules! Seeing that I cannot get authentic plate lunches in rural Oregon, your blog was a welcome find.
Aloha!
May 1, 2008 at 4:36 am
Blazin' Steaks - Windward Mall
The Blazin’ Steaks in Windward Mall Kaneohe is good but the customer service sucks. There was this young, local girl with piercings on her face who was so very, very rude. Even if they served filet mignon for $6 I wouldn’t go back.