Paalaa Kai Mini-Mart for Local Hawaii Food on the North Shore

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Paalaa Kai Mini Mart is great little shop in Waialua, Hawaii, on the north shore, that has amazing fried chicken and SPAM musubi. Click here for details: One of the best things to do when you're in Hawaii is stop by a small little local restaurant to pick up local Hawaiian food and head to the beach. When I'm in Haleiwa, I have to make the short drive to Waialua, to go to a small hole in the wall known as Paalaa Kai Mini Mart, which is located right next to the famous bakery by the same name. Inside of the mini mart there are all sorts of goodies to choose from. There's the full assortment of foods and drinks available at any convenience store, but the real attraction at Paalaa Kai Mini Mart is the beautiful range of pre-made things to eat. As soon as you step foot in the store, you'll get it a whiff of fried chicken. Their fried chicken is one of their claims to fame, and you can't go there without getting one or a few pieces of their fried chicken. Along with fried chicken, there's a bunch of different kinds of bentos already packaged and waiting for you. Many of the foods are Hawaiian style Korean dishes, as the owners are Korean in origin. They also have a fridge full of fresh poke, and sashimi, as well as smoked marlin and a few other fish, but I have yet to try those. Along with fried chicken Paalaa Kai Mini Mart specializes in SPAM musubi, which is a ball of rice topped with a piece of SPAM, and then wrapped in a piece of seaweed. But at Paalaa Kai Mini Mart, they don't just include a piece of spam, the spam is first marinated in teriyaki sauce and then added to the rice and seaweed. This gives it some amazing flavor, and it's nearly impossible to resist. So anyway we headed into Paalaa Kai Mini Mart, and after a little bit of contemplation, I decided to buy a couple of spam musubis, and a bento filled with rice, chicken, and Korean glass noodle salad. After buying my food, I could not resist taking a bite of the spam musubi, as soon as I got in the car. I thought I would just take one bite and then drive to the beach, but it was so good I had to eat the whole thing right then and there. After finishing that off, we then took a drive over to Waimea Bay, where we found a nice place to sit and enjoy the rest of our beach food takeaway from Paalaa Kai Mini Mart. If you happen to visit the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii, and are looking for a good local Hawaiian food shop, be sure to drop by Paalaa Kai Mini Mart for some pretty tasty things to eat - and don't miss out on their spam musubi. Address: 66-945 Kaukonahua Rd Waialua, HI 96791
Date: 2019-08-19

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Comments and reviews: 10

evogardens
Hey Ying & Mark, Well, I'll be damned. I never would have expected to see you two eating Spam in one your videos Growing up in Australia, I only used to have it on sandwiches. That was until my Malaysian wife fried some one day. Now, there's always a can of it in our pantry in case we're out of bacon. Mark, I believe your having a birthday this week? I'd like to wish you all the best mate. Perhaps a Durian infused cakeJim.
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Gary Sorensen
I never wanted leave the North Shore when I stayed in Pupukea. The stop and shop food options are some of the healthiest in the US. And with Ahi Poke in 99 styles at every grocery store you can never not afford to eat something tasty. Makes me want to fly back now, especially with the low cost airfare right now out of the West coast. I really hope to see some more HI stuff
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Mycabanabanana
Mark, if you are still in Oahu try Iyasume Musubi in Waikiki. It is a Japanese musubi house that sells a variety of musubi like spam, salmon roe and many more. They use premium rice so their musubi is amazing. I love spam musubi and this by far, the best. Also try Matsumoto shave ice in Haleiwa. It's a shaved ice mecca. Probably one of the most famous.
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Tama Toa
Paalaa Kai market is actually in Waialua near Haleiwa. Their fried chicken is mean. The skin is the best part. So crispy it's like eating chicken skin chips. But you gotta go earlier in the day before the chicken gets old and loses the crispness and the meat dries out. And since you're there, gotta go next door and get the Snow Puffies at the bakery.
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Mary Leialoha
Once in a while, I stop by that store to get hard boiled duck eggs. I agree that the take out food is a bit oily, but definitely classic beach food. Omgosh Ying totally made this video Lmao Ying, when spam musubi is made right, it tastes heavenly I am enjoying your Hawaii videos in between your newer videos. Aloha
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newSOUL10
These comments about ying saying the spam tastes like dog food is ridiculous. I'm sure she never ate dog or had dog food. It's the smell of dog food that will give off the taste of it. If she don't like it than why will she like dog food? Smh. I don't like spam also. It's all processed meat. Not my favorite.
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Dang Khoa
How do you know it tastes like dog food. I mean, you have tried dog food before? Btw, saying dog food you mean food for dog, right? Not food that is made our of dog meat. True? Don't get me wrong, cause I have heard that some South East Asian countries eat dogs, so, I was just wondering.
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Makeda Zemene
I was laughing so hard at your wife's reaction because it just reminded me of how my husband reacts when I give him odd foods to try. I woke him up from his nap just to see her haha She's a gem, please try and convince her to be on camera more: D
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Fay K-O
If you're still in Hawaii on Saturday, you should bring your wife and crew to chow down with us at Kaka'ako beach park We'll be fishing, having a barbecue, and celebrating my sons birthday Come and enjoy our cooking Email me for directions. Aloha, Fay
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Lavelle
Did Ying really not like it? Mai ow is what she said, Lol. I lived in Hawaii as a kid and still get spam cravings, and even more, Portuguese sausage. I don't know if that type of sausage is available on the mainland. Any idea, Mark?
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