Countless tourists make this city lively. People on the streets wear light shorts and shorts, walking, hanging out, and running. People sit on the roadside terraces drinking coffee and listening to tropical music playing in the store next door.
Music. There are pieces of handicrafts on display inside, with strange and bright colors and exaggerated carving methods.
Tianhai Zhixue walked on the glass bridge and stared at the indigenous wood-carved masks displayed in the window on the edge of the pedestrian street.
"Does it look good?" Raku Sakakihara asked the girl in the sunflower straw hat next to him while holding the camera.
"It's so ugly"
".This is called indigenous art, a handicraft rich in national cultural characteristics." Sakakihara tried to argue.
"It's still ugly."
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So straightforward.
Raku Sakakibara took a photo inside the window, reviewed it, and prepared the photo for his travel diary.
"Come on Yuki, the event has just started and we are going to have breakfast."
"What's for breakfast?"
"Special food."
Taking a taxi, Sakakibara took Yuki to the most famous local breakfast shop "cinnamon's" to taste Hawaiian specialty breakfast: mug pancakes and macadamia nut syrup.
Mug pancakes are small, easy-to-make pancakes, usually made in mugs or cups, hence the name. Pancakes can be made with different seasonings and toppings, such as fruit, chocolate chips, blueberries, etc.
The effect of a richer taste.
For Raku Sakakibara, who has never tried anything like this before, this is just a fresh fruit pizza.
Macadamia nut syrup (macadamianutsyrup) is a common Hawaiian specialty syrup. It is made from Australian specialty macadamia nuts, added with sugar and water, and cooked. It has a rich, sweet and nutty flavor.
It’s not greasy and seems to be one of the common ingredients in Hawaiian breakfast.
"Why are nuts, a specialty of Australia, a specialty breakfast in Hawaii?" When the foreign waiter in a vest and red collar served the meal, Raku Sakakibara specifically asked him in fluent English.
The waiter looked very enthusiastic and explained with a smile:
"Sir, it is said that in 1879, a Hawaiian named Walter Murray Gibson obtained some macadamia nuts from local planters during his trip to Australia. He brought these back to Hawaii to plant and promote them.
The growing conditions of this nut in Hawaii are very suitable, and it gradually became a local specialty and began to be widely used in local food culture. In my case, Macadamia nut pie and Macadamia nut syrup
, are all classic Hawaiian specialties."
"That's it."
Sakakihara put down the note-taking pen, looked up and asked: "Is this nut also used in other delicacies?"
"Yes, such as macadamia nut cookies, macadamia nut cakes, macadamia nut butter, etc. In addition, macadamia nuts can also be used as an ingredient in salads or other dishes." While the waiter explained, Sakakibara took notes.
It seems
This restaurant is really the right one.
If you ask the waiter carefully, he will be able to come up with five or six kinds of special delicacies.
Raku Sakakibara glanced at Amami Yuki who was quietly eating pancakes in a mug, turned around and gave the waiter a tip of US$10.
"Then let's have another nut pie."
"Thank you sir."
"Wait a moment."
"What else do you need, sir?"
"Can I go into your kitchen and take some photos later? There's nothing special. I just want to make a travel diary photo and take more local food as a souvenir."
"Of course there is no problem with your request, sir. I will help you immediately to ask our manager for instructions."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
By the way, this Hawaiian breakfast restaurant called "cinnamon's" is where Sakakibara asked a local when he set out.
Although this is a small restaurant, it seems to be quite popular among locals. Some people even come from far away just to have this meal. The mug pancakes and macadamia nut syrup here are not high-end.
It’s an exquisite taste, but a nostalgic local comfort. I heard the local comment just now say that every time he recalls it, he will be filled with nostalgia.
Sakakihara took photos of these two things, and after checking whether the sentences in the notes were smooth, she found that Amami Yuki, who was sitting opposite her, had been looking at her. Her back was to the street full of tourists, and the sun was shining on her through the glass.
On the shoulders, the beige hair is shining and jumping.
Sitting with her at such a close distance, Sakakihara Raku could smell the elegant fragrance of her body that only girls can have.
In front of her were two clean eating utensils.
"Just, finished eating?"
"Well, I'm not full." Amami Nozuki stared at the portion in front of Sakakibara Raku.
Sakakibara understood what her little eyes wanted, and pushed it over to her, "There will be a nut pie for the two of us to eat later. In addition, we have to eat less. I don't know how much we will have to eat later."
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"Good"
The waiter quickly brought the nut pie, and while giving another $5 tip, Sakakibara asked if there were any places with a lot of specialties nearby.
"I see that many people on the Internet recommend the Alamoa neighborhood. Do you have any recommendations?"
"Do you want special food?"
"Yes."
"Then I suggest that you, sir, go to the southeastern part of our Naweli district first. Although the Alamoa neighborhood has several famous and popular food and shopping streets, it is more international, with Indians and Japanese people.
There are people living there. The Nawili area is different. It is mainly famous for its local Hawaiian dishes and traditional 'fish tarts'. It is a good place to taste authentic Hawaiian food."
Sure enough, I worked hard to find the guide online.
It is better to ask someone who is familiar with the local area.
"That's it, this is very useful to me, thank you."
"You're welcome."
After taking Amami Yuki to have some breakfast at Cinnamon's restaurant, Sakakibara Raku took her to the Nawili District in the southeastern part of Honolulu without stopping.
"Should I take a taxi or a bus?"
"Bus!"
"Okay."
The bus left the restaurant, passed to Kalakaffa Avenue, walked west along Kalakaffa Avenue, and passed the famous International Market.
"There are so many ugly masks," Tianhai Zhixue said as she lay by the bus window again.
Sakakihara Raku was speechless for a moment, "Don't let others hear you."
Continue walking west along Kalakafa Boulevard and you will arrive at the famous Waikiki Beach.
This is the center of Hawaii tourism and one of the most prosperous and lively places in Hawaii.
In front of the bus, a long and powerful team came towards them. Tianhai Zhixue was immediately attracted and looked over with even more curiosity.
I saw the bus directly in front of me, on the main road of Kalakafa Avenue.
Several ethnic dancers wearing traditional Hawaiian costumes came forward.
"oo-lee-oo-lee——!"
Women wear flower garlands on their heads and wear navel-baring tops. Exaggerated bright colors and flowers decorate their Hawaiian tropical atmosphere.
They wore beautiful flower garlands and grass skirts made of coconut leaves, beat the drums in front of them, and jumped barefoot in the front of the parade along the street.
The men wore shorter coconut grass skirts, almost shirtless gauze tops, and a wreath of grass on their heads. Their movements were cleaner and rougher, and they clearly had a wild sense of power, but
The movements of the arms and body are unexpectedly coordinated.
In tune with the Hawaiian drum melody in the middle of the team, they walked towards each other from the front and enthusiastically slapped their skin with their palms to make a sound, allowing the audience who stopped to feel the strong South China Sea island style.
"ha-kah——!ha-kah——!"
The surrounding tourists and drivers on the road also gave way, holding up their mobile phones or viewing equipment to take photos one by one.
The passengers in the bus all crowded towards Raku Sakakibara out of curiosity and poked their heads out of the window.
Sakakihara Raku also quickly raised his camera to record the scene in front of him.
Tianhai Zhixue was stunned when she saw so many Nigerians wearing grass skirts, and her voice became much softer:
"So many people, so many grass skirts, what are these?"
"It should be a celebration, let's go out for a parade."
"Why go out on a parade?"
"Celebrating a holiday?" Raku Sakakibara wasn't sure, so he just watched it while taking pictures, "But the closest holiday to Hawaii now is Julio Day in mid-April."
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"It's indeed quite novel. Do you think it looks good, yuki?"
"Good-looking."
Tianhai Zhixue didn't ask anything about it, she was just deeply shocked by these things she had never seen before, and the exotic customs she had never seen before.
One person put his hands on the car window, and the other person pointed the camera outside.
Never before had such a grand and enthusiastic procession passed by. The two of them were almost balancing their heads up and down. At this moment, they were like two country bumpkins, clinging to the car window.
"Can you dance?"
"Don't think that I am so omnipotent."
"It would be great if I could dance."
"What?"
"That way you can eat grapes hanging around your neck."
".It looks like the seeds of a tree."
The parade team quickly approached, and what shocked Tianhai Zhixue even more was the oversized coconut and two oversized coconut trees on the huge float. There were only flower wreaths and a crotch cloth on the float.
, a muscular man dancing hula.
Of course this is not a real coconut, but a prop made of modern materials.
But even like this, Raku Sakakihara glanced at Amami Nozuki below her, her little eyes were so straight that she almost drooled from the corner of her mouth.
". Such a big coconut, can I eat it?"
"Obviously not possible."
Sakakibara thinks why Yuki is more greedy than Suzu?
They are really good sisters and best friends.
The bus continued driving, crossing Kalakaua Boulevard, passing Waikiki Beach, and arriving at Kupacapaaya Road.
Cupa Kapaia is a secondary street in the Naweli District. It is more civilian than Calakaua Avenue. There are more small restaurants and convenience stores here.
This is Raku Sakakibara’s destination for food exploration.
While Raku Sakakibara was exploring information on the Internet, he was asking locals or tourists on the roadside. He was running around on this street with Tenkai no Yuki.
"What is that little cart selling?"
"I don't know, go and have a look."
"What is that selling?"
"I don't know, just buy it and eat it."
"What about that one? It's so big."
"I don't know. It seems like roast pig?"
"What about this?"
"I know this. Pa'au is a very common tropical fruit in Hawaii. It has a delicate taste and unique aroma. It is also used to make salads."
Explore and take photos along this street.
Karachi snacks, Pork main ingredients, Hawaiian Rockale Salad, Shuji Pancakes, Kalva Barbecue made from a mixture of wild boar, mutton, beef and fish.
Sakakihara Rakudu went all out with the snow from the sky.
"That barbecue is delicious."
"Where's the salad?"
"Salad tastes weird."
"Isn't Karachi delicious? It's the platter consisting of fried flour pancakes and various fried crispy foods."
"That one is delicious too."
"You eat so much"
Although she didn’t buy much per serving, Sakakibara was really worried about whether there was something wrong with her little belly.
"Yuki, are you not full yet?"
"No."
"Really?" Sakakihara Ledo glanced at her little face raised under her sunflower straw hat.
"Well, I still need to eat coconut."
Feelings are like the big coconut before we miss each other.
"Eat coconuts? Wait, there seems to be these things."
That’s right, we’ve come to Hawaii, how can we not eat some coconuts?
This coconut is fine if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you go there. There are coconut pie, coconut shrimp balls, coconut rice, coconut ice cream, and coconut stewed chicken.
Amami no Yuki was very, very comfortable eating, and Sakakihara Raku had to record the background culture and general production steps behind these delicacies while eating.
No wonder this food exploration plan only lasts for one day, relationships are very, very difficult.
At the end of the morning, according to Sakakibara Raku's efficiency and Amami Nozuki's small belly, I only managed to discover more than a dozen special delicacies in one morning and noon.
"Are you tired of having fun?"
".Kind of."
"Want to go for lunch? The coconut rice just looked delicious."
Still having lunch?!
"Wait a minute, can you still eat it?"
"Hmm."
It’s really edible.
Speaking of which, didn't Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli hint with their eyes during the meeting this morning that they wanted to meet secretly today?
Why is there no shadow?
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After the two of them walked into a stall selling coconut rice, Sakakihara Suzu sneakily poked her head out from the other corner of the street.
"Bell-chan. Suzu-chan"
"What's wrong?" Sakakibara Suzu looked back and looked at Sakai Chitano, who was sweating profusely from exhaustion and wearing a light blue short skirt and short sleeves. "Are you tired from running?"
"Aren't you tired, Suzu-chan?"
Sakakibara Suzu scratched the stone wall, frowned and glanced at the vixen sitting in the booth next to Sakakibara Raku and Amami Yuki, "I'm not tired at all."
She guessed it right, the fox was following me!
But there was only one fox at the moment, and she didn't know whether it was Qimingyue or Jiuliuli.
The two twins were slightly farther apart, and it was impossible to recognize the difference between them.
Sakai Chidanoya put her hands on the wall, poked her head out from above Sakakihara Suzu's head and looked towards the right side of the street.
She didn't find Amami, but she always saw Sakakibara Raku and Amami Nozuki.
"Suzuki-chan. Why do you feel like the monitor is dating yuki-chan?"
"It's normal. It's just a disguise after all. My brother told me this." Sakakihara Suzu glanced up at Sakai Chiteno's fleshy and a bit weak face.
"Pretend? Why?" Chitian Sakai asked puzzledly.
"This is complicated. Anyway, you know that my brother and Yuki are pretending like this just to stimulate some people."
"But, I don't feel like it, class monitor. Sakakibara-san just fed Yuki-chan something to eat so intimately." Chitiano Sakai looked worriedly at the two people eating coconut rice at the stall.
After listening to this, Sakakihara Suzu felt quite confident about this. She closed her eyes, raised the corners of her mouth, waved her hands, and said nonchalantly:
"Oh, oh, don't worry, this must be because my brother found the fox following him, so he made such a mistake on purpose."
"Really?"
"Of course! Otherwise, what else could it be?"
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"Alright Tiano, let's keep an eye on the fox. As long as the fox dares to show its head, we will strangle her! We will make them unable to see my brother, and they will be anxious to death."