A report that you actually ate “Kaki Sweets” that has evolved uniquely in Hawaii, such as short cake Daifuku and marshmallow chocolate Daifuku



Many Japanese Americans live in Hawaii because the Japanese migration to Hawaii began with the Meiji Restoration. Among many things that are familiar as a culture of Hawaii, there are many that are underlying Japanese culture, and it is said that “餅”, which is familiar to Japanese people, has

become a popular local sweet in Hawaii about. I was interested in what kind of taste the Hawaiian salmon really was, so I went to the local popular mochi kitchen “ Two Ladies Kitschen ”.

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Two Ladies Kitchen is located in the island of Hilo, Hawaii. Address: 274 Kilauea Ave, Hilo, HI 96720


Along Kilauea Avenue, lined with general stores and snack shops ...



Discover Two Ladies Kitchen.



When you enter the store right away, the inside is quite narrow, at most about 6 tatami. It was bustling with many customers though it was just after the opening.



Next to the cash register are colorful coffee sweets lined up in a row.



I could see the staff making hard work on the other side of the glass window behind the checkout counter.



Here is the menu that was stuck on the wall. Daifuku of the color which is not seen in Japan, such as green, pink and purple, has a lineup. The price is $ 0.95 (approx. 100 yen) for mochi (餅), $ 1.25 (approx. 140) for manju (manju) and $ 1.50 (approx. $ 160) for Taiyaki (taiyaki). You are However, when I looked at the menu, I was not sure what mochi and manju were, so I asked the clerk 'What's the difference between mochi and manju?' So I answered, 'The price is different!'



In addition to giving your salesclerk your favorite chopsticks, you can also purchase a pack filled with different types of chopsticks. In addition, although cashless payment by credit card payment prevails in Hawaii, two Ladies Kitchen only accepts cash payment, so it should be noted.



After waiting for five types of salmon and ordering Taiyaki, a woman wearing an aloha shirt appears from the back. I was the mother of Nora Uchida, the founder of Two Ladies Kitchen. Mr. Uchida's mother seemed to be the 'sign girl' of this Two Ladies Kitchen, and had a pleasant conversation with the regular customers who visited.



Inside the store, you can purchase a take-back insulated bag for $ 6.25 (approximately 680 yen). We pack sweet potato which we bought in this cool bag and take it home.



What I bought this time is assorted sweets and five types of sweet potato and taiyaki.



The contents of the assortment pack look like this. You can see that the Strawberry Boxes (strawberry Daifuku) on the upper left is a little larger than other sweets.



Strawberry Boxes are made of strawberries in a light pink candy cloth.



The place I tried to cut it is below. A very large strawberry is wrapped in the bean paste. When you try to eat it, the sourness of the strawberries and the sweetness of the apricots match exquisitely, as well as the familiar strawberry Daifuku in Japan. However, because it is the quantity that grain bean sprout wraps strawberries, sweetness may be modest than general strawberry Daifuku of Japan.



The next thing to eat ...



'Strawberry Short Cake Mochi'. There is a sponge cake and sliced strawberries inside, and although there is no fresh cream, it feels like the strawberry cake is wrapped around in the persimmon dough. It is an extremely strange texture that contains a slightly fluffy sponge cake in a glutinous dough. Before eating, I expected it to be 'synergy and surprisingly delicious', but when I ate it, there was no such thing in particular, and the result was that the water in the mouth was taken away only. The sweetness was modest compared to Strawberry Boxes, and the acidity of the strawberry was felt quite strong because it did not contain anko.



Yellow rose 'Marshmallow'



Inside was a marshmallow and crushed chocolate. Marshmallows are soft and have a slight touch. Even though it has a peculiar texture of salmon, it is a sweet of western style with sweetness of marshmallow and chocolate, and this is ant. Although it is not a taste of 'Japanese sweet potato', I clearly feel the individuality of sweet sweets that has evolved uniquely in Hawaii.



'Tsumami' is a mint green rice cake that is not often found in Japanese sweets.



The grain is rolled up inside. The color has a mint taste, but it has a slight sweetness, no flavor, and it feels like an ordinary strawberry. Although I felt that it may be slightly sweeter than Japanese salmon, the flavor is Japanese salmon itself.



The light purple sweet potato is 'Okinawa Sweet Potato', which is a purple sweet potato.



It is Koshian which I put in a purple sweet potato inside. Along with the texture of the fluffy and merry dough, the flavor and mellow sweetness of purple sweet potato spread in the mouth. There are a lot of textures of Koshian in Japan, but because the Koshian in Two Ladies Kitchen is crunchy, the sweetness is quite strong but the aftertaste is refreshing.



Taiyaki is palm-sized and much smaller than what you see in Japan. However, the tail fin and the scale are also firmly attached, and it looks like a pretty baked thing. However, the surface of the dough is heavily impregnated with oil, which may be slightly different from Japan.



Granule has a low viscosity and a crunchy texture. The dough is closer to waffles than to Japanese baked goods, and it looks like Japan's oysters, but its taste is different. The taiyaki in Hawaii was finished with Japanese sweets that hot milk seems to fit better than tea.



Two Ladies Kitchen is closed on Sundays and Mons. It is open from 6am to 6pm, and from 10am to 5pm for water-soil. Even though it is a popular store, the inside of the store is not so large, and it is possible to go to a line after assuming that it will line up to some extent, as it will soon be possible to queue.

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