served alongside a protein like chicken katsu. or this hamburger steak, burger-like patty drowned in dark, sinister, sticky, shiny gravy. or, furikake ahi, seared ahi with nori and sesame seed. daniel: oh my gosh, that looks beautiful. anthony: oh yeah, that s gonna work. oh. all right. i sit this right on top of the rice? daniel: yeah, yep. you want to get some mac salad too on there too. anthony: gonna get that sinister gravy on. oh, dude. look what we re eating. daniel: right, yeah. anthony: okay, they may not be hawaiian but they are now. they are fundamentally local. i mean, this food, this most delicious, let s be honest, delicious. this is not healthy eating. daniel: yeah, and we re kind of paying the price for it right now in the health of the state, which is terrible. as i take a bite of hamburger and brown gravy. anthony: yeah but it s, like i said, it s so good. daniel: if you really want to do hawaii right you gotta give
back. and that s a power that hawaii and the ina still has is if you show aloha and you give without asking the ina is going to recognize it and it s gonna shower its blessings upon you. anthony: so, you think traditional hawaiian culture and lifestyle has a chance against the modern world? daniel: i think so. the beautiful part about my ancestors is they realized there is a limited number of resources where they lived so they observed nature to the best possible they could to figure out what were the cycles and how do we preserve this resource. hawaiian culture can teach the whole world something that it needs to know is we all live on an island. and we are all part of the same community. let s all show aloha to the ina and let s show aloha to everybody else as well.
lunch is this. a big scoop, or two, of white rice and potato mac salad. there is nothing more hawaiian. served alongside a protein like chicken katsu. or this hamburger steak, burger-like patty drowned in dark, sinister, sticky, shiny gravy. or, furikake ahi, seared ahi with nori and sesame seed. daniel: oh my gosh, that looks beautiful. anthony: oh yeah, that s gonna work. oh. all right. i sit this right on top of the rice? daniel: yeah, yep. you want to get some mac salad too on there too. anthony: gonna get that sinister gravy on. oh, dude. look what we re eating. daniel: right, yeah. anthony: okay, they may not be hawaiian but they are now. they are fundamentally local. i mean, this food, this most delicious, let s be honest, delicious. this is not healthy eating. daniel: yeah, and we re kind of paying the price for it right now in the health of the state, which is terrible.
as i take a bite of hamburger and brown gravy. anthony: yeah but it s, like i said, it s so good. daniel: if you really want to do hawaii right you gotta give back. and that s a power that hawaii and the ina still has is. if you show aloha and you give without asking the ina is going to recognize it and it s gonna shower its blessings upon you. anthony: so, you think traditional hawaiian culture and lifestyle has a chance against the modern world? daniel: i think so. the beautiful part about my ancestors is they realized there is a limited number of resources where they lived so they
here with his ohana. a hawaiian word that describes an extended circle of family and close friends. anthony: man, nice. they got lucky today. it s a beautiful day. archie: beautiful day, yep. ross: even when it s storming it s nice on the beach. anthony: yeah. ross: yeah. and we ll stay here until that thing goes down. hits the horizon. [ laughter ] when that sun hits the horizon it s, that s time to go home. anthony: maui is an island as beautiful as it gets. and, sure it s got its share of portion controlled cruise line entertainments. doled out in digestible bites and complementary mai-tais. but, you ll also find the sort-of beloved, indigenous institution like tasty crust. as local a place as you re likely to find. anthony: daniel ikaika ito will explain. daniel: this is a menu situation, or i can order for you if you trust me. i think we re gonna hook you up with, uh, the local flavor, so anthony: okay, i trust you. raised on the big island, he s a journalist.