Hawaii Trip Day 3: Food

This may have been our favorite day of the trip when it comes to FOOD!

We headed farther towards Laie after seeing the turtles again to find this:

Giovanni's shrimp truck in Kahuku

We shared (I'm not a shrimp lover yet but had two because they were THAT good) the shrimp scampi which is their DELICIOUS garlic shrimp they are famous for.  You should read the description off the menu on their website...it'll make your mouth water!  We also got barbecued corn from a booth set up near there that was pretty yummy too!  There were two different ways they prepared it so we got both and shared.  One was "island style" that had garlic salt, mayo, and parmesan cheese among other things on it.

And then again driving back towards our hotel we stopped again at Matsumoto's in Haleiwa.  This time we shared one instead of getting our own because we had just had lunch.

Then for dinner we went to Helena's Hawaiian Food.  This was the BEST Hawaiian food we had during our trip!  We are still talking about it and I'm pretty sure there kalua pig has been in my dreams at least once since we've been home!  It's been on Man vs Food on the Travel Channel and also on the Food Network.  We went on the recommendation of one of Brian's high school friends and we LOVED it!  A neighboring table of older Hawaiian couples could tell when we sat down we didn't belong (maybe because we were the only white people there) and took it upon themselves to show us what they were having and tell us what to order.  When that happened, other near by tables decided to join in and I don't think we've ever been asked so many times, "How did you find it? "  I think they were a little upset to share their local hangout with two tourists from Utah!  We had kalua pig, laulau, poi, Short ribs Pipikaula Style, fried Ahi, and Haupia.  We left VERY full and sad that we ate here on the way to the airport and unable to come again! Brian bought a shirt when he paid for dinner and Helena's daughter asked the same question and wanted to know where he was going to wear the shirt.  It may have been our favorite meal/resturant of the trip! 

As we were driving from Helena's to the airport, we found some funny signs:

 SO glad we didn't eat here!

 Not sure why you want a "free jail call to your cellular" but maybe it's a Hawaii thing?