From top and left- Chopped seasoned radish, ume (pickled plums), and seasoned seaweed
From bottom and left- Okra, spam and season radish and furikake coated
When going to the beach or lookout, nothing is more local (at least for me) than a good musubi! Ok, so there are many other great grindz out there but the musubi is by far one of faaavorites. The musubi is really the cousin to sushi. The main difference is that the rice is normally plain. It does not have the rice vinegar in it. But like sushi you can put whatever you want in it (or on top of it).
So one day I went to Shirokiya to check out their new and expanded food market (which is great by the way) and found this neat set of mini musubis! What drew me to them was the one on your bottom left...the one topped with thin slices of okra. I had never seen one with okra so I decided to try it. It was what I expected. The orkra was marinated in a shoyu (soy sauce) and katsuo base. I liked it! They also managed to get rid of a lot of slimyness usually found in okra.
I really enjoyed this set.
Of course if you don't eat pork, then skip the spam musubi.
Now I feel like going to the beach. Ha.
Shirokiya
1450 Ala Moana Boulevard
Honolulu, HI 96814-4665
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