so we were repeatedly told by people in the hawaii-know that we needed to buy shrimp from the shrimp trucks going up the north shore to laie. totally sketchy, but i'm willing to give it a shot if it's as good as they say.
russ and i decided that if we were gonna die of food poisoning, we were going all the way. and so we vowed to find the nastiest truck to patronize. i'm almost positive that we did:
we pulled over to a screeching halt when we saw famous kahuku's shrimpmobile, said a small prayer and then ordered:
the reason why we are smiling is not because it was the best shrimp we'd ever tasted--we are smiling because i couldn't believe we were eating seafood from an rv with a gott cooler in it's front windshield. it was one of those situations that we couldn't make up and i wanted to enjoy it while i could. cuz i knew this thing would have a short shelf-life with me.
russ and i decided that if we were gonna die of food poisoning, we were going all the way. and so we vowed to find the nastiest truck to patronize. i'm almost positive that we did:
we pulled over to a screeching halt when we saw famous kahuku's shrimpmobile, said a small prayer and then ordered:
the reason why we are smiling is not because it was the best shrimp we'd ever tasted--we are smiling because i couldn't believe we were eating seafood from an rv with a gott cooler in it's front windshield. it was one of those situations that we couldn't make up and i wanted to enjoy it while i could. cuz i knew this thing would have a short shelf-life with me.
the shrimp WAS very good, but i'm afraid that the surroundings were just too much for my fragile psyche to handle. maybe i'm too suburbanized or too high maintenance but it's hard to eat something that came from an rv that could possibly be condemmed. when in hawaii, though....
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My sister lived there for a year and a half and she loved those crazy food vans.
Wow... yer brave! I can't even go back to Taco Bell since I found that hair in my nachos...
Um, no. I couldn't do it. Never mind the fact that I'm a vegetarian, that's just plain scaaaary. An adventure for sure, but my psyche wouldn't be able to handle it. Ryan would be down for sure.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those trucks, although Famous isn't my favorite. I like the one in Haleiwa. I do still get grossed out about tearing off the shell, but the atmosphere is so Hawaiian. I love it!
What the crap! I have been working over time to be on your most comments list and nothin'! None of my comments have shown up yet. I did them through Google Reader. Am I doing something wrong or will they show up? Help!
There is no way I could eat something from an "establishment" with such awful grammar.
I am just glad that you are still alive...you are more daring than I originally took you for!
It is a good thing Megan and Neil weren't with you. One look and taste of all that "hang ten"goodness and Megan wouldn't have been able to see anything else on the whole island she would have just followed the shrimp van from place to place begging for more. She would have been him #1 patient... I mean fan!
p.s. I fixed the chart so you can read it now.
And I thought the swimming with the sharks was brave!
You are brave-
Now you've truly visited Hawaii!! I didn't actually eat at that one, but I have frequented the same shrimp truck many times and they have THE BEST coconut shrimp EVER!! I knew you could do it! You did your momma proud, oh, me proud!
WOW. You. Are. Brave....and you must have a gut made of iron....love the cooler in the windshield...I'm gonna start doing that...
I see a cranny behind Russ. Good call. Mr. Shrimp-mobile knows what he's doing.
the strange thing is....the rest of that sign seemed pretty professional....you guys seem to find all the great kodak moments. Good stuff!
the TRUST the TRUST is so inspiring.
You are one brave girl. Luvpilot and I have vowed to never buy meat or fish from a truck. But that's in AZ. Who knows what we'd do in Hawaii? Actually since he almost died once from salmonella, I do know what we'd do. Glad you lived thru the experience.
I could NEVER do that! You are awesome, always trying new things. Glad the shrimp was good and you didn't get sick. :)
SaWeet! What was more frightening? the itty bitty shrimp or the big bad sharks?
Reminds me of Tonga, but Tonga is 10 times worse, love every part of Tonga, if you ever want to get freaked out go there for a week..
I so miss plate lunches!!!! That has got to be one of the parts of Hawaii. Shrimp, portugese sasage and rice, all of it. If it's from a food truck I AM IN!!!! Call me crazy, but I love the food like your wierd neighboor down the street would make....
I cannot even begin to think about how sick I would get from that! YOu are cuckoo for cocoa puffs!
You are way braver than me!
mindi, i've been stalking your blog the last few days, mainly as an effort to avoid work. i'm going to be brave and make a comment. i lived in hawaii for 2 years. its amazing the things you try there that you never would on the mainland. i'm enjoying seeing your hawaii pictures though - makes me "homesick" and i'm loving loving loving the confession booth!
Too funny!! Glad too see that the two of you are still alive and kick'n.
I'm not very squeemish or germ-o-phobic, but that might just be a bit too much for me too.
Ghetto fabulous!!
Go Kahuku Red Raiders. Everyone in that town is Mormon so I'm sure it was safe, right?!? I personally have never been to that one because, well, that one is a little scary! But props to you for finding that yuckiest one of all ;)!
Sounds yummy. But I am a freak I would totally eat from a shrimp truck. I am so missing Hawaii I must kick out the tenants of our family rental. I want to move there.
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