Manpau hehehe

Just wrong

http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2006/04/19/just-wrong/

One of the funny things about Hawaiʻi is the slow-motion collision between Asia and America that’s been going on here for more than 100 years, with the Hawaiian culture getting squashed between the two. Well, I guess that’s not funny-ha-ha, is it. But it can get funny-weird at times.

The manapua is the Hawaiianized version of the Chinese char siu bao. It’s bigger and breadier than the bao I’ve had in California. In Hawaiʻi, manapua have become such a common local food item that even 7-Eleven carries them. Except that rather than keeping track of the different fillings by little red dots on the top, like a real Chinese bakery would do, 7-Eleven color-codes their manapua. I mean, the dough is actually colored.

But that’s not all. The other day I was in a 7-Eleven and noticed a new manapua flavor:

See, now that’s just wrong.