Sweet on shave ice

Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha serves up fresh, healthy syrups, with a dollop of friendly talk-story

By Nadine Kam

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 07, 2011

~~<p>Earlier this summer, I was observing the goings-on at Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha as the finishing touches were being built into its Aina Haina home. I figured it would be just one of many stops on the warm-weather shave ice circuit.</p>
<p>But after one visit, I decided it wouldn't be fair to other purveyors of the icy treat — whether serving local-flavor syrups or Asian brown-sugar syrup — to lump them in with HOPA, which is revolutionary in its approach to a treat we've taken for granted for decades. After all, what more could be done with the one-two-three punch of ice, sugar water and equally sweet toppings?</p>
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Earlier this summer, I was observing the goings-on at Uncle Clay's House of Pure Aloha as the finishing touches were being built into its Aina Haina home. I figured it would be just one of many stops on the warm-weather shave ice circuit.

But after one visit, I decided it wouldn't be fair to other purveyors of the icy treat — whether serving local-flavor syrups or Asian brown-sugar syrup — to lump them in with HOPA, which is revolutionary in its approach to a treat we've taken for granted for decades. After all, what more could be done with the one-two-three punch of ice, sugar water and equally sweet toppings? Login for more...