Signs of Hawaiian Life, Jan. 27
Kathleen Hayasaka was amused to find the Pakalolo Hout Bay & Table View Beach Bar, a Mexican restaurant and a Caribbean-style bistro in Hout Bay, a suburb of Capetown, South Africa. She reports that when asked, local residents did not know the Hawaiian meaning of the word. Photo by Stephan Loubser.
Heather Yee stopped by the Aloha Table Hawaiian Coffee & Deli in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Besides poke bowls, Yee said the shop had garlic shrimp plate lunches and kalua pork lunches complete with macaroni salad, as well as Kona coffee. Photo by Sei Yee. Right next door was a malasada shop but they refer to it as a Portuguese pastry not Hawaii.
During a Portugal and Spain tour with friends, Linda Okimura, left, and Caroline Bischoff were surprised to see the Kokua leather goods store on a side street in Barcelona, Spain.
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