Lau Laus and Pork Adobo Bring a Little Bit of Hawaiʻi to Seattle- Cooking in America

“I’m excited to taste a little bit of Hawaiʻi,” says host Sheldon Simeon on his way to Kauai Family Restaurant - a Hawaiian restaurant in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Simeon grew up Hilo, a town on the Big Island, and it’s not lost on him that he’s finding the comforting food of his home all the way in Seattle.
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[@themysterytraveler6536]

Da Pidgin be strong in this episode, LOL

[@MsLansones]

I remember as a child we gathered at some picnic in Hawaii and a Portuguese 50 year old gentleman would take the time to have fun with us kids. Till this day I remember his face. I hope his spirit watches over me.

[@koimatai4600]

No disrespect but did the brahs call him pordagee

[@hixta]

that sounds kinda sus ngl. it seems like the old man tired to pull a fast one on you kids lol jk

[@Redbaron808]

Everybody whos older than you is referred to as uncle or aunty in Hawaii no matter the race, color or religion! It’s about you give respect, you get respect back in return. Because you older, that doesn’t mean you can’t return the respect also!

[@mbadraftpick]

lol Sheldon's accent came out so thick the moment he stepped inside

[@nerdwich]

That instant code switch!

[@retakenonopas1599]

😅 Yu fakah

[@jmoneyent9]

Love em bruh he shows you can turn em on and off

[@Redbaron808]

Das how we roll in da 808!

[@tosht2515]

Love the traditional greeting "howzit?" from the owner. 😀👍 Damn awesome looking spread. A basic Hawaiian plate lunch is high on my list of comfort food. As usual another excellent Sheldon episode.

[@SR-rc4on]

I don’t always speak pidgin, but when I do, da buggah come strong lidat...🤣🤙🏽

[@mukimangarero2142]

chee! Das how ah!

[@Redbaron808]

“Roger dat”. When you hear pidgin , da buggah automatic come out hah cuz!

[@josh9220]

Loved it! And no hipsters in site attempting to know what they are talking about! Great little doc!

[@jingcc0121]

This place is true to their roots. So ono! Glad I got a chance to eat here when I visited. Mahalo Sheldon Mahalo Kauai Family Resto!

[@Sandy-eb4dt]

Love how he said silyasi

[@ChefRafi]

What I miss the most from Hawaii is poke. Tuna and octopus. Yummy. Adobo we make often but not poke.

[@phatsmurf575]

Chef Rafi's Awesome World I know what you mean. I live on the coast in MS, and would think there'd be an abundance of fresh caught local fish. But no. So disappointing. Lots of shrimp & oysters but mostly farmed catfish & tilapia. Everything fried to death gets boring.

[@UwU-lm9or]

we call it tako which is also another word for octopus I come from hawaii so i order tako poke alot or soybeans

[@TroyBrisbin67]

This place is insane! The food is amazing!! Tried it last summer on a birthday trip to a baseball game in Seattle. I have been dying to go back!

[@tb-by6xu]

I went to this restaraunt maybe 10 years ago and have always remembered it since.

[@johnsison2053]

When he said “silyasi” he had my attention

[@marccedric2566]

😂😂😂

[@elsadrew1510]

Kapampangan😂😂😂

[@marcorafanan718]

It’s Ilocano

[@ninjaofslo]

I was just in Seattle. I wish I would have known! I miss da ono grinds.

[@Paul-iu1om]

I travel over the states, been away from hawaii for over 30 years but since I found out bout the restaurant when I go back to Seattle that’s da first place I go now I live in texas mo I miss da food watching dis my mouth drooling lol

[@nightsession]

The sweet tooth in me couldn't ignore the little gems on the side; the Guava and Rainbow cake. 🤤

[@eugenebaring930]

I used to ship ti leaves to them from Hilo HI when I was a UPS shipping outlet. Nice to see where I was shipping them to.

[@michaebee23]

Sheldon’s Hawaiian accent came out strong in this one.

[@fattymoko]

Oh, one whiff of da adobo and da local kine comes out!!! Dat lau lau looks legit Hawaiian. Some good, Brah.

[@gspdark1]

the various Pinoy cooking styles are definitely showing here. The adobo I grew up with was dryer (less brothy) and of darker color because the juices are allowed to reduce.

[@steveboy7302]

adobo is spanish not filipino

[@Just_My_Opinion-k4w]

When the Spanish colonizers encountered this dish. It reminded them of their Adovo (Adovar). The original name for the dish got lost in time.

[@jpespinosa4539]

@@steveboy7302 it's Filipino, adobar is different

[@blinking4blackpink291]

Filipinos have different style of cooking adobo.

[@combatpredictions9671]

@@steveboy7302 colonizers called it adobo because of the native filipinos style of marinating and cooking all the ingredients in one pot. different ingredients and flavors from any spanish dish

[@DaManBearPig]

It was awesome to see him in my neck of the woods

[@kuyajohnny8506]

Hopefully this place is still open. Remind me of home and looks amazingly good. Next time I'm in Seattle I will come and eat

[@HOTPOCKET789]

it's nice to the accents of local people in any form of media

[@aagbayani]

I miss hawaiian food already lol ive only been gone for a month. i cant wait o go home during the winter

[@Jennbdee]

I can't wait to try the foods. Heading there next week.

[@thezian]

Paradise Bakery!

[@prankster671]

Sheldon...das what you do Cuz...go around da states an spahk da local style grinds.

[@win6676]

Proud pinoy for both brother

[@H3XIUS]

This is making me seriously miss living in Hilo. I'll be in Seattle next week and might have to swing through for some food. It's been too long.

[@paulsmith9341]

This looks so good! I miss the Hawaiian food from living in the Ninth Island.

[@redbeard36]

Used to live down in that part of town and ate there all the time. Good place

[@robmatthews3461]

i love the food and the story in this video

[@2threezon3]

I love and miss this place!

[@Baatfull_Ocolm]

Sheldon is dope dude.

[@VidVoyeur612]

Who else heard "Come we go to Wendell's for one helluva of a kau kau, it's a foot long lau lau...?" in their heads when Chef Simeon was wrapping?

[@domitian7]

Adobo here is on point.

[@dahveed284]

Many kids don't want to get into the restaurant biz because its a lot of work. Looks good!

[@Siddhartha040107]

Carinderia style i love it

[@despaahana]

Maui is here!

[@salinarubio7604]

lau lau made from scratch, so impressed...

[@mark-angelofamularcano237]

Kauai'i, oh how I've missed you

[@robinmccoy8755]

I love that restaurant!

[@phoenee]

Sheldon! I need your hat! ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@snubn0se]

As always solid episode

[@eojesoj6153]

outstanding cuisine

[@JohnnySins77721]

Chef Sheldon 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

[@kellykwan5811]

Love the guy

[@byggdaddyjayz]

the pidgin is strong in this episode. LOL

[@tulfosakalam3225]

Anything adobo omg hahaha 😁😁😁

[@lakaybadboy8083]

Kauai boy ova hea 🤙

[@elokarl04]

His Daughter is honestly very pretty.

[@chuchuchuchia]

That homegrown cutie beauty

[@sethmacomber3497]

Hapa as why

[@brittanykasa6722]

😭😭😭😭😭 I missssssssss food

[@miguelitoreyes3047]

Hawaiian Filipino Spanish Adobo

[@Sakja]

That food looks so delicious. I wanted to jump through the screen, but alas, I have no magic monitor.

[@harrypa946]

Kauai is home to me

[@thursdayangelgummybear1513]

Please tell me if it's still there

[@The_hungry_uso]

I was wondering the same thing and they still there 🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@albertgallanosa8600]

I think when the Filipinos came to The Hawaiian Islands.. The native Hawaiians and Samoans say who you LiL Bradah.. Filipinos bust out the Pork Adobo.. The Polynesians bust out the red carpet for the Pinoys

[@yorosa]

Love da accent!

[@ivanma206]

Lol. I was just here on Thursday

[@margaux6339]

Do you serve poi and fish only wrapped in taro leaves???😋😋😋😋😋😋 what about lomi salmon????

[@Sunny_Ota]

Gotta eat at Saimin Says in Kent too! :D

[@mawkuri5496]

hawaii is the extension of ilocos?

[@chuchuchuchia]

Need me some of that LauLau

[@rawrjeffxd]

Merk down a Loco Moco with a Hawaiian Sun and an order of Ted's Smoked Pork, then take your ass the pie shop next door. Truuuuuuust

[@sin7wu]

Awesome

[@kidmanila2160]

Sheldon looks like apl d app from the BLACKEYED PEAS SONG BEBOT

[@emmgee7153]

das me, I came to seattle august 1995! aloha

[@odimanas23]

Mabuhay!

[@krsafoa6761]

BRAH I ATE the PORK ADOBO DEAH...HOBO BRAH...EVERYTHING ELSE on POINT...MAYBE dis DA NU RECIPE...DEY get ONE BAKERY next DOAH NOW...🤙MAHALO BRAH CHECK' EM OUT...FO YOSELF... .

[@osmarsantiago7591]

adobo is ❤ #PINOYFOOD

[@VGFerreras7]

Where can you get that hat?

[@ikaika-wailaahiaka-ne5733]

Aloha

[@beaglesrfun5896]

Dude, I can speak haole, but den if I like, I ken talk pidgin, too, lidat!

[@dibars171]

LOOKIN ONO

[@dn3607]

Instead of pork my mom uses lamb, and also uses coconut milk for the lau lau

[@TTEREVE]

Pidgin accent when you around other Hawaiian natives hahaha

[@antifaforever]

🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@udcaps]

lao lao looked legit

[@SR-rc4on]

udcaps...*lau lau

[@junioraunese1174]

Lau lau

[@Kahayuman]

he said siliasis!!! very pinoy!

[@historyofnetworktv]

sound is not playing for me

[@Seven7ails]

Cheehoo!

[@memadman]

This was like triple D !

[@earlurgello2712]

A little hot sauce on that loco moco and it’s on!

[@owwsdingatlaga8633]

Im getting hungry nooo food here. Damn

[@byggdaddyjayz]

eh what happened to the fried rice baby girl was making when they was cooking the pork adobo? mean the editing.

[@oldschool1928]

Ono kine grinds. In Seattle, yeah? SHOOTS!

[@bobbymoon2661]

Ono da grinds ya

[@jeffguzman6497]

who else thought she was cute

[@jebaklesny716]

HI

[@felix-re6lu]

been there many times .broke da mouth

[@stevenjacobson4878]

How are you doing Phil, do you mind sharing something with you?

[@megmo05]

Chee huu geeve em wit da pidgin bruddah!

[@copperdaylight]

Kinda strange that chefs keep their recipe mix a secret... Except if the chef is Filipino.

[@corazonsutadisastra5668]

I donat egree adobo is nat hawaii food

[@cafezo87934]

Peter doesn't look one bit Filipino. than again...

[@503zzach]

Girl, did you even listen? He said he's a mixture of Spanish, Hawaiian and Filipino. Of course he not going to looks like your South East Asian/ Pacific Islander looking Filipino.

[@steveboy7302]

@@503zzach filipino dont look pacific islander also when he said hes hawaiian did he mean native hawaiian or just a local hawaiian

[@burningknuckle26]

He look flip

[@KevinTroy777]

He does look like one of those mestizo Filipinos (Spanish Filipinos)...

[@justinj9444]

His daughter is mighty fine

[@jeffguzman6497]

lol why

[@jojoleong1]

3rd!

[@nevaehmachado317]

The pidgin is off sounding

[@hawaiiramsfan7]

Unbutton dat collah braddah... look like you chokin.

[@Josua070]

First! KABOOM! XD

[@nolantanaka565]

Chefs pidgin language sounds a bit forced. Kinda reminds me of dog the bounty hunter

[@nolantanaka565]

🤨

[@steveboy7302]

adobo isnt hawaiian

[@salinarubio7604]

steve boy it’s eaten by most local people in Hawaii ... it’s a restaurant serving local Hawaii food that you would find on a typical plate lunch

[@steveboy7302]

@@salinarubio7604 again only native food is considered Hawaiian not japanese chinese or filipino