I'm not. I'll get them however I can get them.

However, can I lay claim to being a malasada snob? And what a travesty are those cream-filled malasadas you can get at that place in Ala Moana Shopping Center (assuming it is still there)?

Q: How did the Portuguese burn his face on Halloween?
A: Bobbing for malasadas.

That was the first joke I learned in Hawaii, in a conversation with other students about Hawaii-specific humor (requiring knowing what a malasada is and also knowing that Portuguese take the role of Pollacks in stupid-people jokes).


The second one was a German explaining the proper pronunciation of Hawai'i (the punchline being "you're velcome"). Unfortunately I suck at remembering jokes and so don't remember the third or later ones.

I'm a malasada snob, too. Leonard's used to be good but now they put too much air in their malasadas...
I like my malasadas homemade. My grandmother and mom make great malasadas.
Yeah, that Ala Moana food court malasada stand is... yuck!

And that's one of my favorite Portuguese jokes. Hysterical. :D

I have no idea what you're talking about but I want one.

Manapua is a large steam bun like what you can find in any Chinatown though the filling tends to be different (but you can get standards like char siu). Generally there will not be a quail egg as in most Chinese steam buns (and what a suprise that was sinced I had my first steam bun after leaving Hawaii and thinking "hey, looks lilke a smaller manapua").

Malasadas are a Portuguese doughnut (Food Network visited Leonard's in a show we saw the other day and called them "Hawaiian doughnuts"; Lani and I simultaneously shouted out "they're Portuguese!") with no hole.

Manapua (from a Hawaii fast food chain called Zippy's; not so very good in my opinion):



Malasadas (from the famous Leonard's):

Mmmm....manapua.....Mmmmm

Holy moley! I'm starving now! :)

Just remember to not eat the paper on the bottom. Though if you forget and are eating the manapua while it is still steamy fresh you may not notice anyway.

I sit and wonder how many papers Alex consumed prior to his discovery. :D

I still want one. Maybe two. I'm right on campus - old administration building - can't miss it. I take lunch around 11:30. Just hoot from red square when you get here.