HAWAI'I'S KITCHEN IS ON THE
ROAD TODAY AT AIEA SHOPPING
CENTER.
A DINING DESTINATION WITH MANY
GREAT RESTAURANTS INCLUDING HE
WILL CHARO MEXICOA RESTAURANT
AND THE OWNER IS STANDING BY TO
TELL US WHAT'S SPECIAL ON THE
MENU.
GOOD MORNING,.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
OF COURSE.
WE ARE TRYING TO OFFER SOME
MEXICO.
WHAT ARE YOUR CUSTOMERS
REALLY LOVING THAT YOU SERVE?
WE HAVE VERY UNIQUE PLATES
THAT FEW OF THE MEXICAN
RESTAURANTS MAKE IT LIKE MOLE
MADE FROM SCRATCH, FRESH CHILI
VERDE, CHILI RELLENOS WHICH THIS
IS LIKE THE FRESH ONE BUT WE
USED THE POBLANO CHILI.
FOR THE INTERVIEW YOU TOOK
YOUR MASK OFF SO WE CAN HEAR YOU
BETTER.
YOU'RE THERE ALONE RIGHT NOW.
WHAT TYPE OF SAFETY MEASURES ARE
YOU INCORPORATING OF YOU DO HAVE
CUSTOMERS COME IN.
WE DID A FEW ARRANGEMENTS ON
THE RESTAURANTS, WE USED
PLEXIGLAS TO SEPARATE TABLES.
WE OF COURSE HAVING THE SIX FEET
DISTANCE.
WE LOST MORE THAN HALF OF OUR
TABLES THAT WE USED TO HAVE
BEFORE.
RIGHT NOW WE ARE DOING ONE PLACE
TO PUT THE ORDER, ANOTHER PLACE
TO PICK UP THE ORDERS.
DURING WHEN THE RESTAURANT'S
OPEN WE ARE DOING ONE PLACE TO
COME IN AND ANOTHER ONE TO EXIT,
YOU KNOW, THE REGULAR, WEAR YOUR
MASK, FACE SHIELDS, GLOVES AND
ALL OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE
REQUIRED AND ALMOST NORMAL RIGHT
NOW TO ALL OF THAT.
ONE VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
DID, WE CHANGED TO A DIFFERENT
SYSTEM WHERE WE ARE DOING
ON-LINE ORDERS.
SO PEOPLE COULD PLACE THE ORDER
STRAIGHT TO OUR KITCHEN.
AND I UNDERSTAND YOU ARE A
FAMILY BUSINESS.
TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR ROOTS?
MY HUSBAND IS FROM A MEXICAN
GRANDPARENTS WERE FROM MEXICO.
HE ALWAYS WANTED TO HAVE I
AMEXICAN RESTAURANT.
IT RESTAURANT REALLY MY DREAM.
IT WAS MORE HIS DREAM THAN MINE.
JOHN IS A VETERAN MILITARY WHO
WILL I MET HERE MANY MANY YEARS
AGO.
TO COME BACK TO THIS PLACE AFTER
AND WE MADE OUR FAMILY HERE.
SO HE WANTED THIS RESTAURANT, HE
WANTED TO SHARE HIS FOOD AND
RIGHT NOW HE'S NOT HERE BECAUSE
HE'S A MAILMAN IN KANE'OHE, SO
HE'S WORKING IN KANE'OHE RIGHT
NOW.
I AM HERE RUNNING THE BUSINESS.
OUR KIDS ARE HERE WORKING.
WE HAVE FAMILY HERE WORKING.
WE ARE STRIVIVG TO SHARE WHAT WE
LOVE.
IT'S IN AIEA IN THE SHOPPING
CENTER BUT WITH A LOT OF LOVE,
WE MAKE THE FOOD THAT WE MAKE
DAILY.
I APPRECIATE YOU SHOWING YOUR
HEART AND INVITING US IN TO SEE
WHAT YOUR FAMILY HAS CREATED OUT
OF LOVE AND THE FOOD THAT YOU
MAKE WITH LOVE FOR YOUR
CUSTOMERS.
WE'RE SO CLOSED THAT WE'RE ABLE
TO COME TALK WITH YOU AND
SHOWCASE EL CHARRO MEXICAN
RESTAURANT ON "LIVING 808."
YOU KNOW, IT REALLY WAS TOUCHING
JUST TO SEE SO MANY FAMILY
BUSINESSES NOW AND ALL THE
STRUGGLES THEY ARE GOING THROUGH
BUT THE PASSION THEY HAD IN
BRINGING THESE A THENNIC MEXICAN
DISHES TO AIEA COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS SO TAKEN BACK THAT SHE
GOT SO CHOKED UP AS SHE WAS
TELLING ME ABOUT IT.
BUT YOU KNOW ESPECIALLY THE
FAMILIES THAT ARE WORKING TO PUT
THE FOOD AND THAT CONNECTION
INVALUABLE AND IMPORTANT IT IS
TO THEM.
YOU KNOW IF THE FOOD DIDN'T
GRAB YOU, YOU CAN HEAR IT IN HER
VOICE HOW PASSIONATE SHE IS NOT
JUST ABOUT THE FOOD, THE FAMILY
BUT WHERE SHE'S LIVING AT NOW
AND THE PEOPLE AROUND HER.
SO THAT REALLY IS TOUCHING.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'VE GOT TO
SUPPORT LOCAL.
SHE'S GOT ME A LITTLE BIT CHOKED
UP TOO.
AND SO, YEAH, THE FOOD LOOKS
GREAT TOO.
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT
THE STORY YOU WANT TO TAKE AWAY
IS THAT SHE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT
WHAT SHE'S SERVING TO HER
CUSTOMERS.
I WANT TO DO THAT.
WHEN WE DO TACO THURSDAY, WE'LL
DO A BONUS EDITION.
THERE YOU GO.