TRINI TAKES US BACK TO
MAUI FOR A PLACE SHE
USED TO HANG OUT BACK IN
THE DAY.
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OKAY, TRINI, I KNOW
WE'RE ON MAUI BUT IT
LOOK LIKE WE'RE HEADING
TO YOUR OLD STOMPING
GROUNDS.
WE'RE HEADING TO
RESTAURANTS ON MAUI.
TODAY WE ARE GOING OLD
SCHOOL, ADVERTISE TIMES
WE ARE GOING TO A DINER
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE ALL THE
COMFORT OF HOME BUT THEY
ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR PAN
TAKES.
YOU HAD ME AT
PANCAKES.
LET'S GO CHECK IT OUT.
HERE WE ARE, TAIZO.
THIS IS TASTY CRUST.
IT'S A FAMILY DINER.
WE WALK BACK IN TIME
HERE.
I REMEMBER THE TABLE
I USED TO SIT AT WHEN I
USED TO COME HERE AFTER
SCHOOL.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU
TO, COME OVER HERE.
THIS IS CURTIS TAKAOKA,
THE OWNER.
THANK FOR HAVING US.
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
THERE'S A HISTORY
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR
A WHILE.
PROBABLY STARTED BACK IN
1942.
MY DAD'S DAD BOUGHT THE
WANTED TO RETIRE BUT WE
GOT AT THAT BACK IN '97.
WHO IS PRIMARILY YOUR
CUSTOMERS?
WHEN I WAS GOING TO
SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET,
THERE WAS A LOT OF LOCAL
PEOPLE BUT LOOKING
AROUND NOW, YOU HAVE
SOME TOURISTS TOO.
MORE SO OUR
CUSTOMERS ARE LOCAL.
I'D SAY PROBABLY ABOUT
90% OF THEM.
HOW DID THEY FIND OUT
ABOUT THIS PLACE?
WORD OF MOUTH.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEAR
A HOTEL.
ON I GUESS SOCIAL
MEDIA REALLY HELPED US.
WORD OF MOUTH IS REALLY
GREAT.
CURTIS, OH, MY GOSH,
THIS LOOKS GREAT, BUT
DID YOU BRING ANYTHING
FOR TAIZO?
YEAH, WE GOT HIM A
GLASS OF WATER.
WHAT DO WE GOT HERE?
THIS IS MORE POPULAR
DISHES WE HAVE,
SIGNATURE DISH WE HAVE
IS HOT CAKES.
WHY IS YOUR PANCAKES
SO FAMOUS?
IS THERE A SPECIAL
INGREDIENT?
THERE'S A SPECIAL
SECRET SAUCE THAT WE PUT
I UNDERSTAND.
HERE?
I WISH WE HAD
SMELL-A-VISION.
LOCAL RESTAURANT,
HAVE YOU TO HAVE SIMEN.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST WE
HAVE OUR RIBEYE.
IT'S A PRETTY BIG
PIECE OF STEAK.
IT IS.
I GOT IT.
OKAY.
I WANT TO TELL
EVERYBODY, I DID NOT
CHOSE THIS SEAT AT
RANDOM.
I CHOSE THIS SEAT
BECAUSE I HEARD SOMEBODY
FAMOUS SAT ON THIS SEAT
AND I WANTED TO SIT ON
IT TOO.
WE HAD ANTHONY
BOURDAIN COME IN.
WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
IT WAS KIND OF
COMING IN.
HE JUST POPPED UP.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
HE LIKED IT.
THE FUNNY THING, HE
LIKED OUR HAMBURGER
STEAK.
THIS RIBEYE IS PRETTY
DELICIOUS.
LOCAL RESTAURANT,
YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S
SO GREAT AND I WANT TO
LET EVERYBODY KNOW,
ASIDE FROM THE STEAK AND
SEAFOOD DISHES, YOUR
MOST EXPENSIVE DISH IS
ABOUT, $10.
WE CAN FILL YOU UP.
SIZES TOO.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO
ORDER YOUR OWN.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD.
I'M SORRY.
I DON'T THINK I CAN
SHARE.
YOU YOUR OWN.
COME ON.
YOU DON'T PUT SYRUP ON
YOUR PANCAKES?
WITH THE BUTTER, IT'S
SO GOOD.
IT'S THE CONSISTENCY.
THERE'S SOMETHING
SPECIAL IN THIS.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T GIVE IT
AWAY.
YOU SEE KIDS COME BACK
WITH THEIR KIDS, THEIR
KIDS GET OLDER.
YOU SEE IT ALL RIGHT
HERE.
THAT'S THE BEST PART.
WE SEE THE GENERATIONS.
WHEN I COME TO WORK,
IT'S LIKE COMING TO WORK
AND SEEING MY FRIENDS.
MY SON AND DAUGHTER
WORK WITH US.
HOPEFULLY THEY CARRY ON
THE BUSINESS.
I'M GOING TO TRY
SOME.
SORRY.
I HAVE TO TRY A LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING.
THAT'S ONLY THE FIRST
PART.
WE HAVE ANOTHER COURSE
COMING UP.
ARE YOU KIDDING?
WE FELT THAT OKAY,
LET'S GIVE ALL OF THIS
TO TRINI.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I CAN SEE WHY YOU
CAME HERE ALL THE TIME.
I REMEMBER THE BOOK
WE USED TO TAKE, ALL MY
GIRLFRIENDS AND I.
YOU'RE ON MILL STREET
RIGHT BEHIND THE SAINT
ANTHONY SCHOOL.
WE'RE OPEN AT 6:00
EVERY WEEK, SEVEN DAYS A
WEEK.
WE ALWAYS CLOSE 10:00 AT
NIGHT.
SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO
STOPPING BY.
IT'S A PLACE WHERE
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR
NAME.
I LOVE IT.
NOT YOUR NAME.
MY NAME.
YOUR ORDER'S COMING
UP, TRINI.
I DON'T CARE IF YOU
CALL THEM FLAP JACKS,
FLIP CAKES, PANCAKES.
WHATWHATEVER THEY ARE, THEY
ARE DELICIOUS.
I WAS ABLE TO EAT THAT
WHOLE SHORT STACK BY
MYSELF.
IT'S UNIQUE.
SUCH A SENSE OF
WERE WORK IN THE BACK AS
WELL.
IT'S AMAZING.
WHEN YOU GO TO A
PLACE AND YOU SIT DOWN
AND IT'S SO GOOD, SO
AFFORDABLE.
IF YOU'RE A VISITOR ON
MAUI, PLEASE, GO AHEAD,