- So if you've already been to Waikiki,
hiked Diamond Hear a whole bunch of times,
you're looking for someplace in Oahu
that's a little more up
and coming off the beaten tourist path,
you'll definitely want to check out Kaka'ako.
This neighborhood is just between Ala Moana
and downtown Honolulu.
It is famous for its street art, it's trendy restaurants
and upscale breweries.
Let's check it out.
So this neighborhood used to be mostly industrial
and actually it still is.
So you'll see a lot of warehouses,
places that are having trucks,
but the art in front of is really neat.
Here's Dotoro. Dotoro!
Adults and kids will enjoy going around this neighborhood,
specifically to take pictures in front of these murals.
Look at that poser already.
Strike a pose there traveling princess.
And you'll find shops in the most unusual areas right here.
The Pow! Wow! General store and upscale clothing boutique
is right here down one of these industrial alleys.
So if you would have driven through Kaka'ako
a few years ago, before all this art was here,
you might've just kept on driving and not thought anything
because everything was a boring, ugly warehouse.
Well with this new art on the wall,
it makes it really neat to drive through.
This neighborhood is still up and coming
so you might want to do this as a daytime visit
and skip it at night.
Or better yet, rent one of Honolulu's public bicycles
and do it as a biking tour.
Now, as you walk through Kaka'ako,
you'll probably see some of the warehouse doors open.
If you wonder what's inside, well,
this one looks a bit like a consignment antique furniture.
Here's what most of these look like on the inside.
So if you're looking for something to eat in Kaka'ako
there's a lot of options.
But one of the most interesting is called Redfish Poke Bar
by Foodland, the supermarket, that has really good poke.
Well, they do a couple signature poke bowls, $16 each.
This one's the Rising Sun.
It's served chirache style.
You get to choice of poke and then they put avocado, egg,
things like that on it and masago.
But if you're really hungry and I'm really hungry,
I got the Cognac Attack,
which has some poke in it over here.
This is the spicy tuna poke.
It has lomi lomi salmon, it has kalua pig
and I add some ginger and there's rice underneath all of it.
And since it's poke by Foodland, it's really good poke.
And it is spicy too.
If you just kind of want to go quick,
they've got a to-go section.
They've got sit down too.
We just did to-go, there're seats outside so check it out.
While you're here at the Redfish poke,
there's a whole complex called Salt,
which has a lot of other shops and restaurants.
This is also a good place to park in Kaka'ako as well.
All right, so why is this plaza called Salt anyway?
Well, this neighborhood,
before it had all of these warehouses, murals and condos,
it was a salt farm.
There were a whole ton of salt farmers here.
The Hawaiians really valued it for the salt.
So that's why this plaza is called Salt.
If you're looking for something trendier to eat here
in the central park, in Kaka'ako
we saw lunch trucks parked here on weekdays,
and they definitely fit in with the vibe
because they've got paintings just like the rest
of the neighborhood.
Now, the warehouses are slowly being replaced
by high rise condos.
There's like a 20 year development plan for Kaka'ako
and it's going to be a lot of people living here soon.
And to feed all these people living here,
they need supermarkets.
So there's actually a new Korean supermarket H Mart
that just opened last year,
but notable inside H Mart on the second floor
is a food hall.
A lot of good Korean food in there, but in particular,
there's also a location of Giovanni's shrimp truck,
the famous shrimp truck from the north shore.
You can get it here in a food court without flies
or roosters nearby.
Clean bathrooms.
You don't have to wash your hands out of a hose.
If you have no idea what I mean,
then you haven't watched my video
on Giovanni's shrimp truck.
You'll find the link to that at the end of this video.
And as a side note,
if you've ever wondered how they wash the windows
on those tall buildings right here,
these guys are washing those windows.
They don't even have any platforms they're suspended from.
They are literally just hanging
from the top of that building.
If you are looking for that off the beaten path place,
when you come to Oahu, definitely check out Kaka'ako.
If you want to see more attractions off the beaten path,
check out my playlist over here actually
of all of my off the beaten path attractions.
You'll also find the link in the description below.
As usual, we won't say goodbye
because we're going to see you in the next video.