I spent 3 months in Honolulu this time last year and watching this video brought tears to my eyes because I miss it there. I visited all the places you were at and loved it. Definitely going back again

When 'Rocky' Aoki (founder of Benihana of Tokyo) passed away, his family changed it from Benihana of Tokyo to using the family name, hence Aoki Teppanyaki. The name change was about 3-4 years ago when the whole Aoki family came to celebrate the new name at their HHV location. His sons (one is the Pres/CEO) both trained at the HHV Benihana outlet.

Hilton Hawaiian Village used to be so nice… it’s actually it’s not owned by Hilton anymore but by a different Asian hotel group. I used to love it there when we visited as children. The location is still beautiful and there still is a lot to do. Great vid Steve!

Oh and the Ala Moana mall used to be a normal sized mall when I was a kid, but they expanded it like crazy. It’s confusing because they could only expand in area on the outside, so there’s almost an inner mall with strip mall shops on the exterior. Don’t get me started on how the International Marketplace completely changed from what it was originally.

Very beautiful Steve..thanks for sharing 👍👍💕💕

hi Steve! about to watch the video. keep up the great work.

My day just gets better when I’ve see one of your videos!

Nice. Love your food videos. This is the first of your travel videos I’ve seen. You’re good at this, too. Another string to your bow.

Thanks for showing gorgeous Honolulu

Gr8 info Stix looks amazing . Thank you for the videos, are you and the other food vlogger traveling as a group ? LOL

Correction on Ala Moana Center: it IS the largest outdoor shopping center in the WORLD (not just the US).

My man Rockstar Steve! 🥰🥰🥰

Great Waikiki ,China Town,Ala Moana Centre walk around but more importantly , your great taste in your “shirts” Did you get your your shirts in Hawaii ? And what brands are they ? The shirt your wore to the Rock A Hula really caught my eye ! (love to know where you got that shirt) I will be definitely getting a few shirts from Kahala, Tommy Bahama , Tori Richards 🤙🤙🤙

First!

This is like a tourist tour for the rich and famous and those that do not want to know the real Hawaii.

Watching this just made me home sick😫 😭🤙

Hi, Steve. Correct pronunciation of Honolulu: hoe (like the garden tool) - kno- lou- lou. There is NO 'a' in the word. Mahalo for coming to Oahu 🤙

It’s U-DON, Steve. Hehe. 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

Uh oh, no Hawaiian will say "aloha shirt" -- it's a Hawaiian Shirt ;)

The sand is imported from California

For great local eats, you should have hooked up with Amanda and Felix eats

You’re pronouncing Honolulu wrong, Steve. It drives me bonkers. Hehe.

Been here all week. Just leaving today.

1:15 there is a rainbow from the bldg to the water ----------- hawaiian air hostess use coconut perfume - don't like it the gift stores sell the same things - don't like it pine apple shape short bread - love it - taste better than the same things sold in las vegas - somehow fresher food - nothing special - charsui in chinatown was best - they hang it like any where on earth - san francisco, hongkong, singapore unlike los angeles - soak in syrup n dry n taste boil not bbq no fragrant or tasty flowers n fruits like in asia - all like in usa - only colors no fragrance or taste locals in supermarkets like phillippinos are angry n unfriendly looking ??? ----------- worst noodle i had in the world is in japan noodle museum - the bowl are giant so we want to share n they won't let us so we order 2 n it's not good so we left the whole 2 bowls untouch n just left - the place smell old n wet n kind of scary - the only mean japanese we seen in the whole of japan or anywhere else - all the other japanese are so friendly n polite - we ask them where sth is - they don't give u direction or point - they leave their shop n walk u there - love them - n they don't fear people will shop lift their goods - my mom's oldest bro live there - he said in disaster he lost is wallet - people hunt him down to give him back not like in usa u saw on tv afro latino looting the stores - latino carry whole giant sofa on head n run - on tv - how do they do that n i saw with my own eyes some latin woman just plug a gardenia plant n walk away - in nordstrom they took whole rack of expensive purses n dash out the door - they caught them in the parking lot - for a split second everyone just look at the rack flying out the door - so shock no one move - really love that hotel with convenient store like 7eleven attach to it sharing a side door - only in japan - at night just walk down n get snacks n not like boring 7eleven in la - they got rice ball n if in taiwan n hongkong they got tea eggs ... hate pandemic n malaysian air - since then don't travel any more hate peloci war n fauci virus - such people make life miserable malaysian govt need to be punish - a few days before that - muslims were angry with china n u load a plane full of chinese n let a muslim flew it? he suicide the whole plane - pilot plane choices should be available - posted - passenger's life should be protected - u r antidiscrimination laws are not as important as lives - plane 10yrs n under n non muslim pilot ... don't worry - lots of muslims to take those planes - until safety is good - boycotting travel ----------- don't like japan airport restaurants but love the fish mkt - the yr we were there was the last yr of that mkt - after that they closed it down or sth - didn't follow the news - try to find same in hawaii - no ----------- is there a chain hotel safe from volcano n tsunami? the one we stay was next to the biggest souvinier mkt - all stores sell the same things - we went to a swap meet - took long bus ride - bought lots of fridge magnet u see no where else n pearl on the shell - fun - will visit hawaii again? maybe retire there