Manapua Man Hunt | Cheap Eats From A Shady Truck
Today we will visit a few Manapua Trucks on the island of Oahu for some tasty, cheap, nostalgic treats.
Lim’s
Ashford and Kalihi Street
Honolulu, HI 96819
Pearl City Manapua Truck
Moanalua Road and Nanakai Street
Pearl City, HI 96782
Le’s
Nanakuli Avenue after the Fire Station
Nanakuli, HI 96792
Ewa Beach Manapua Man
North Road a block after James Campbell High School on the right shoulder
Ewa Beach, HI 96706
Don’t forget the KPT manapua truck behind Building A if you have access, Waiamanlo’s truck, the truck near Mother Waldron Park in Kaka’ako and Dan the manapua man on Ala Ilima Street in Salt Lake!
0:00 Intro
1:44 Lim’s Kalihi
12:50 Pearl City
20:50 Le’s Nanakuli
27:42 Ewa Beach
32:29 Closing
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Hey, you were in my neck of woods-EB. There's usually 2 trucks there on N. Road but the one you went to is the one I go to if I have a nostalgic urge for noodles and chicken. Back in the day, I'm talkin 1985 ish and beyond, multiple manapua trucks/vans would get to park right along "O" building. When lunch came around and the cafe menu wasn't appetizing we'd go to the trucks and for $0.50 get a large bag of noodles and 2 pork hash ($0.25 each). Not bad for a $1. Too bad the old Kamsco dive isn't around. It used to be right across from Ilima intermediate school. The sauce in the burger was to die for. And the french fries…way better than McD. It's not a truck but since you were in EB I thought about them.🤙🏼
Very enjoyable video, Misty! You made me laugh when you tried the not-Spam musubi, because somehow I knew you would say that you can get better ones at 7 Eleven. Guess I’ve been watching you for awhile! Always fun to travel along with you. Thanks!
I’m done! Lol! The manapua man/truck is THE BEST! Cone sushi, manapua, half moons & more! 🎉🎉🎉LOVE IT!
Good to know school kids have a safe place to get cheap eats. Thanks for the Manapua Man history lesson and all your hard work. That was fun to watch.
I miss Hawaii….. The Manapua van had the best food, unhealthy but the best 😄. Shouldn't mention this cause I was not an 😇 growing up but the Manapua man never card checked for smokes haha.
All awesome and I remember all of those items including the manapuas that are hard to find now. Bummer. The one that used to sit outside our high school at Kalaheo High had fried rice in wax baggies also!
Love manapua. Esp the char siu
Hey Misty! The crisp on everything at your first stop seems good! Not a bad deal on the noodles. The prices are great for everything. Perfect for quick snacks and you get full. Your Pearl City stop was cool too but agree, prefer the real Spam on the musubi. I like the options at Le's Nanakuli like the fries special and rice cake. Can't go wrong with the fried burrito in Ewa! Really enjoyed this video and your highlighting each truck!
My childhood manapua man was like a family friend! My grandma even let him use our bathroom. I miss the noodles and blue soda….rabbit Doo Doo candy and haw flakes…..lips candy.
Aloha Misty, food looked good and I think it's great with the tradition of manapua man and van there in Hawaii too.
You've got the perfect title for this video. So many fond memories of getting food from "the Manapua Man" as a kid. Too bad they don't have manapua anymore.
Great video, Misty! Noodles and rice cake were my faves. I actually rarely bought manapua from the trucks. So I’m wierd 😅
So glad manapua trucks are still bringning their goods to the hoods 👍🏼
Made it out to the manapua-less truck near my house. It was ok. Still on the hunt for pork hash. Got the noodles and lumpia. He has been there forever. A friend said her fiance used to go to his truck when he went to Pearl City High School at least 15 years ago!
Hi Misty great video. Only in Hawaii u can get one review on the manapua man LOL. The noodles in the ziplock was so nostalgic.
I grew up in Village Park in Waipahu and we had a manapua truck at the our basketball court as well as at the Waipahu intermediate and High School. So I saw lots of manapua trucks.
Even one of my friend's family drove a manapua truck. We used to go his house and eat choke candy all the time.
Thank you for show us the Manapua truck food ,food are so cheap and look very good ,Hope is still cheap on our next trip to Honolulu Mahalo 🌺🌺🌺
Food Fiend marathon today my fourth video today all 👍ups that rice cake my mom loved that we called it shakey rice cause it jiggles🌺🤙🌺
“Chinaman?” Just use the term Chinese. I lived on Oahu and people would never use the J word to describe a Japanese person so let’s stop using Chinaman.
Memories of home, all their food was so good. Fried chicken, fried noodles, shu mai soooo good. Miss the manapua trucks😍
I miss da manapua truck !!! I used to get all my goodies from Dan the manapua man in Salt Lake. S&S saimin !!! Omg .. Noodles .. lumpia , pork hash .. 50¢ sodas , candies , fried chicken .. my faves. 😍
Eh, Where’s the Chick-O-Stick?
I used to buy from the manapua man in Ewa Beach 🏖️
Unfortunately on Maui we don't have manapua man. Wish we did
Nice vid though focused too much on the food when should of have more interaction with the manapua man or in this case the truck driver.
How did I not know about Lim's? I basically just live a couple of blocks away. Damn, I need to go out more
Best Manapua man was back in mid 80s at King Intermediate, well on Heeia St off Kam
That was so interesting. 😀
Old school Chinese don't get food poisoning. We grew up eating food that has been left sitting out on the table since grandma cooked it in the morning. Kids were built tough back then.
I remember the manapua truck by my school sold the fried noodles in a wax paper bag. I always bought either a manapua or a Good News candy bar.
They accepted food stamps too..back when everythinh was 50 cents and.one dollar
I miss the half moons. Kind of wish there were someway to order half moons. I luve in colirado. I order stuffs from highwsy inn and las vegas but nobody has half moons. I was raised on manapua truck food in nanskuli. They would take food stsmps in the days lol
My manapua man had a pole with two cans hanging down. Circa 1940's.
Howzit! So I'm really late to this discussion…but one of my favorite manapua is Kalua pig filled! However, it's increasingly difficult to find today. Char siu is great, but back in small kid time, there was a small store across from Punahou School that sold a manapua that had a filling that was more savory and less sweet than most char siu. Wasn't all red with dyes, just yummy! And then, why is it that no one makes one with pork hash filling? Most restaurants that make manapua also make pork hash, so…? 2 cents…
Yah they used to call out manapua pepeau manapua pepeau they come up Haleakala ave Nanakuli than it was really ono and they still out there Haleakala ave by Mano ave
The rice cake from Kin Sing Restaurant in Waipahu is the closest thing to what I remember eating during my childhood in the 1960s. They're so light and fluffy. Our manapua man used to come around Eluwene Street in Kalihi, clanging his bell and carrying manapua in large metal cans at each end of a wooden pole.