‘Aquaman’ Star Jason Momoa’s Personal Guide to Hawaii

Hi, I'm Jason Momoa

and I'm gonna show you around Hawaii.

[Hawaiian music]

We got a little Hawaiian plate here.

We got everything here.

I'm gonna have a little local MoCo right now. Oh yeah.

This chicken katsu.

You got Kalua Pig.

I think my favorite Hawaiian food to cook it in the earth,

it's like slow roasted pork.

And then when we do lalo so we wrap it in tea leaf.

It's got the leaf of kalo in there too.

So almost like a very bitter spinach

with the pork and the pork fat that melts into that.

And it's, bono.

So, the staple,

spam Musubi.

Very important.

Rice node wrapped around fried spam.

[Hawaiian music]

It's yummy.

Mmm.

So good.

Malasada. [laughs]

This is what I call my friend Damien.

He's malasada.

Poke,

which can be many different ways.

This has Ahi in it.

Spring onion, white onion.

Got some node in there.

Mmm.

Okay. And then

this is really special. Hawaiian Sun

for me,

it reminds me of my childhood.

It's the only thing that I drink that's like

soda or weird

or pop or anything of that kinda stuff.

So it's the first time I've had the Guava one.

[gulps]

There I am,

six years old.

[gentle upbeat music]

Alright, bring these out.

[Speaker] Sorry to take it away.

Hold on, don't take them away.

[crew laughs]

[Hawaiian music]

You're gonna hear some expressions when you come to Hawaii.

Shaka. There you go.

Shaka Za. Hang loose.

Relax , chill.

Everything's gonna be all right.

Hakuna Matata.

Shaka.

[paper zips]

Howzit?

What's up? It means how you doing?

What's going on?

Hey, how's it hanging?

Brah.

It's not a bra.

It's your brother.

It's your friend

or broder, bra.

Kahu.

Here's someone of rank, someone who's,

this important priest, right?

Speaking of,

Shoots 'cause.

Shoots.

He's okay.

All right, good.

Shoots. You wanna go party?

Shoots.

A lot of things can be done with the eyebrows too.

Like,

like bang,

party.

Da kine.

If you don't know da kind,

it's your fault.

It's da kine, you know what I mean?

Like eat da kine.

Like go da kine.

Kapu.

something sacred, yeah.

Like, but also shouldn't go into it.

It's like kind of bad.

Like, generally if there's like an

area where we shouldn't go into, it'd be like Kapu.

Yeah?

Normally I would go in,

but if it's kapu, I was like, oh,

don't go in there.

Lolo.

Meh.

Crazy.

A hui hou.

Until we meet again, hui hou.

[Hawaiian music]

Now I'm gonna show you my favorite places

where I grew up in Hawaii.

Welcome to all the islands, the Hawaiian Islands.

Kauai is where I mostly reside.

It's a garden isle.

It's my favorite island.

It's just, it's pretty magical

and that's where I love to be.

Oahu is where I was born.

I am from this side of the island, right here.

Nankuli,

my ideal date day.

It's been a while since I've been on a date,

but there's so many amazing waterfalls and hikes to go to.

And obviously the beaches.

There's places that are very touristy.

And then there's places that are very cultural based

and you get to learn about the heritage.

A lot of my friends are over here too.

Beautiful Polynesian Cultural center.

And that was just, it was beautiful.

'cause you get to see Tongan and Samoan and

just the Tahitian

and all these different, you know,

we're all brothers and cousins.

Oh, this is home break right here. Makaha.

The reason Makaha is so special to me is

that the whole family was raised there

and it's amazing waves.

It's just home,

so that's where I surf.

But all around this side of the island,

this side's so amazing.

The east side.

A lot of my friends are over here too.

Beautiful. That's Oahu.

If you come, please stay to this side of the island please.

Stay away from this side.

Aquaman did not send you

Mahalo Nui Loa.

Thank you for listening to me ramble

and all my laha.

[Hawaiian music]