anthony: so you re hawaiian. mark: i m from hawaii. i m born and raised, gonna die 808. anthony: the owners of ethel s are a sort of typical hawaiian mix. okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom. mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthony: oh, nice, that s pretty. oh, wow look at that! that s the tripe. mark: that s the tripe, that s the tripe. anthony: that looks good. mark: spam and bitter melon! anthony: now we are talking. oh, that s awesome. andrew: i just call it local food. anthony: right. andrew: but local food just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it s got portuguese, japanese. you got okinawan. world war ii, i don t know, some type of anthony: korean.
hawaiian! and i was like, no, no, no, no. i m second generation japanese. no, no but you re from hawaii that makes you hawaiian. and it was like, no. and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, there s no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. we d get our ass kicked by a hawaiian. anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. it s in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. anthony: what s your feeling here? andrew: i do feel like i m hawaiian in a sense. you know, because it s, like, my place. but culturally it s a different story. anthony: well let me ask you this, you re saying you re not hawaiian? mark: no. anthony: what s your feeling about spam? mark: i love, i love spam. anthony: so you re hawaiian. mark: i m from hawaii. i m born and
we d get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. it s in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. anthony: what s your feeling here? andrew: i do feel like i m hawaiian in a sense. you know, because it s, like, my place. but culturally it s a different story. anthony: well let me ask you this, you re saying you re not hawaiian? mark: no. anthony: what s your feeling about spam? mark: i love, i love spam. anthony: so you re hawaiian. mark: i m from hawaii. i m born and raised, gonna die 808. anthony: the owners of ethel s are a sort of typical hawaiian mix. okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom. mainland japanese husband yoichii. daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese-okinawan-american slash hawaiian. and son-in-law robert who is, of course, mexican. mark: it s the pig feet. anthon
and i was like, no, no, no, no. i m second generation japanese. no, no but you re from hawaii that makes you hawaiian. and it was like, no. and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, there s no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. we d get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. it s in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. anthony: what s your feeling here? andrew: i do feel like i m hawaiian in a sense. you know, because it s, like, my place. but culturally it s a different story. anthony: well let me ask you this, you re saying you re not hawaiian? mark: no. anthony: what s your feeling about spam? mark: i love, i love spam. anthony: so you re hawaiian. mark: i m from hawaii. i m born and raised, g
no, no but you re from hawaii that makes you hawaiian. and it was like, no. and then what i realize is like here in hawaii we identify ourselves ethnically versus geographically. like, there s no way that he and i would call ourselves hawaiian. we d get our ass kicked. by a hawaiian. anthony: how many generations does it take? i mean, who qualifies as hawaiian in your view? mark: to me a hawaiian is a kanaka maoli, is a native of the land. it s in your blood, your koko. you come from a lineage of native hawaiian people. anthony: what s your feeling here? andrew: i do feel like i m hawaiian in a sense. you know, because it s, like, my place. but culturally it s a different story. anthony: well let me ask you this, you re saying you re not hawaiian? mark: no. anthony: what s your feeling about spam? mark: i love, i love spam. anthony: so you re hawaiian. mark: i m from hawaii. i m born and raised, gonna die 808. anthony: the owners of ethel s are a sort of typic