Waiola Shave Ice is a local shave ice store located on the island of Oahu. It is located in Honolulu, just a bit North of Waikiki. The store is right across from Safeway. Unlike many other shave ice store in Waikiki, Waiola Shave Ice offers an authentic experience of shave ice that you can find in Japan. We highly recommend you to try shave ice from Waiola instead of trying the ones in Waikiki.
Waiola Shave Ice is some distance away from Waikiki, so it is better to drive to there. There are few parking spots in front of the store and also few parking spots on the side of the store. When we got there, there were not many people. We ordered a red bean shave ice and it is about $5. The cost of shave ice is a bit more pricy than what we expected, but then again, everything is expensive in Hawaii. The cheapest shave ice you can find in Waikiki already cost $8. Thus this is considered to be cheap!
After placing our order, we watched the store employee making shave ice out of a huge chunk of ice cube. Then she started pouring condense milk onto the shave ice! This is awesome! We love condense milk! After that, she poured lots and lots of red beans on top of the shave ice. When we thought that she was done, she started to pour more condense milk onto it! We just could not wait to try it!
We finally got our order and it simply tasted amazing. The condense milk just adds sweetness to the shave ice. The shave ice is shaved so thin that it just melts right away in our mouth. The red bean is cooked perfectly to be very soft and can be swallowed easily. We highly recommend this place when visiting Oahu!
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