Hawaii’s Fried Musubi

i first tried Hawaiis fried Musubi last year at a food truck event while visiting hawaii. i really enjoyed their food but never got around to write a review. this year i found myself in hawaii again but this time i was at makers and tasters. Hawaii fried Musubi was one of the food trucks there that night.. i told my friends i had tried this truck last year and think they would enjoy it. we opt’ed to get one of each musubi. the hawaiian style, spicy ahi and spam.
my personal fav is the Spicy ahi you can tell the Tuna they use is fresh and not frozen
the rice has a crispy layer wich mends so well with the light sauce they have on it. the «mama» fried chicken is another winner. the wings had flavor inside out which was very impressive. if you spot this cool looking truck be sure to give them a try. Ono’s brah. =)

We had the Classic Musubi and it was so good we had to buy a second. My son, on his first trip to Hawaii, exclaimed «I’m so sorry I ever went to J&J’s because that was amazing.» (J&J’s is Hawaiian fast food in California).

Just tried the ahi musubi at EatThe Street it was really tasty and ono-​licious. The fried chicken was cute and super tasty. I can’t wait to go back and try the others.

This is one of those places that you either love or hate right off the bat. People who are more health conscious won’t really be into the idea of fried food, but I think it’s good to be open minded and try things at least once.
Personally, I think this truck is awesome. I tried the spicy bomb musubi, cause they were out of the regular, but I am glad I got it. It was half what most consider a full sized musubi, but it was stuffed with a good portion of spicy ahi poke. The fried coating threw me for a loop; I was expecting something like Da Kitchen used to have with the panko, but this was a thinner batter. It wasn’t bad at all, and the crispy crunch combined with the warm rice and cold poke was a very good combination.
The musubi comes with 3 pieces of fried chicken. Yea, this chicken is getting it’s own darned paragraph because it is that AWESOME. It was the most delicious fried chicken I’ve had… crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, and just a little sweet. My boyfriend really loved it too (he is allergic to seafood so he couldn’t have some of the musubi). If anything, try the musubis just to try the chicken.
I found the size to be good for me… but I was at Eat the Streets and wanted to try other things, so maybe this wouldn’t be as good as a full meal unless you normally eat small.
One major downside is the price. They are definitely on the pricier side for the amount of food you are getting, but I think it is worth a try. I will definitely be getting this again at another eat the streets if they’re there. Maybe this time I should let the bf have all the chicken… or not. :)

Would have posted 0 stars if I could for service. Last night «Halloween» The only things I ordered was a fried Oreo and fried Twinkie. My number was 3. I waited over 15 minutes and they skipped my number twice, meaning they called 5, 6, then 1,2,4,5,6 again. Walked away and losing $ 6 in the process. Not going to attempt to try them again. It wasn’t even busy compared to regular event nights!

Everything does taste better fried! Especially the ahi musubi. If you haven’t tried it yet, you’re missing out. The chicken complements it too (you get side fried chicken when you order this dish). You can tell it’s like Momma’s home made recipe or something. Anyways, I wonder if they can fry my cookie butter banana sandwich… mmmmmm

Hmmm… I had an okay experience with Hawaii’s Fried Musubi truck. Look… society has an unhealthy obsession with frying our foods. Sometimes it’s a good thing… other times, it’s not. I would argue that with the musubi, I didn’t really find it necessary. I think we would have liked it better if it was not deep fried, but I understand that in the case of the musubi, deep frying it creates the firm vessel necessary to hold the ahi poke in the musubi. It would likely fall apart otherwise. In any case, the musubi was not my fave. I see this truck at so many local events, and it is a cute truck with sweet staff, but I want the food to match the truck.
My main objective when visiting this truck was actually to try the fried chicken that everyone raves about. The issue is that they don’t offer the option for you to just get the fried chicken. This means we were forced to get the ahi bomb musubi, which comes with a couple pieces of chicken. My hubby ate the musubi because I don’t like the spicy sauce in the poke… I hate mayo. We enjoyed the chicken, but the musubi was not great. They were unfortunately out of the Hawaiian style ahi musubi, which I would have preferred. In terms of the chicken, it was pretty good and if I could make one recommendation, it’s that Hawaii’s Fried Musubi truck offer an option with just fried chicken.
They also offer dessert options, for those who are looking for the deep fried fair usually reserved for the county and state fairs… you know, oreos and stuff. I am glad I tried it because I’ve been curious about this truck for a while. I think I would come back if they offer a chicken-​only option, but probably not otherwise. I’m not a fan of the musubi that so many others rave about.

I love anything with spicy ahi and finally got to try this food truck at Eat The Street. If my friend didn’t owe me money, I would have opted out and made her get me something else from another food truck CAUSE THIS WASN’T WORTH IT.
Okay, I admit the spicy «bomb» musubi as they called it was good, but it was so small. It was barely even half of a slice. Oh yeah, apparently all musubis came in a combo with their fried chicken but please… 3 pieces and a small piece of musubi is not enough to be charged $ 10 for. The chicken tasted regular, nothing special about it. I only liked the spicy ahi and fried crunchiness of the nori and whatever sauce they put cause that was what made it the «bomb».
I would not try this again. RESIST THE HYPE.

The Best of the Best fried musubi’s — wow! It’s a MUST try! My family love it and wish we ordered more than two plates.

LOVE LOVE LOVE! Everything does taste better fried. This was the most creative dish I have ever eaten. But to be honest I’ll eat anything with spam, so when I saw this food truck I had to try it.
The musubi was perfect! The spam was perfectly cooked, there was a perfect ratio of rice and spam. The fried nori was kind of sweet so I balanced out with the salty spam. I would love to have it again. Actually, I need to have it again! I loved it!

I tried this food truck out when I was at the last Honolulu Night Market at Kaka’ako. I didn’t come early, so at least half of their menu was sold out. When I approached the counter, they were super busy trying to prepare all of the orders and calling them out. Eventually, one of the girls took my order with the Spicy Ahi Bomb musubi the only remaining one on the menu. It was a bit pricey at around $ 10 if only because the fried chicken wings were included.
It was well worth the trouble, because the musubi was prepared just right. It wasn’t greasy and the spicy ahi melded together so perfectly with the rest of this lovely concoction. Then I ate the fried chicken. Simply delicious! The flavors weren’t just slapped together like how most chicken wings are prepared. Whenever that’s the case, they always end being this messy excuse of an appetizer that requires an adult-​sized bib just to get all of the sauce and juices off.
I would definitely try this again and come little bit earlier to try the other two musubis out.

Finally got to try them at tonight’s Mililani Eat The Street; always the longest line truck. Went extra early this time & was the 4^th person to order & got the regular fried ahi poke.
It came with one fried ahi musubi, & 3 fried chicken wings. Both items, Musubi & chicken were great! Now I know why the long lines. Price was a little high at $ 10 (used to be $ 6 to $ 8 before), but it is a 5 star item for eats! ;)

I first came across this food truck when they had red velvet whoopie pies! As delicious as they were I was eager to try their fried musubi with ahi poke at the Honolulu Night + Market.
This was my first time at the Honolulu Night + Market, luckily it fell on the weekend I came home for a visit. My first impression of the truck was how I love the purple and the cute musubis all over it! Next up was checking out their short and sweet menu. It was clear that this truck was a winnah for man as the line was small kine long. In weighing the price for my meal, $ 7, with the cost of poke right now in Hawaii, as well as everything else that goes with it, it’s pretty decent. Some may say that the portion is small, but the flavors definitely pack a punch. What even delighted my tummy even more was that they had plantation iced tea, my absolute favorite way to drink iced tea! And their’s was really good. The wait was a bit long but they did have a lot of orders, so I suggest going to this food truck, whether at an event or on its own, early.
The staff was super friendly and professional. When I finally got to sit down with my gorgeous meal of a dish I was impressed and satisfied. The fried goodness was crispy and tasty, the ahi poke was exactly what my heart desired after being away from my favorite dish for so long, and the pairing with the fried chicken which tasted like it was brined for awhile was superb. Washing it all down with my favorite drink, now that’s a great meal in itself! Thank you Fried Musubi truck!

Hawaii’s Fried Musubi has great fried musubis. Not too oily, just right. But don’t stop there! They also have one of the best fried chicken I have ever had. Seasoned perfectly and deep fried to perfection. It compliments the musubi perfectly.

During Eat the Street: Dia De Los Muertos, I pointed out at the different food trucks they had to offer and once we got to Hawaii’s Fried Musubi’s food truck he already made up his mind and we ended up standing in line.
I looked over at their menu and a lot of items were already sold out. It was getting me worried that what we were going to order would be sold out by the time it came for us to order.
As usual, long lines but it was alright we were still looking at the menu as we got closer to the counter.
We got the Classic Fried Musubi that comes with three pieces of fried chicken (that’s why it’s $ 7.50)
The first piece of food we dug into was the chicken. It was hot to me so I only ate the one piece I’ve started munching on. Nothing spectacular about it.
The fried musubi is what caught my attention for the longest time! Taking my first bite, I tasted mostly the rice and nori, where the spam go?! It was interesting to try, I’ll admit that and that may be the last time I try it (until further notice).

The name of this food truck is what made me interested in trying it. I got to try it from the Tony Plex «Eat The Street»
Food 1.5 Stars
I ordered the fried spicy ahi musubi. It also came with fried chicken. Price was 9 dollars. Umm. really? 9 dollars? I wouldn’t mind paying that much if the rice and ahi were fresh. The ahi still tasted okay but the rice tasted old. The fried chicken was okay I guess. We got to eat the street pretty early and I still had to wait a half hour for my food. This truck was the busiest that day. Probably because it was the one truck I had my eyes set on trying that day. I don’t know if I would like to wait another half an hour to try a different item on the menu. I do believe that the Ahi was their signature dish. Everyone in line seemed to be getting it.
Service — Good Enough
Even though it was busy they still were smiling and suggested other things to try on the menu. However, I didn’t want to try anything else since it was Eat the Street and I didn’t want to get full on one place.
I do think that they need to lower their price just a tad. I am one that believes you get what you pay for.

I’m an adventurous eater, and I just *had* to try the chocolate-​covered fried spam and chocolate-​covered fried bacon ($ 3 each).
I have to say, both were very good overall. The sweet chocolate contrasted well with the salty, savory meats. The bacon was very crispy — which is a plus — but some of the pieces I had were more on the burnt side. I know the owners here were posting on Facebook and Twitter, daring and double-​dog-​daring customers to try it. You dare me to try something… even double-​dog-​dare me? Yup, as long as it’s edible (and won’t kill you), I’d try it!
NOTE: Their lines can get very long at Eat the Street events! Check them out!

This review is just for the fried cupcakes — eh.
I tried the fried red velvet and cookies and cream cupcakes. They’re actually battered fried cake pops with oozy warm saucy frosting and dusted with powdered sugar. Both flavors were way too greasy and sweet for my tastes. Obviously, they were deep fried so I should have known what to expect, but I was hoping that they weren’t going to be that intense. They’re just not my thing, sorry.
On the flip side, my coworker liked them. We sort of looked at it this way — if you like your Leonard’s malasadas with the fancy fillings, you’d probably enjoy the fried cupcakes. If you’re like me and prefer original malasadas, then fried cupcakes might be iffy. Either way, I don’t regret trying them, but I won’t be ordering them again.

Deep fried, need i say more?
Honestly, deep fried anything is probably the quickest way to health problems, but what isn’t now days? My first time trying this place out last week and i want moreee! They’ located on the corner of Ward & Kapiolani and you can’t miss it because there’s a few more food trucks located in the same parking lot. Must try is the deep fried oreos! makes my mouth drool just typing about it

I wasn’t going to Unilocal this truck because my co-​workers and I had heard that they had killer fried chicken — but then, when we showed up at the truck before noon on a Thursday, they were completely sold out of it. Now, if you know you’re getting hot reviews and interviews about you fried chicken, peeps, you might want to stock up. Just sayin’.
That said. .. the truck IS called Hawaii’s Fried Musubi, so on second thought, it is more than fair to judge the truck based on the musubi we WERE able to order. We tried both that were available that day: the Spicy ‘Bomb’ Musubi and Da Classic SPAM Musubi. Both were all fairly good, but worth the hype? Eh. I’d venture to say that many local people (at least Japanese people) will have grilled musubi at least once in their lives, and honestly, frying does not add much to that. It’s OK, but you know you’re getting extra oil/​fat, without really adding much flavor that you wouldn’t already get with charcoal/​gas. So, not really a big deal. And frying the veggie chips that come with it really doesn’t add anything to those, either.
The spring rolls were yummy and really cutely cut into small chunks — good for sharing — but, as my co-​worker pointed out, it wasn’t really anything you can’t already get at Bale. It’s kinda like you get it because you’re already there for something else.
The people who work at Hawaii’s Fried Musubi seem really friendly, even if you’re not a regular, which is more than we can say for some other lunch trucks, so I really hope they’ll do well. To accomplish this, though, they’ll really need to step up their actual food game and do something really different and/​or have enough supply to fulfill the demand for what they already do well.