ShakAZ Grindz LLC

This is the latest addition to our Mochi ohana. It’s ICHIGO DAIFUKU MOCHI, but we call it AZHGS Hilo Kine Strawberry Mochi. Named after our friends from Arizona Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp for being our biggest small business supporter.  This creation is a strawberry covered with koshi an (sweet red bean paste) and all covered by super duper soft mochi. Made famous by our former hometown of Hilo’s Two Ladies Kitchen, we thought we’d give it a try and share with our friends here in Arizona. It’s also well known throughout Hawaii as being the ‘go to’ for Omiyage (gifts shared by island residents). Try ours! You won’t be disappointed! 

Our Chocolate Brownie Blast mochi is our chocolate brownie mochi topped with crushed peanut butter cups! Oh my the goodness! If you love mochi, chocolate, and peanut butter cups, you will love love this!🤙🏻 Came up with this after being influenced by restaurants serving up our favorite green tea ice cream with chocolate syrup, strawberries, and whip cream. So Ono and and so Pretty!!! It’s a must try!🤙🏻

 I had the honor of entering the 2nd Annual Poke Wars contest held out in Scottsdale. It was an experience of a lifetime! Went in it with nothing to lose, and came out with a whole lot of knowledge and appreciation for the culinary world of which I knew nothing about. For the most part, all the other chefs were open to sharing ideas and respected my amateur status. I also got to connect with a bunch of other local vendors and community members. Mahalo to the event organizers for this opportunity! I’ll be back again!🤙🏻

 Mahalo to Charis from 808 Social AZ and Alena from Designs and Signs for allowing me to be a judge at this first annual contest. Was so much fun getting to taste such creative local spam dishes and to also judge alongside some prominent members of our community. I officially hold da title of ‘SOMEBODY’ now in Arizona! 😂😂😂🤙🏻Mahalo and let’s do it again, please! Charis Brown, owner of 808 Social AZ and event organizer. 

 Our Tahitian Blue tank tops were a hit!  Let’s try the black, now. The logo really pops on this! DM me your orders. $25 with proceeds benefiting JDRF.

Guava Butter Mochi Li Hing Butter Mochi (Original)     Mango Butter Mochi

 Our latest addition to our all-star lineup. Wifey and kids been eating this forever so when the opportunity presented itself, we pitched the sale to 808 Social as they’re looking for breakfast items to go along with their coffee creations. Made one pan for them and it sold out, even if it took the weekend to do so. We’re confident that word will get out how ono it really is and makes a perfect Shaka compliment with any breakfast beverage….COFFEE!🤙🏻

More stuff we're doing to spread the A-L-O-H-A! Our logo was kinda cool so we thought we'd make it available for sale to our friends and family. We can't ship our food, but we will ship our merch! Let us know if you’re interested. Shipping out of state can expect an additional $10 or more.

 When we first started our business, we weren’t taking it seriously at all. It kinda hit us when, for fun, we asked our cousin Garrin Yabuta for assistance in designing a logo. Knowing once we got that established, then it’ll start to get REAL! 😂 And so it flourish into the coolest design ever. The design and colors were out together like a masterpiece of art. Though it might look simple, there’s a bunch of hidden meanings behind it. And they are: The teal color comes from my favorite team the Miami Dolphins The tan color represents the earthy desert feel of our new homeland  The Shaka hand represents the Aloha that is being shared with the people of Arizona  The name ShakAZ was thought of at the spur of the moment. It pays homage to both where we come from as well as our new home, Arizona. And it’s the coolest play on words, don’t you think! And Grindz of course is for the comfort food products we offer.  The bolts permeating out of the word ‘ShakAZ’ below it symbo...

Omg the strawberry mochi is ono ono ono!! The mochi is soooo soft!! Winnahs!! And the Mauna Kea poke bites softest mochi ever! Lisa and Craig Kawaguchi, ohana from our hometown of Hilo, Hi! Braddah, you gotta change your moniker from Mochiman to Mochi master! Taketaya ichiban! Braddah Derek Uyeoka, Buckeye, AZ, via windward side Oahu “Talk about Shaka 🤙🏻 and Grindz. 🤌🏻 Poke is to die for 🐟 Love that Uncle throws in a whole lotta onions 🧅 Momma can pound the mochi 🤤 But the best part of Uncle’s ono food is that you can definitely taste the Aloha that it’s made with ❤️ Mahalo Uncle for making sure we don’t have to miss our local foods too much 😉 Can’t wait to see what else you whoop up in the kitchen 😋 “ Makamae Tam, Litchfield Park, AZ, via Kailua, Oahu, Hawaii “The Pumpkin mochi is my absolute favorite!! It’s been nice having the taste of home here in the valley! ShakAZ has truly mastered the art of Mochi, coming from a Hilo girl & if you know you know! Mahalo Uncle Jon!” ...

 Aloha all, We are an 'old sku' home based business, here to provide our snacks to the west siders in the Arizona valley. Ordering is EZ! Just DM us and say: "Aloha, can we order...." And I going say: "Shoots!" Do not wait for online pre-order posts as those are random and posted intermittently. Even I don't know when I going post pre-orders. Easier you just order individually and we get um to you ASAP. So to recap this: 1) you craving one of our products 2) DM us (see contact info below), preferably Messenger or text 3) We make um and you come pick um up at da Shack, ShakAZ Shack (19702 W. Rancho Dr)! Easy, Breezy! Hope this clears the air on how you can order. We keep things simple!  Payment Methods (tips welcome): 1) Cash, preferably  2) Venmo (jon-taketa-1) 3) Zelle (1-808-938-5934) Contact info: 1) Email: shakazgrindz@gmail.com  2) Blog: shakazgrindz.blogspot.com 3) Instagram: ShakAZ Grindz 6) Text: 808-938-5934 7) Messenger: Jon Taketa

 Aloha all, Here's a menu of our current onoliscous items (price):# Mochi (2 order minimum of the same flavor for all mochi orders) Mauna Kea Chi Chi Dango Poke Pack, 1lb. ($12) Mauna Loa, 1/2lb ($8) Pearl City Buttah (Butter) Mochi, 6 pieces ($12) Hilo KW Pumpkin Mochi, 6 pieces ($12), Pie ($20) Chocolate Buttah Mochi, 6 pieces ($12) Matcha Mochi, 6 pieces ($12) Lahaina Ube Buttah Mochi, 6 pieces ($12) POG Mochi Bites, 1lb ($12)* Inquire about other flavors you might be craving Poi Chichi Dango Bites: 1lb ($15) Made using fresh Aloha Aina Poi from Kauai Poi Butter Mochi: 6 pieces ($15) Made using fresh Aloha Aina Poi from Kauai Aloha Mui (our ono take on Prune Mui) ^ Mix of prunes, apricots, li hing mui, all in our ono sauce ($10) Mauna Loa container)*                                      Shaka Sheri’s Ono Ono Mililani Coffee Cake (6 pieces for $12) * 2 order minimum Ono Ono Li Hing Pick...

 Here are some pics from the Fest. Here’s the first cool trophy for the Best Shoyu Poke. Our entry for the spicy poke which was a jalapeño infused flavoring. We thought outside the box and wanted to add a taste of Arizona. And luckily we had won the judges tastebuds over. 🤙🏻 This is Charis Browne of 808 Social who helped coordinate the event. Mahalo to her and her staff as well the gang from Hi Vibes Entertainment for allowing us this opportunity. These guys make the coolest flyers! All the prizes being displayed. Each winner got close to a $450 prize package. This was unbelievable! Mahalo to all the generous sponsors.  This is the BKOPOKE gang who won the ‘Unique Poke’ category with their Kim chee crab poke. This was our entry for the shoyu poke. Old sku, solid and simple. Pulled no stops here. Wanted to keep it as local as can. Luckily for us, it jived once again with the judges palates! Mahalo to Aloha Shoyu for your sponsorship of this event! 75 year anniversary cause yo...

 What do you do if you’re a proud Waiakea High grad, call Hilo your home, and looking for a quality water to use for your baking business? Simple! Contact Waiakea Water and see if they’d like to assist in our endeavors. So that’s what we did, they liked our story, and decided to provide us some assistance. How blessed are we! 😂 We promised them to use their water in line with their vision and mission: to promote positive health and to practice living sustainably and living ethically.  Mahalo Waiakea Water for this fabulous opportunity! 🤙🏻

 We got to share some mochi with Hawaii funny man Tumua Tuinei. In exchange, he had a chuckle picking on us sitting in the second row! Hilo!!! And also enjoy fueling up da AZ Braddahz during a golf outing. Click on link below.🤙🏻 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CfAqXiKgn0o/?igshid=NmZiMzY2Mjc=

We’ve been blessed to master the production of Chi Chi Dango mochi. We pack it in different ways: 6-pack, Mauna Kea Poke Pack, and the Mauna Loa Poke Pack. We could even customize party platters by special request. We could be the first to coin the poke name. So catchy and so looks like the real poke I grew up eating.  The Mauna Kea Poke Pack is one pound of mochi goodness while the Mauna Loa is a half pound. Get it? Haha…so creatively cute and appropriate.  Lastly, our mochi is fueled by Waiakea Water. We are fortunate and blessed to have partnered with them as they appreciated our story of Jon being a proud Waiakea grad and will be spreading the good word on the mainland. Other partners of theirs include local stud Kolten Wong and Yankee Aaron Judge.  Unreal similarity!

Howzit and mahalo for dropping in. We are Jon and Sheri Taketa of ShakAZ Grindz, LLC and we are a Arizona based Cottage Food licensed family/home-based small business catering to the needs of those wanting a taste of our own personal favorite snacks we loved while growing up in Hawaii. We had fun coming up with the name 'ShakAZ Grindz' as combined elements of who we are nicely complemented each other into a catchy title. And then we had our graphic artist cousin Garrin Yabuta, based in Los Angeles, design our cool logo. It's not so much cutesy as it is cool! There's many elements of the logo that symbolize who we are and where we come from. Take a look for yourself.  We've been blessed in reaching out and networking through our business and have met some amazing people and secured friendships along the way. AZ Hawaiian Garlic Shrimp owner Jesse Huihui is coincidentally my former student from Hawaii and is running a successful business. He was the first person we rea...