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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!” ...

Ways to order and pay

 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

Updated Menu and prices

 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...

1st Annual Arizona Poke Fest

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 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...

Waiakea Water

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 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! 🤙🏻

Spreading da aloha🤙🏻

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 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=

Our other mochi 🤙🏻

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