Hawaii-born hamburger shop "KUA`AINA". Actually, you can eat not only hamburgers but also fluffy Hawaiian pancakes here.

Kur Aina is currently selling a new product "Chocolate Banapple Pancake" for a limited time. It is said that the apple-flavored banana "banapple" is used for this. Not only the trendy Hawaiian pancakes, but also the popular banapple can be eaten, which is an irresistible dish for greedy girls.

This is a rumor ...
This is a rumor ...

But is this fruit called "banapple" really a normal banana? Still, does it really taste like an apple? concern….

If you're worried about it, try eating it. Immediately, I went to Kur Aina and ate it. Even so, it's a 3-minute walk from the editorial department.

■ What kind of place is Kur Aina?

Kua Aina is a hamburger shop that opened on Oahu in 1975. We made a foray into Japan in 1997. Currently, there are 23 stores in the world, of which 20 are in Japan, making it a popular hamburger shop for Japanese people.

Arrowha!
Arrowha!

Hawaiian music is played in the Kur Aina store, and along with surfboards hung on the wall and pictures of Hawaii, it makes you feel like Hawaii (?).

Hawaiian interior!
Hawaiian interior!

The menu above the order counter is also in English. For example, the sandwich menu has English words such as "Mahi Mahi" and "Pastrami". Of course, the menu at hand is written in Japanese, and there is no need to order in English at all, but this is also part of the production to make you feel better.

You know, it ’s all in English, right? It looks like Hawaii, right? ??
You know, it ’s all in English, right? It looks like Hawaii, right? ??

So I ordered "chocolate pancakes". Of course, in Japanese.

■ Chocolate pancakes are now available! ~ First of all, try eating banapple

About 15 minutes to wait, the chocolate vanapple pancakes were delivered to the table.

This is a chocolate pancake! Comes with fresh cream and ice cream!
This is a chocolate pancake! Comes with fresh cream and ice cream!

I'm curious about ice cream, cream, and nuts, but first of all, "banapple". By the way, what kind of fruit is this? Does it really taste like an apple?

This is "Banapple". It looks like a normal banana.
This is "Banapple". It looks like a normal banana.

When I ate banapple alone, the taste was not so different from ordinary banana. Passion fruit rather than apple? It has a faint pineapple flavor. I was hoping that it would be a little more sour, but it wasn't.

So why not eat it with pancakes?

I felt a difference in this! It is clearly "lighter" than ordinary bananas.

Pancakes are a very heavy food for your stomach. And banana is also a fruit that accumulates in the stomach. But the banapple I ate with the pancakes is lighter than a regular banana! It had a light and fruity taste. If this is the case, even women will be able to eat it.

Banapple didn't taste like apples, but it was a perfect fruit for Kur Aina's pancakes.

Banapple is recommended to eat with pancakes!
Banapple is recommended to eat with pancakes!

■ The pancakes themselves are delicious

Kur Aina's pancakes are the moment you see them! It's not such a special pancake that surprises me. Therefore, it is not recommended for people who come to Tokyo from rural areas to pay for the Shinkansen. Such people should be lined up in a line at a famous store that is said to have "overturned the conventional wisdom of pancakes!"

But if you don't like to line up and don't want to spend too much money, but want to eat delicious pancakes, Kur Aina is for you. It's a very seriously made, delicious, yet reasonably priced pancake.

Kur Aina's pancake cross section, three layers
Kur Aina's pancake cross section, three layers

Many of the pancakes that are booming in Japan nowadays are a little special, but it can be said that the pancakes of Kua Aina are similar to the pancakes that Hawaiians usually eat every morning. That's the price, and you can eat it without waiting! This will be!

It's a pity that "Panapple" was unexpectedly like a normal banana. But it was a pancake that made me want to eat it again and want to go to Hawaii.

The "Chocolate Banapple Pancake" will be on sale from September 25th to late November 2013. The price is 780 yen, and the drink set is 880 yen.