We're still friends, we're still friends, We're still friends,
We're still friends, We're still friends, still friends, still
friends. You mustn't wear the shoe and
get a chip. Voice is.
Way back when done. So we got Mr. Viral in the house
today, Mr. Aaron. Arizona iced tea.
What? What's the ID again?
Yeah. Arizona Green.
Tea Arizona Green. Yeah, it's so funny because
everybody thinks I'll get DMS. Yeah.
And people will be like, oh, oh, you in Arizona?
I'm like, no, no, no, I'm not in Arizona.
I stay in Vegas. Are you from Arizona?
No, no, no, not at all. It's like, you guys ever drink
Arizona green tea? They're like, oh, OK, I get it.
And I was like, yeah, yeah, so super.
Clever name. Kind of like your comedy and
your social media content. Clever.
Where did it come from? Because you kind of came out of
nowhere. Like you just had to viral
content out of nowhere, Yeah. It was just a joke for friends
like my, my, my page was like private at one point.
I made the video and everybody's like, oh, you got, you got to
make it public. I want to share this.
This is pretty funny. And then I did and I told my
friends, OK, now it's public. And then I wake up the next day,
I'm like, whoa, what is all these messages coming in?
And I see like my my followers going up.
And every day I kept going on messages coming up and I was
like, Oh no. Think, let, let everybody know
that's listening. What video are we talking about?
It's a video of me making Lao Lao and particularly judging a
ponos Lao Lao and how it was obviously not edible in what in
his video. So I have to show him how Lala
was supposed to look like, which in that video that's my first
time ever making them. Everybody think but I look like
shit too. And I was like wait, hang on,
hang on. That's my first time making them
and I still was able to make them tender.
But prior to that making me making that video, I already saw
that video that he made and then I saw the other the next video
where he was saying it was a trap.
So that's why I was talking with friends.
I was like, hey, what if, what if I go try make one video just
for see if he can get triggered. Then I made that video and then
he comes out with his saying like I was a trap.
You guys fell for it and I was like wow, I knew it already.
I already saw that video. He said it was a trap because I
guess all the algorithm algorithm works.
It'll show you like that video, but I never saw the the stirring
the pot video that he made. So that's what made me want to
like, OK, I'll go try to do something because our our I
wouldn't say it's a beef. I don't really care about the
guy. I really don't.
The beef started back in or I had beef with him back in 2023
when I first moved out here in Vegas.
Oh. It's been going on for a minute.
Yoga, it started. Yeah, so I, I was actually a
supporter at one point. I was like, Oh yeah, I got to
try his food, man. He always saying he's the best
or this is like like, you know, he's the originator and stuff
like that. So.
Really good marketing. Right.
Yeah, it really. Is it works?
So he got me to go try it out one day.
That's. One thing I give him, the
marketing is really good. Yeah, so me and my my family
went down the Cali for I forgot why we went down there.
But then we were in the area of Costa Mesa and I was like, oh,
hey, the restaurant is here. We go try them.
Oh, we're so excited because I show my lady over here just the
video and you know, and her mom saw her like, Oh yeah, let's go
try them. So we go there, I hopes as soon
as we went in, we're so excited that we didn't order the food
yet. We'll go buy merch and
everything. I'll buy one shirt.
I'll buy a. Shirt.
How much we go order the food and we saw the prices and I was
like, OK, Cali expensive, whatever we'd order like I think
3 or 4 plates, couple Musubi's and then we go in there we sit
at our table, we're waiting and we more people are coming.
So we're like, oh, must be good. A lot of more people are coming
and then like maybe 10 minutes go by.
I'm like, Oh, maybe me. That's why it's taking a lot of
so much people ordering food. 20 minutes go by, but how come
we're not getting our food? And then 30 minutes go by and
we're like, OK, what's going on? And then we finally get our
food. But that point we're like, OK,
the food better be worth it. We waited kind of long.
Now we open our plates and we're like, oh, what the fuck is this?
Like it's like we, we thought, oh, did we just pay for a mini
plate? So we look at the receipt and
honestly mini on there, but the, you know, portions was small and
then the rice was what we got was dry, which I was like,
whatever, I can get past that. So we're eating the first bite
we take in. I don't remember exactly what we
ordered. I kind of forget.
I know we ordered kind of almost everything.
So we had chicken, beef poke. The poke when was in that I was
kind of disappointed in first bite in you know, you guys know
poke is supposed to be when it's fresh, melt in your mouth.
You know, as soon as I felt like almost I wouldn't say gum
texture, but I was chewing, but it's not really breaking in my
mouth, my teeth. I'm like, ah, something wrong.
It's not it. I don't think this is fresh
right now. And then my lady, she goes, oh,
this chicken is dry. How come?
But it was drowned in sauce and for us whenever I go to a place
and stuff is drowned in sauce, it's kind of a red flag for me.
I'm like, maybe the food not that great.
So you got to hide them on the sauce.
That's how I make my food. I'm the worst cook ever.
I don't cook. Yeah.
So fuck, I just drown everything, yeah.
But yeah, I didn't even, I think we ordered the meat gin too.
The meat gin was like really bland.
I was like, OK, we need to get sauce because it was bland.
And I know most places they marinate the meat, you know,
when they make them. This one was like unreal.
Never was. No taste was very bland.
And then I felt so stupid when me and my lady was laughing.
She's like, wow, you even bought his merge too.
I was like fuck I know ohh man I look stupid so I know.
Giving away the shirts to my friends then bro I.
Was like. Fuck, I support something I
thought was good, which I noticed a lot of people always
people do that, you know, they, they, they already support, they
been trying. They're like.
Yeah, the cover that you put up on your story and you gotta
delete the story. Yeah, it was so bad.
And then you look, you look like the.
Collecting type too, because you walked in and I was like, OK,
got the Zippy's long sleeve, the Zippy's hat, and these.
This isn't easy to get either. No, no, actually a friend.
And then he goes, oh, you got the proper information,
skateboard and the signing board.
I just came out today and I was like, no, I never get him yet.
He's on on order. So he's a, this guy's a
collector. I collect.
So no, I mean I just came from work to be honest, right Right
now, my job thing, I still working like Oh no, hey, lunch
breaker. So they watching this, it's OK,
I'll call back work. We're good.
We'll keep it short. We should be OK.
But yeah, after that, you know, we were, we were so angry about
it, like because 1 was also is expensive.
Two, we got crap. I mean, I work hard for my
money, you know, and and food's big for me, so it'll make my
food crap. You're making my life crap
because I I really take. Food.
Kind of seriously if it's crap. You know what I mean?
Like. We spent almost like I think was
pretty close to 100 bucks and I know that's kind of average
already right now nowadays, but you know what, we never walk
away satisfied. And you know, my, my girl's mom,
she she really big into Yelp. So she made a post and then we
started seeing on Yelp. Other people were complaining.
We were like, wow, we should have looked at the Yelp first,
but we just assumed because we were from Hawaii.
Oh, we like support. We just like be there, be like,
be like, say, Oh, we tried them, but that wasn't the case.
So then I ended up when I moved back or moved out here.
I mean, excuse me, there's that Facebook group 9th Island. 9th
Island Foodies. Yeah, or not connection, it's
just connection. Yeah, OK, people are talking
about how like oh, excited for try I porno and then I went on
there. I was like, and I'll get your
hopes up. The thing is not what you think
it is. It's kind of crap.
And then I noticed I I kept I was very like, like I said, I
was kind of pissed off about the fact what I got.
I started to keep going at it in the comments like yeah, yeah,
try. I'm telling you, don't don't go
there. Eventually I started noticing my
comments here getting deleted and I was like, oh, what's going
on? Come nobody, where are all my
comments? And then someone messaged me on
the side and was like, hey, you know the people that run that
Facebook group page, they're actually friends at IPONO.
And I was like, oh, that makes so much sense.
So they're just trying to silence me right now.
And then after that I get Adm from Gene himself.
They what by your own fucking problem?
They're like, fuck, you don't know a good fool.
You fucking don't know those shit.
And I was like, what the what? Oh, what the fuck?
I actually got the DM. I show my friends, we all
laughing, cracking. I'm like, oh, this guy really
fucking dead. He really messaged me and then
after that was was silent, never replied back.
I was like, man, this guy is so fucking full of himself bro.
I cannot right now. It was too funny.
And then it it we kind of went silent after that.
Never really have nothing until that viral video I made
recently. So that's pretty much what
happened. So you make the first viral
video. What what happens from there
that that next day the social media starts popping off, the
video starts going viral, the followers start growing started.
Coming and then, you know, they, they said not to read all the
comments. So I'm like, but I had nothing
to do. I'm gonna read all the comments.
I'm gonna read them. I'm like whore, right?
Like was most of them was pretty funny.
Some was judging me. I got a lot of DMS from Caracas.
That was like, hey, you know what you guys, you guys bought
wrong. Gotta be in tea leaf.
And that's when so I thought like, hey, we say, you mean
land, right? And.
I never have enough TV. Yeah, they're like.
Oh, in foil. Not gonna be the same.
But I was getting like plenty like judge hard from people, but
then I was thinking everybody do fundraisers, everybody else
selling La La. I don't really see nobody using
tea leaf. So they made it a big deal.
And then yeah, I guess after that I I did get some people who
were hold their pitch that I made that video.
They're like, wow, you, you and hated all this like, but if
nothing has to do, you and loser and scrub and clown and I was
like, oh, what's going on? But everybody that had something
meaningful say or say something every time I go on their page.
Oh, private or did I don't know what they look like because me,
I like the roast people. Awful, awful, good fun just for
jokes. Yeah, yeah, yeah, crazy, you
know, but it it didn't. That's why like we go back to
the me reading the comments. That's when I ended up getting a
comment from his video guy, the guy who makes his videos saying
that like, oh, yeah, that's right, you're not you're nobody.
And I was like, oh, what the hell is this?
And at the time I didn't know that was the guy who made the
videos. So I actually went on his page
and I was like, shoot him a Gavin.
I was like before I was like, oh, no wonder that's when I was
like, I made another video. You know, all my stories and
stuff just make poking the very just like making jokes like, oh,
why you what? That's your boyfriend.
I put on something, you know, and then I know I was really
joking about like that's your boyfriend and his mom come into
the picture. Now I know it's not nothing.
I don't even know that was his mom.
I thought it was like his sister on my story.
I put, oh, this is this lady, this sister or something.
She come out me going off like, ah, fuck, fuck you fat fuck, go
to the gym, all this shit. And I was like, what the fuck
was going on? And then I realized like, oh,
someone said, oh, that's the sister and I got that wrong.
It was actually his mom apparently, but now his mom.
That's why I was going to make a second video to that viral
video, but then that's when she would change her profile picture
and when her first profile picture was a picture of her.
So you have a heart in there, Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. I was like, oh I mean I did make
a video, a second part but it was bad like.
So it. Was he thought the video means?
The tease you made a video teasing that you were gonna be
doing like a Part 2 video, right?
Yeah, I was. But then I was like, I think I
just really gonna backfire on me on this one.
I think 'cause I. Really you had everybody like
waiting in so. Everybody was everybody.
What a video and. People, people was texting me.
He's like, what is that coming on video?
And I was like, 'cause like, I really want like, I don't really
give in to like the, the drama. Yeah, I see.
I'm not really like into the drama thing.
Yeah, for sure. No, yeah.
So the text I'm getting on like, oh, what is going on, you know?
So that's how I. Kind of heard yeah, I got I even
got offers people's like bro, I pay you, I pay you for that
video. I mean, it was like, you guys is
unreal right now, bro, I cannot. What was it?
It's just me just dogging on the guy, the camera guy.
And I made like one whole edit because I used to do like video
production stuff and like, like on the lines of like broke back
brought us, you know, like, like making jokes, like, oh, you guys
gay lovers or something. But you guys, you backing up so
hard. And at the time, like I said, I
didn't know that I was a camera guy.
So I was like, yeah, right now I get one for you.
And then I found out the mom called me a fat fuck.
And then after that, when I said, you know what?
Nah, never mind. I'm not going to do that
anymore. I go put that video and that's
not where I am. I mean, I know I make jokes, I
crack jokes, but I don't really mean what I say when I'm joking.
If I'm going to tease you, I don't really mean it.
Come on. Like obviously I know you know
the comedy. Yeah, exactly.
They took them like, like, oh, you're calling my son gay?
And then the screenshots her. She's like, you're not gay no
more. And I was like, wait, wait,
what? You mean you're not gay no more?
So the way how she portrayed, I know what she meant.
She's saying like, oh, she was saying, oh, you're saying he's
not gay no more. I was like, wait, is was he now
I'm going to feel a little bit bad.
I was like, oh, shit, like, you know, but then the mom end up
coming out saying like, oh, I'm glad you didn't, you know, you
didn't post that, but it really kind of set me off a little bit
inside because I didn't post it. But she, you know, she had the
nerve to be like, Oh, you know, my my son, he humble.
And I was like humble. But I get all these screenshots,
screenshots of him talking heavy, not just to me, everybody
else in the comments, you know, and most humble people, I don't
think they do that, you know, and and then yeah, she and then
she also said, like, for the record, you started this, you
know, going after my son, coming after us.
And I was like, hang on. I have screenshots too.
We can back it up. Your son was the first to
comment saying I was a nobody. And then I poked at him, you
know, fun at him. And then you came out on all my
stories was one that I forget was like maybe a few days after
that viral video. She was that's when she would
say, Oh, you a fat fuck. Oh, let's go, Jim, You have
nothing to do with your life, you clown a loser.
And I never swear at her or cuss in the messages at all.
All I said was I'm not reading this rubbish like, you know, and
and then she took it like, you know, that was that was the part
where she's like, see, you came at me saying you're not going to
read all this. You told me for shut up.
And I was like, did I say that? I didn't.
So I, I always read what I before I send it out, you know,
you know, So it was just yeah. And then was, oh, his his sister
also came up to me after after the whole me saying I'm not
going to post that video. So then what happened after
that? Because there's there's been
what, like two or three videos since then?
Oh, let me find that I was just having fun with that too.
Like especially well, I guess we can backtrack when I guess I
porno was maybe had to be him commenting on my video saying
like, oh, you know, your house mom, you never going to make it
in the real kitchen. I never claimed I'm going to run
a chef or anything like that. You know, so that's why I made
that. And at the time it was a Super
Bowl. It just happened.
That's why I came up with the idea.
I was like, you know what, that's funny that that that that
part where Kendrick said say Drake.
So I was like, you know what, I'm going to try doing
transition for that. And that video was just mainly
to put out there like I don't really care what you have to
say. You can say whatever you like
about me. I don't really care.
You're not going to hurt my feelings.
Where's not hurt me, you know, and then I started getting more
traction. A lot of other people coming out
saying like, oh, we know these guys.
We know his you know, we know his guys too.
Talk to get heavy hitters, but I better be careful what you say.
I was like, what you guys getting mad over on Lao Lao
video? For real?
It's like it's not even that serious, Like it was just a joke
and I don't know now it's still getting popular.
I'm getting sent videos of people doing the fork test every
every time someone goes orders fucking La La I get video sent
to me like oh I have to do the fork test with the with the
plastic fork they just cutting open into it.
So. So with all this momentum, are
you in the have to become a foodie now, you think?
Like are you trying to be an influencer now?
I mean, I have this attention now.
I might as well help promote other people that I see you
doing the. Pokémon cards.
I saw the I saw the poem thing and I was like, I was just
telling him I was like, bro, I was really, really smart.
He he got like a platform and now he's doing the Pokémon
trading and selling the cards. Because I know like obviously
you're in Collector, but I'm not.
I don't collect Pokémon, but I know the value of cards and I
know, I know what the the trading is and stuff of that.
Yeah, I get, I get families messaging me too.
They're like, oh, oh, I didn't know if Pokémon was that big of
a thing. I was like, oh, it's a one of
the biggest franchises in the world.
Like, like, are you into a level up?
Yeah. So we have how much?
I have a booth there. Oh, OK.
So we're getting a booth there, but you know how much people
show up? Yeah.
Every day, right?
Yeah. It's a three day event, 60,000
people a day show. Yeah.
My, my homie Colton is one of
the owners. He comes over here all the time.
Oh, OK. Right on.
But like I'm not I wasn't I'm not too much into it, but I know
enough. But I just know it's a huge in
this the the whole Pokémon, the anime, the the gaming is a huge.
Industry, even the content, just like like pulling cards, for
example, yeah. People, I don't know, that's a
weird one for me. People who pay someone to open
cards for them. Yeah.
And at the time, I've seen people get scammed to where like
they pull a card that's worth like, you know, a couple $1000.
And then you know that that those videos go viral where
they're like, oh, hang on real quick guys.
And they take the cards off camera and switch it with
something else. And they're like, oh, next time
we'll try again. Next time.
You're like dog, we all saw, you know that card, you swapped it
out so. What is your?
What is your most valuable in your collection?
I don't know. See that's the thing, when I
collect, I don't collect for the value.
I mean a little. You know the value, you know
like as I collecting shoes, you know the value but.
I have like something super expensive, but I know my
collection total is worth more than some products chains.
Not not not saying yours, but yeah, it's up there.
This is 1. Yeah, it's pretty up there.
I believe, I believe. Is I guess some vintage stuff
too, you know, like from like back in the 90s.
That's when I first got into it, you know, and people thought
like, Oh, you just you immature, you and kid, and then later on
you can be messaging me. Oh, how much is card worth?
I saw my my son weirdo, and I was like, ah, see logo.
Now you guys trying to figure out now like what?
Was it Logan Paul bought the the $1,000,000 one?
Yeah, I. Think he has like the world
record or something or the Guinness World Record for like
the most like, yeah, is it like you never forgot?
What it was about, Yeah, it's insane.
Like. The whole millions of dollars I
like. Having a 7 figure collection is
not not like irregular at this point, yeah.
But you know what it what is a crazy thing is the the card is
if you really think about the card is worthless, the the the
the the street, the street or the the consumer is who makes
the value of the card. Yeah, as in anything, right?
Right. So like even like in the shoes,
like I know the suit, right. The only reason shoes value go
up is because of the consumer makes the value go up.
But the retail was 140 Yeah, but then you're paying fucking
$10,000 for a shoe which is all consumer base, you know?
Yeah. And then that's what everybody
always tells me, like, oh, you should do consignment.
I say fuck no and do a consignment over here because if
somebody robs a shop, how am I going to give them back?
How am I going to get that shoe back to them?
Yeah, yeah, never. You know what I mean?
And the value that it the retail value to what the actual like
the street value is will never, ever.
Yeah. Balance.
Yeah, because that's how that's how it is with Pokémon and
shoes. Like it's I always think of it
kind of like the stock market or crypto, you know, cards always
go up in value, but in the end it always rises eventually.
You know, that's why I don't I collect and I also like the art
on them. For me, it's not necessarily a
value thing. Like I have a bunch of cards,
they're worthless, but I like the art on it.
I don't know, maybe a part of a people, you know, tease me like
what you're on the spectrum or something.
I saw it or maybe I don't know. I never get diagnosed, you know,
like how some people want to get that diagnosed that they get
ADHD like they don't even know. I think I get ADHD for sure.
Not undiagnosed, not confirming anything, but.
Try to get a prescription now. Smoking weed good enough?
You give, you give me Ritalin, Yeah.
Oh, is that like Adderall right? Yeah, yeah.
I think this is kind of like. About the same thing, yeah,
because where does the whole beef go with Ipono?
It kind of died off. I don't know.
I don't really don't care. A lot of people keep telling me,
hey, keep doing the videos. I'm like, I'm getting bored
making these videos about him. Like it's too easy.
Anybody can make videos about him, you know?
And honestly, the more I'm not trying to give him more any more
traction now because I already, you know, I'm just kind of over
talking about him or like making videos about him.
Like if someone brings it up the chair, I'll talk about it.
And and did you ever like, I mean, it does put an effect on
like their business, right? And lowers the income and
they've got people that work there, but like sure, you know
what I mean? They handled it wrong.
Or what's your whole thought on that?
He, you know, honestly, he didn't have to come after at
anybody, not just me, anybody. You know, if he was like a real
like business, say like somebody for like your guys business,
they don't like what you like. And if it's that big of an
impact, you want to at least do something about it.
You're not going to let that sit and now everything's spreading.
Constructive criticism. Yeah, you know, and like for me
it say if I was in his shoes and someone really didn't like that,
made nasty messages, I first thought not to go out and be
like, I'm going to find you, I'm going to fight you.
I'm like, what? What I like.
No, I'll be like, hey, I want to avoid another incident like
this. So I need to know what can be
corrected or what you know, I said.
Your typical what everybody expects you to think, you know,
but I don't know what's going on.
Do you think the the way you were come because I, I don't
know the comments that you were putting, but like what were the,
the nature of the comments towards like the restaurant,
like telling people not to go. I'm trying to think now I have
to go back. I know I was saying stuff like,
yeah, it wasn't worth it. It was a RIP off, you know, like
there's other places you can you can go.
I wasn't going like piece of shit like this and that, but I
may have exaggerated the Pokémon, but let me put that out
there. I may have exaggerated the poke,
saying it was like bubble gum. It was just for fun, whatever,
but it was bad though. We didn't finish it.
I know we didn't finish the food.
We ended up, I remember, I think we went to Wendy's after because
we're like, go eat. I was still hungry.
I was nothing and like even the musubi was pretty sad.
It was like a sheet of paper surrounded by rice.
It was pretty thin. Again, exaggerating, but it was
thin. You know, you know it wasn't,
you know, at the point where you're eating it, you're like,
where is the spam? You opening it up?
You're like what, paid almost $5 for this shit?
So where do you think like all those success comes from then,
'cause I mean, they have the Costa Mesa location, they've got
the Las Vegas location, I don't know who they're, they're
putting the location. You're really good news like
news analyst. What?
What do you mean like? Like I'm sitting here really
like, what do you ask? Now you know what I mean?
This guy's coming out with more questions, I think.
That's pretty, pretty good. That's good.
Yeah, Yeah. Yeah.
Oh. For sure I.
Don't know. I feel like he just he just
knows people like call anywhere. I mean, I wouldn't say you can
say luck, but I don't know it's who you know to you know, like
connections and stuff. I honestly don't know how the
hell he got Durango. That one's like whoa, how you go
from that spot in Cali to Durango, which pretty cool, but
that whole act of being a gangster, I don't know how even
that is even sustainable. Like me, I tried like it was
just for the video, try to act all hard, but I told my friends
I'm like, I don't I don't know. I got to give him props.
I don't know how he does this for acting all hard everywhere
you go. Like, yeah, I get tired because
I'm such a nice guy in general. Like, you know, that's my true
nature. I cool with everybody, you know,
I like to crack jokes, whatever. But I don't know how he carries
himself. It's it's pretty unreal that,
you know, he thinks it's OK And I, I, I don't like, I understand
it's all marketing business, but it's kind of a lame cop out to
to, you know, hide your shitty personality behind saying that.
Oh, it's all business. I'm like, I don't know, man,
that's not, I don't, that's not cool.
And like a lot of people don't like that.
You know, he, I don't know if he's been in Hawaii for a long
time or how long he hasn't or he moved away or whatever, but it
rubs me the wrong way whenever he puts Hawaii in his mouth and
speaks of it. Because we all know like Hawaii
is like everybody's cool. We love each other.
Support which does like I said in the beginning, I really did
want to support, but after I felt betrayed, I felt robbed.
You know, I felt like it was like, oh, this is a fraud like
no way. I don't like this.
So I'm trying to help other people be like, hey, you work
hard for your money. I wouldn't go there go somewhere
you already you're used to, you already know, or like there is a
big you know, like following of people that's like oh, this
other place is pretty good and that's why right now I like
using the attention to help promote other businesses.
I feel like that should do good. I mean I'm not I don't want to
make any cooking videos. I just cook how I cook.
I mean, I don't even claim to be a chef.
Are you good? Are you good to cook though?
So I used to be so in the military.
So it's funny that they were saying that I have no experience
and stuff in the military. I actually was, I used to be, I
used to be in the kitchen to cook for, for service members.
That's part of my job. But other than cooking, what I
also did fatality search and recovery efforts.
So I've never deployed because I was Air National Guard, but I
have seen some pretty nut stuff. I remember I watched your
podcast how you were saying you saw motocross, you know,
accidents, people die. I've done all that too.
So like during COVID, I got activated to help out hospitals
because the, you know, the hospitals at the time were
running their all the nurses were just tired already from
working. So they have to activate
military. And after this time I was in
Oregon, so I was serving up there and man, the amount of
people I've seen that passed away, it was pretty crazy.
I also got activated for fires out in Oregon at once.
I forget, I think it was during COVID too, when Oregon was on
fire, we got activated and we also had to go get recover some
remains of folks and help and work with, you know, medical
state, state examiner's, Sheriff's Department,
everything. And I've seen some pretty nut
stuff. People's obviously we have to
get burn bodies, help process them.
So it's a pretty big honor to even do that in general.
So it, it sucked to have to go through that or anybody.
I didn't have to go through that.
But it's, it's cool to know that I was a part to help bring other
families closure for their families of their lost loved
ones, you know, and which I've learned some pretty cool stuff
too. Not saying I know how to get
away with murder, but you cannot get away with murder if the body
is like, save the bodies all burnt.
That's what we had to deal with. Basically we saw it was burnt
down to the bone. I don't know how they did it of
what the medical examiners are the the the team forensics who
how they came in. They was able to make that
finger look from a burnt piece of meat to back to a regular
finger again, like they rehydrated or something.
That was a craziest thing I saw in there when they they and but
it's pretty graphic how they did it.
They had to cut them off and I saw it soak in some some kind of
solution. And are you?
Thinking when using the military.
I've seen something like it. It's, it's unreal because they
brought it back and it looked like what it's called finger.
And I was like, it just looked like a burnt piece of like a
stick, a burnt stick. That's how skinny it was because
it was down to the bone. And they brought it back and
that's how they were able to help.
If they couldn't identify the bodies and that was one way,
either that or through dental records or whatever they could.
Dental records is just the easiest, the easiest way.
But you know, some of these bodies were.
Crisp. Yeah, you know, it was pretty
nuts too. So well done during.
Yeah, well done. It was basically a BBQ.
I hate that it's kind of messed up with talking about these
people. Yeah.
I don't know if it was a sick joke, but they they brought us
lunch and there I was like, on the last day, we're going to do
it. They're like, hey, we, we all,
we got you a pretty good meal. We all go upstairs and as soon
as we go, we get to the table. They open up everything.
Guess what? It was BBQ fall apart, BBQ
brisket, like it was. And we're all like looking
there. We're all like, oh, nobody was
laughing. I was like, he kind of fucked up
bad. I did this.
I tried, you know, I think, I think that was part of my
little, I guess you could say PT, right?
Yeah, yeah, it is. But for a while they said it's
PTSD, which, you know, OK, I couldn't eat BBQ.
Just all I was thinking about was like, oh man, all those
bodies that was like that was burnt because they were falling
apart and the meat was literally coming off the bones and stuff.
So I seen some pretty gnarly stuff.
Well, that's why I always tell people and they're like, oh, you
ever deployed? Like no, but I've seen some
pretty how did it? Look though like.
What do you mean like? Like what?
It looked pretty good like. The food?
I don't know. Or you mean the oh fall?
Off the bone. Oh, negative.
That's all. Like if you were hungry enough
you couldn't even, or if you were.
Hungry enough? I guess I was strong minded
enough to eat. I did eat it.
No, I meant like a human. Oh, the human.
Oh dude, that's. Like if you were hungry enough,
would you be able to take a bite?
Out of a human, the. Ones you were picking up.
No, no, no. I feel like you.
Survival mode. You.
Crash on a plane like around the
mile or something like. That wasn't there, wasn't there
a movie about that? Like there's all they crash on
the. Plane been before.
And they? Yeah, in the mountains.
Yeah, yeah. The thing, that's what he did.
Like only one what? Only like a few people survived.
There was a bunch of them and but they all were dying off and
they were. Eating them right, I didn't eat
them. Yeah, they'd eat them, but I was
like, I need some kind of seasoning or something.
I'm not eating them straight like that, like.
See the black guy? Yeah.
Over season their. Food over season.
I don't know why you're going to be seasoning of this.
It was, yeah. It's, well, it was nuts too.
Is, you know, the bodies. Like if you had to eat one race
one, what race would it be if you had if you had to eat 1 I.
Don't feel like. Colombian.
I don't know. I like spicy foods.
I would think like Vietnamese people, they eat some spicy
chili oils and stuff like that, but they probably eat a lot of
that. Wasn't that on a what's his
name's podcast? Who?
Who they would go for first, I don't.
Know. Wait, but.
You ever seen the videos? Like I think it was on.
Bobby Lee's podcast, they were like saying like if something
happened who we go first. They all looked at Bobby Lee and
they like. You know, like some Wagyu, some
Kobe beef. No, not what I saw.
Out of the three of us, I'm probably going to.
You you have to do it. Pretty good.
It might be the Zippy's packaging.
I don't know what. It is no, I don't know is.
You ever see the videos of them down in Africa that they'll have
like a whole monkey in the fire and then they'll just like,
start like eating them, like ripping apart?
Human flesh. Is different a brata with a buzz
cut? Pretty much.
I mean, I've seen some of that stuff where monkeys would eat
the brains and stuff, but like, I don't know about.
Yeah, that's. This guy's wild So.
You you think about that. No, no, we're talking about it
right now. I pictured in my, I've seen
stuff. I was in the Army as well, but I
was just seeing like meat fall off the bone in my head.
I was like, if you had to, would you?
Survival wise, yeah, then yeah, for sure.
But like, you have to be like, you never know.
In some places where we deploy to like, you never know when.
You go down. Yeah.
Meat. Or food, so you might take it
with you. You're like.
That's. A rough one.
It is pretty well. So what are your top five Hawaii
eat restaurants in Las Vegas? Top five guarantee won't be
greatest to the Max. I like that one.
Bozo V is another one I really like.
What's the lefty J's? They're garlic.
Chicken. They're the originals.
That's the old G's here. Yeah, yeah.
My friend got me on down recently and I was like oh how
come I never hear this place? This place is so action.
I got to try. You've been around forever,
yeah. Even on Ross J's too.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know. That one was another one.
So I got Ross J's, Lefty J's. What I said, guys.
And Max, I'm thinking if I want two more Rd. go Hawaii grinds
and a team for Pokey, I'd say Pokey Express.
I like there's one, but that one kind of give me the like kind of
remind me like back home. You know how the way they set up
the thing with a little placard that says how much per pound?
Yeah, yeah, that's I like that was my first.
As soon as I walked in, I saw like that style.
I was like, oh. Gotta be good.
Everything felt right, yeah. I was like, right on.
This is what it's supposed to be like, you know, And you go in
there some local, broader local sister, you know, and taking
order. And then I try and I was like,
it's the one, right? Yeah.
And then I'd say, I don't like to say it's the top.
I don't have to throw zippies in there.
It's more nostalgic for me. That's why I know it's not
everybody's favorite. You know, I like zippies, but.
It's hard to go wrong with DK. It's like, OK, whatever I think
of Zippies, I think of like family.
I think of like nights out after the club.
You go there or like in the middle of the night when there
used to be 24 hours, bro, Yeah, you go there and you shop
holding one whole freaking bent or like the what you got the
surf pack or whatever. Or zip.
Pack. Yeah, you know that.
That's that's that's why I like zippies.
It's more than nostalgic. That was a spot, too.
Yeah. On the way home.
I was born and raised Whitmore. So like on the way home and
there was a spot that was Zippy's right there.
Yeah. Eat.
Yeah. All fucked up.
Pass out little. Oh man, Everybody get junk
stories. Right there.
Before Zippy's in Waiwa had a bar in there.
Yeah, it was like it was Zippy. It was Zippy's restaurant.
And in the back there was a bar. Like when I was, I wasn't old
enough, but my dad didn't used to always drinking the bar.
Oh, it was like a legit like you walked, it was a separate door.
You went in and it had a bar. Oh, wow.
So I think that was one of the few ones that had had a bar in
the in it, Yeah. That thing must have been rowdy.
Yeah, was was my dad. Did Mace is right there, too.
Because my dad then was there, bro.
My dad then was there all the time.
So it was like. It's the same spot that it is
now, yeah. Same spot, but it was so like
the zippies now is they they read.
They they redid all the tables and stuff?
No, but. No, they, they, they, I think if
I'm not mistaken, they might have knocked some of it down and
they redid it. But the old one was like the
Zippies and then a bar like a fool like walk in like it's like
a bar in it. They just had like bartenders
and everything. That's crazy.
But I never had to go in there. My my dad be all fucked up and
me and mom would have to go pick up my dad.
And as you know, yeah, as a Zippies, I think it was another
few Zippies that had a bar in it.
I didn't know there was any of this.
Had a minute this. This had to be before they went
corporate guarantees. Oh, when did they?
When did they go old? I think like early like 2000s, I
think that's. Why?
Oh, yeah, This was like, yeah, I was, I was.
Well, I was a young kid. I I remember.
I just remember it. Yeah, early 2000s, I think if I
remember, if I, I think they went corporate and that's when
it was like a big thing. Like you see them everywhere,
commercials. And yeah, I have.
A friend that was working there from when he's in high school,
bro, he's still there. He's like some like he's in
charge of the construction crew. Oh, so you do all the
construction and and the maintenance?
Construction crew. So he's he's been in this, he's
been there since we was in high school.
And he's like the boss for like any maintenance, any
construction, he, he, they go there and, and they fix
everything. Is this their first non Hawaii
location? I believe so, yeah.
That's why it was such a big thing.
Like everybody. But you know, the first time I
moved here is in 2002. They said they were going to
open it from back then, bro. And then yeah, I heard about
that. We was waiting all these years
and it just opened like within the last.
Couple I wonder what the the delay was.
I don't know, maybe it could be, I don't know, biddings for the
land and all that. Finding the right spot, I mean.
Well, 2002, there wasn't enough Hawaii people here, I think.
Sure. I.
Mean like when the last what, five years?
You could say the wave of the the wave of people that came
here is way more than 2002. Yeah, yeah, 2002 to 2000.
Even like 2000 I'd say 15 ish. 1515 too much?
Yeah. But still, yeah, even the
housing back then was still. Oh yeah, yeah, I bought my house
kind of late, but. So yeah, like you could see
until like 10, five years ago, it wasn't too bad.
And then the wave came right after COVID is like just started
pouring in after COVID. I think they could open up
another location. They all right?
It's already planned. Oh, it's Anderson.
I think it's under construction already.
It's not even that far from the road.
It's eastern and serene. OK, that's that's where we're
gonna. Be where?
Where I if I'm not taken is by Twin Peaks.
From what I heard. I don't know, but it's right by
my house, so yeah, open, convenient for me.
See, I'm not expecting another all a Zippies video from you
know, that's when I was like matter.
You're not just attacking Zippies, you're attacking
everybody else who thought that place was like the place to go.
So my God. I like the oxtail over there.
Yeah. Oh yeah.
Yeah. Because we should.
We don't like to wait till like unfortunately everybody likes to
wait till the cow, but you gotta wait till too late.
Have you ever had I Pono Cafe since?
Since the Costa Mesa negative, I was hard pass on that.
And then we went recently to the Durango.
I say like last year, that's I say it recently, but it's not
recent. My friends was like I was I just
go try them. One time even he came back and I
was like, why I no listen to you And I was like, I told you it
opened his plate and I was like, see, I told you it still looks
the same. Nothing's changed or like, you
know, people are like, oh they give plenty of rice.
I'm like yeah that's how they get you to put plenty of rice,
make like get plenty of food, but it's just rice like rice
cheap like and then a little bit on top, you know, I don't
understand. You can pay over $20.00 for like
1 plate that has Calvi in it and really it's just one little slab
cut. It's like 3 pieces.
You know, I'm like, I don't know how you can justify that.
I'm sorry but you might as well Costco but spend $27.00 from
freaking rack of them you know and just make them yourself.
Which that's why I'm always big on like eating at home.
I mean, sure, I'll support. So, so so if you're at home,
full, full refrigerator. Pretty much you.
Know what like full refrigerator has anything you need to make
and something something what? What meal are you making?
Me, I'm a big soup guy. I love soup.
Like, I like Portuguese bean soup, you know, I even like the
soup from. Right.
Even I like Portuguese bean soup zippies with the.
Crackers. This is the Great Depression.
What do you mean soup? What the fuck are we talking
about? Portuguese bean.
Portuguese meat. I want.
You got a lot of crackers, extra crackers.
You smash it all through it inside simple, quick.
When my girl, you know when my girl calls me like of all, she
fucking can cook whatever she calls me.
And then she's like, what do you want to eat?
Fucking hamburger mushroom gravy.
That's fire. That's fire, yes.
Simple no. Everybody's always just like,
well, it's like the fucking make a poor man.
I was like, bro, that's my favorite.
Thing to like chicken with corn be like.
Yeah, with corn, you know what I mean?
That's my favorite. That's actually really good.
Yeah, that's when you say poor man, cause I've heard like
plenty of Holleys be like, oh you know, oxtail soup.
This is like one like 1 peasant dish, you know?
I was like. Eating cow ass out.
It's that's the one. Guy was saying I was, I forgot
where he was. It was.
A bone the closer to the ass. Yeah, it's.
The flavor. Fucking right there.
And fucking. You're like the biggest piece,
get the biggest flavor, asshole. Many people you know.
Then that's like the whole, like 2018 was like the whole.
Fucking the small part, fucking that close enough to the ass.
See now these now that I wanna see I'll go make that at home
now go make Oxo super home. Be like I'm gonna tell my lady,
hey, you know the bigger but. Oxo expensive now though.
Yeah, that's why that's when people say, oh, I heard the holy
guy say is a peasant dish. I'm like, you know, expensive,
bro. Yeah, bro.
I've never had it in my life. Good thing, good thing.
I don't understand the point of it.
Like what's so good about it? Fuck, are you fucking to the
bone? Juice soup.
Through the bone. I still eat them.
That's still pretty good. To me, I mean, I fucking
cartilage and all through the bone, yeah.
It's it's a pretty big thing. Eating ox ass is one art.
It's an art form, you. Just say eating ass is an art.
That's who it is. It is an art.
Wait, so do you like the ox? Do you like?
Eating. Yeah, I.
Do but I just don't like the lot like you know it's late My my my
daughter and my son love Oxdale yeah yeah so like if I want to
go there like they're going to want to go but it's kind of late
to go there that if I'm out partying and most of the time I
can't even eat if I'm out partying anyway but that's.
Usually everybody's drunk story out here.
Yeah, a cow. So all the anti them there.
Yeah, Yeah. You see a fat line after
midnight, Everybody all boss. Yeah.
I can't even talk. How many people?
But I can sit down.
But that's why I said like, like, I like the cow, you know?
But we always end up going to zippies because my my kids want
to eat. Want to eat Ox still too?
Yeah. See what I mean?
You bring your family. Yeah, that's what I like about
zippiness. You feel like family over there
and I like the staff over. There, I couldn't.
I couldn't even explain how much orange bang they drink.
Oh my gosh. Bang.
You know what? Diabetes.
Yeah. No, I don't.
Know fucking so much orange bang when they open right?
You know how they have the family and friends?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we're in the opening.
That's right. Yeah, yeah, bro, me and my
cousin, we left at least 30 plates.
Fuck, we left with so much plates and then and then like
our friends was asking us, oh, let me get one too.
Doesn't fuck Norton. Yeah, fucking hard.
Chili chicken plate. Then they go, you get 8 of them.
I was like fuck it, well it's ours.
We're going to warm it up later and we're going to eat it like
Rob was. Yeah, that's fuck it up.
That was a really good marketing campaign they had too, with how
much free food they gave away. Oh, is that what it was?
The whole I don't even know. It's free.
No it's all free. The 1st that whole friends and
family was free. You could get 2 but not mistake.
It was 2 meals in when you eat in and then two meals to take
out. Oh, I went all three days and I
went with like eight of us only. Friends and family like that,
kind like I. Think so.
I don't know how we. Go for the next the next
location. You guys got to invite me out
there please. And then we went like when we
went, we had like eight of us, ten of us when we went.
So we was walking out with with pleats, but no.
But it wasn't a full menu. It wasn't.
Yeah, yeah, sure. Yeah, yeah.
Can I remember when they started off, everybody was like, ah,
that's it. And then you know later to make
some adjustments. On the rice because the rice was
a little bit. In the beginning.
Wasn't as good as.
Yeah, I heard many people too. They were saying like, oh, the
cream fried chicken was like, I wasn't crispy and stuff, but.
There's to make a changement, so.
For a while I'm ordering it. When I go, I was like, oh, wait,
but I got it recently. It was OK.
Yeah, it was good now. And I know the rice and the rice
took a little while for him to get it down, right?
Yeah, the water's different or whatever.
I feel like that's everywhere too.
Like I don't know when I, when I think of eating rice when I eat
it up here, yeah, you definitely can tell the difference from
when you eat them back home. So I I know water for sure is a
big role in that the. One of my the one of my my.
Oh, like the one of what's in the water?
Yeah. One of the one of my homies,
he's like this well known sushi chef in Vegas and he came over
here, he was talking about easy, bro.
I know what's wrong with the with the rice.
And he's like, well, if they want, if they want the they want
the formula, They don't have to pay me because he's been a
sushi. Yeah, he's been a sushi chef in
Vegas like 20 years, bro. So he's like, they got the
formula. They got to they got to pay me
for that. And I know exactly what's wrong
with it. What, what they're doing wrong.
Yeah, I guess there is there is a difference.
Yeah. Yeah, I mean, water in Vegas not
the best. So you can't drink from tab.
It's crazy like right now, my lady should always get on my ass
when we make rice like, Oh no, use the sink what you're doing.
And we get we get filtered water.
Use that one. You know she already got into
that. Moses.
Yeah, you know, all that kind of stuff.
So now that's all we do. You know how?
Well, how well does that work? Because I have that at my house.
Too. I have it too.
But like it works. I mean we.
Get one and do you ever. Like test the water.
Oh, oh, you know what? We ran out of pH strips.
But we, we, we've done it. And I think actually there's a
big difference. I know when we do the Vegas
water whole thing, any kind of call it straight chlorine, Yeah.
Oh, it's I guess so. Do you see that, that, that the
one the lady put the chlorine in the the cup and then she put her
hand in there, and then she's tested the strip before her hand
went in. Yeah.
And they tested it after and a lot of the chlorine got sucked
into her pores. Oh, so I was just like, kind of
fuck. Is that like, you know what I
mean? I was like, I didn't know that.
Happened. Yeah, I saw my one friend, he's
a plumber, so he was telling me about like if because we live up
here in Vegas, you got to invest in like a good water.
Like the water softener? Yeah, something like that.
Because he's like, he's like, oh, your, your skin is your
biggest oil in your body. Yeah, whatever you put in your
body, your body. I never got my water softener.
I was like my fucking asphalt, all slime meat in the crack.
Oh me too of you are like. What the fuck last call slimy
bro? Yeah, I didn't like that.
I never understood that. I never.
That was my first time experiencing too.
I was like. You ever shave your ass crack?
I go, I go. I.
Always like try try wax room bro on my lady I was.
Like I go to the this Asian lady and then she I hold my back of
my knees up and then. She stood up, just knees up in
the What does she? Wax.
Everything. What do you mean they'll crack
Gooch? Everything.
Like but like you go all the way to like the top of your hips.
Like how? Where does it stop?
What do you mean to my hips? I don't.
Know where your hair. Is I can I can you?
Have a beard. I don't have a.
Beard I can catch over here, like shaving it if I got to.
Shave your ash cheeks. I ain't trying to like, no, my
ashes aren't. I don't have hairy ash cheeks.
I don't. Know there's guys out there?
Yeah. No, no mine.
Isn't like mine isn't like that, but.
Where does your hair stop? I don't know why I go and hit
the crack so that's it's like fucking baby.
Baby smooth. Baby skin smooth.
So you go like to where like it starts going down.
To the V. The V you got AV you.
Know when it comes to your butt crack and like your back and it
goes like starts to go down. It goes like all like.
Where did so? Where did you stop shaving?
I don't really have to shave and.
You just send you. You no, I I just go with the
buzzer and hit spots that like. So she gets your whole ass like,
wherever the crack, Yeah. She shave all you wax waxes.
She waxes it. Hot wax, that's.
Not real hot does. It ever go in the hole?
Fuck, I don't know. She pulls it out.
What one goal she RIP them or is it like?
No, bro, I'm a, I'm a fucking man's man bro.
Like fucking. RIP it.
Quit and hurry up. Hurry up.
Hold on, Hold on for me. Yeah, I definitely so like no,
so we had this big homie, rest in peace, big tea yeah yeah, but
he was talking about it one day and I I bought I ordered like
this fucking the edging razor, the edging for the Barber one
right yeah yeah, yeah. He said bro.
What is that for? Is it bro so I can fucking like
get them close save to my He said, bro just go to the fucking
Asian ladies. I'll fucking rip your crack wax,
the whole thing. And I was like, what the fuck?
That's what you do? I don't know.
My friend owes like 400 lbs and I was like bro, I couldn't
imagine you in there, you know what I mean?
He's like smooth the team. Yeah.
Oh, smooth. I go.
Smooth. Yeah.
Rest in big. Rest in peace, Big T, bro.
That was my dog. That was a dog.
But I fuck, I gotta have like, I know he got friction down there,
right? So it's got to be like the
friction chafing. I got to do some type of bumpage
and like you know what I mean? But he introduced it to me like
10 years ago. You've.
Been going ever since. How often you go?
Every couple, every couple months.
Couple months, yeah. What happened in between?
Well, it doesn't get that bad. What you mean?
You know, some people, they don't have to shave their legs
too much. Like, like my girl, she shaves
her legs like she doesn't grow hair.
Like some people don't grow hair.
Yeah. You know, you don't see
Filipinos. They try to.
They got 1 little curly cue that they refuse to pluck.
Oh, as me with some guys when they get that that little yeah,
they get like maybe 5:00 to 10:00 they.
Don't want to grow. I'm like she's all bald and then
they have like 2-3 curly QS but. It but like the hair that you're
waxing is going to grow back, right?
But it I don't let it grow into a forest.
So at that point I'll be just lasering.
I have a friend who does that. She's like, oh, I laser.
If you do it like enough, you're not going to even come back
already. Oh, wouldn't that burn though?
It's not always one laser laser hair.
Laser hair removing isn't that bad.
You sure you gotta. You have to do like sessions
every time. But they're like keeping you.
Do you ever see her? You're Asian lady outside of
that place. Like you ever run into anywhere?
Did you see you all that you know, I know that's.
A massage spot next door. Really.
You come in for auto services. Oh, you next door.
Oh you, you bring snap car. You snap car.
He got a rewards program for both spots.
Like what you mean like pine tree?
YouTube pine tree on a wall before?
Oh bro that's my favorite spot. Pine tree, Pine tree, Is it not
there anymore? I haven't been home in a minute
but I'll I'll pray to God it's still there if I did go back
home. Bro.
Baddest the baddest. First time I went I was like 17.
That's that's not all right. The massage.
Parlor. Yeah, that's right.
Also I said borderline also in experience, bro, we walked in.
We also in experience, I didn't know what to do right.
So we walked in. I didn't know my friend went
there that much today like hey, what's up?
And I was like, how much do you come here?
And he said well enough. And he walked in and I was like,
oh, this girl's bad. He's and my friend goes give me
that one. And I was like, oh, that's the
one I wanted just give me that one right there.
Fuck, I guess whatever. And next I went by myself.
Give me that. Give me that one next day.
But I keep coming every weekend. Yeah, it's like I have to go
back for that one. That one wasn't.
Where was this like generally don't think of the exact area.
By Kapiolani Anywhere there's any anywhere there's a neon sign
that says open in a dark. Alley.
Oh yeah, of course. Dark.
Alley. That's anywhere.
Dark alley neon sign or like if you're in Vegas and you can just
do follow team slapping cheeks. That's the one I review the
stuff he's like, wow, let me show you today.
So. Some of the spots I recognize
going good on on Decatur. But it's kind of you already
know already when it's like 24 hours to you, like who gonna
come here to get a real massage at like 2:00 in the morning?
There's actually. You know what, have you ever
walked into one of those places like 2/3, 4:00 in the morning?
I like the Mama was like, Mama sounds like waking up like.
Oh shit, He's like, oh, it's just me working today.
I'm pretty sure they're on their face.
Like I guess it was like. Korean barbecue and kimchi
inside. Most of the time, they say
cooking. I'll have to work.
You ever see like? But but there's a massage parlor
in the corner of the complex. I didn't check it out yet, but.
The complex, Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I got.
To go check it out and see what it's all about.
You ever like, ask if, hey, you guys got another one?
Yeah, you got a different one. I think the girl's like, what's
wrong with my wife? What are you?
Sure. They're like, yeah, you know,
give them a lot of time. And then she was like, no, I'm
the only one like. You're talking to your
experience, I heard from what my friend told me.
Not a lot of questions. I still driven the whole asshole
thing. Like you go over to hold your
legs. Oh.
You're on hold, Yeah. Wait, so you lay on your back?
Well, I, I sometimes they have you on your back to catch some
and then they go on all fours, sometimes on all.
Fours like on a table or something like a massage table
it. Looks right.
We usually go on one day. We It's like you're gonna have
been there in the room with me, holding you back.
What do you what do you support? You could be in a room next to
each other just. Hold each other's hands like you
ready. Dude, I wouldn't think that.
Honestly, like Lamaze classes, I.
Wouldn't think that they would have like, you know how women
give birth? They'd have that like that whole
contraption at the end of the. Table the one you go like this,
That's a torture chamber. I don't.
Know some people like that, but I don't know would.
You be down to do a podcast with with ipono.
Yeah, I don't mind. I guess.
Welcome. I don't know.
I think that would be fun. If he's down, but I don't know,
like he said in his podcast, I think that's his.
He said he got better things to do.
So I was like, oh, OK, I don't know.
It's not like you're not really doing much.
They have to be, I mean, to be opening up, sure, another
restaurant, and supposedly they have even another one planned
out somewhere. I don't know, man.
I keep getting a lot of people are like, yeah, I know this is
coming from like back home people.
I don't even know any of these people.
They all just like, yeah, no, we're not going to do that.
We're not going to go. Who's going to go Waikiki for
that? Like not worth it.
And we all know he's smart going after tourists.
You know, that's a hot spot. They're just going to buy it.
They don't even know what they're buying.
That's pretty smart business. Business wise, what?
I don't know. Morally wise, I don't really
like what the guy stands for, which, you know, I'm allowed to
say that, you know, of course, in terms of their own opinions.
What? So back home like OG spots, what
is your spots at home? I don't even know what's there
anymore. Because you're from what power?
Yeah, but. You were driving.
Yeah, the words are like when I was still.
I used to like Far East Chinese Kitchen.
Oh, that was way back. Cake noodle, roast duck.
OK, I know about that. I bought my friend one plate
like that. The next day.
He never came work. He's working Caterpillar.
Yeah, like the mechanic. Oh, OK.
Yeah. So when you come in, I bought, I
was like, Roy, we can go buy Far East Chinese Kitchen.
Nah, I don't like, boy, I don't like.
I was like, no, fucking grab your plate.
And he's an old man. Like older.
I can grab your plate. So grab the one.
Cake noodle, oyster. Cake noodle, roast duck.
He was all grinding at lunchtime.
He stayed grinding. Oh fucking good.
He never come work like fucking one week and then he finally
came back to work. He was like, I was like Roy,
where you was you fuck up. He's hot ate that plate.
I never had goat and now I get goat.
I was like, oh fuck, we didn't push you over the edge.
You just got one meal. Hold that one meal.
I guess he was right at the edge and we didn't fucking.
Push them off. Yeah, I.
Felt so. I felt so bad.
Yeah, I never really knew God was that serious.
So I actually have friends that get God, like most of them,
they're all like someone's ass. I was like, well, God, that
seriously, he's bad. Even Like, yeah.
They say if a wind blows, it hurts.
Yeah, they're like, dude, any boy I even had like they.
Said bro. I've heard that too.
I even had like friends in high school where they never come for
the whole week. It's a Filipino guy in high
school. In high school that were young,
Yeah, this is one of my questions.
I was like, oh, where you went? You went go vacation or
something. It's like, oh, it's goat.
And at the time I was like, what the fuck is that goat?
Is it? Oh, it's just I just in pain.
Can you catch it that early, goat?
What do you got to eat? You just.
Eat at it, he told. Me like what do you do?
Like how do you do that? Donkey piss or something, I
don't know. MSGI don't know probably.
Going to kill him. No, but how like how do you how
do you get it? Isn't it from eating like super
salty? It's like I thought to process.
I know like it like I know some people that they just power
through, but like no yeah bro, they drink 1 Heineken boom.
Don yeah, can be just very little, can even be like as
simple as like one bite of like you.
Know bro to eat it and bomb it of some to be yeah but they're
just those are kind that's the kind guys they just fucking
power right through and. You got to be ignoring a lot of
signs before you get to this point, you know what I mean?
Like. Some of them they think, ah,
it's just maybe just because they're getting older.
You know, that's probably what they think.
I just getting older. That's why I feel like that.
But really, but you're still kind of young.
It's probably. To go, no, I had, I had a my
cousin Khalil, he was even Hawaiian Airlines, you know the
magazines and you get in, in the in the flight.
Yeah, he was doing all like the hiking trails and yeah, all his
hiking trails that you could like kind of like go on his
website and check the trails and how long it takes and how many
miles it is, right. Is it back home?
Yeah, back home and. Then he did all the hard trails,
easy trails, he rates it and stuff.
But he was in Hawaiian Airlines, like kind of like the guy if you
want to look up trails and fuck, he did a trail and he's telling
me he's like, bro, I thought it because there's plenty downhill.
He's like, yeah, yeah. I thought I broke my, my
cousin's in shape. He said I thought, honestly, I
thought my toe was broken. So it went on for like a couple
weeks, like 2 weeks or whatever. I thought it was broken.
So I was like, fuck, I got to go to the doctor.
My toe is probably all fucked up, right?
He went there, he did the test. He had gout.
Oh, the whole time. Yeah, he was in his big toe.
He said. He said bro, I mean, he's in
shape too. So he's I never ever would have
thought I had gout but. I mean.
Does he eat crazy though or drink crazy?
No, but he's all he's in shape, bro.
He's. I don't know.
Maybe he's random. I don't know.
Yeah, like, like, I don't know, but he doesn't.
He's he said it was bad enough that he thought his toe was
broken. I don't hear a lot of white
people getting gout, do you? Fuck, they don't eat like us,
that's why. That's what I'm saying.
So it's got to be the. Food, I think like when you see
eat so like smoked meat, all the fat on the end.
And you eat like not. Just that.
How was that smoked meat seasoned?
You know what? I.
Mean oh, with everything, right, Right.
Yeah. Fucking opium on Lao Lao boom
meat fat. How old is he?
They see the fat. They're like, oh, they push him
to the side. They're like, ah, that's the
best. Part they ain't fucking sucking
on oxtail ass either. Isn't that Isn't oxtail super
salty? Nah.
No, you. No, no, no, no.
I've never had a really salty one.
It's usually the broth like that is pretty bland that for the
most part. I mean, you can always.
I don't know how to explain what makes oxtail is.
Good. I can't explain what makes
oxtail so good, but. I can't even talk because I've
never eaten. You see what I.
Mean that's why I was like that's why I was like everybody
getting mad at me and holy hating I'm like wait, I actually
tried it OK everybody back home they never try them and they'll
be automatically that's why I'm trying to help guide them.
Well, not really guide them well like tell them like go try them
first before you start supporting.
They'll be like me fucking by merch that looks stupid by your
own fucking plastic bag with fucking two shirts inside like
like just just go try the Food First.
If you like them good, good on you.
That's how it's supposed to be but it's kind of inconsistent
from what I'm hearing. I'm still getting people that go
back like a second time and they're like nothing bro even.
Cooney's wasn't a good spot in Waipawa, so oh.
Cooney's. Cooney's.
Yeah, that place is long gone too, huh?
No, Ray Junior bought it. Oh yeah.
So he took it over. Oh, OK.
They remodeled it and everything.
OK. That's how long I never go back
home just because. And then even do you used to go
to things? No.
I've never been there, no A. Little strip.
No, I know where. I've never the.
Midget on Fridays. Oh, you've been everywhere.
I. Understand Kitchen D like
kitchen D like yeah, I was right there, right across.
But have you ever been every? Friday, no fucking Midget
stripper at things but but best pocket over there too.
A really good pocket. You know, it's crazy.
I've I've seen places that like strip clubs get food now like
there's this one spot they get like on steaks.
I hate steak and you get. Fucking always say strip clubs
got the best food. For some weird reason I hear
that all around too, but I've never gone me and my lady like
go try. Crazy Horse, good pizza.
Good pizza, yeah. Go to Crazy Horse for the pizza.
Fucking pizza is good. Telling you you got chicken
wings? When doing food review babe, I'd
be bad. Give the bank statement No I was
buying food with that when I guarantee horse expensive.
Rookie move if you go there and prove from the ATM.
Yeah, well, that's. Yeah, I got a couple of friends.
I was like, bro, you're such a fucking rookie, bro, how will
you go to the strip club? Who out from the ATM you fuck?
It says the strip club's name on it.
Yeah, an idiot. Not unless the strip club is
cool. They change it.
It's usually. The.
Strip clubs or a lot of strip clubs, they do that.
It put different. Change names on yeah, or like
it's a company of that machine, whatever that right?
I know. I think Palominos is like a
Japanese restaurant. The ATM it says like when you
it's like a Japanese restaurant. A lot of places do something.
They have a lot of Chinese restaurants.
I don't place it back East do that.
Oh, OK. Yeah, I don't know.
I've I haven't been to I've been to one.
That's not my thing. But I see you guys that's.
Cool, I'm a connoisseur. I went one time and I was like,
the only time the reason why I went was because my friend was
like, oh, it's dollar beers and I want to play some dollar
beers. I was like, OK, right on.
As soon as we get there, I was like, why you lied by so strip
club. You're like, yeah, but the the
beers are dollar. I never lie about that.
OK, I guess you're right. And then the whole time is like,
yeah, why, why are you on dance? Why are you dance?
I was like, why are we spending money?
Why don't you go gamble? Like we can go massage parlor,
massage parlor straight to. The.
Point Yeah, bring it down 50. I don't need a shower.
The shower don't. Need to wipe me down after I got
it I. Remember, I went to a massage
parlor like for real, because I was working like construction at
the time and I really, I really had to go with my coworkers.
We're going to oh, fuck, we all sore like from working at the
time. I never know.
My friend was like, yeah, pay for you.
I was like, OK, right now. Thanks, Avril.
We're going down a fucking lady. She'll be like, OK, you can take
off all your clothes. And I was like, what?
All of them? And then I just take off my
shows in my boxes and she's like, no, I said all of you RIP
my boxes down. I was like, oh, hang on, what
the fuck? And then she's like, OK, you can
lay down. And OK, so she actually, I
actually got the massage. And then she told me, OK, flip
over. And that's when she'll bring out
like the oil maybe when I was like, get you ready.
I was like, wait, what's going on?
And she was gonna reach for him like, oh, wait, wait, wait.
I don't know. Was that?
So then I was like, I good, I good, I feel good.
I go outside and I was like, one thing.
Are my coworkers I'm saying they still inside but I was like I
wait in the truck I go take one nap and I wake up they still.
Never come like a long time. Long time had been in the like,
like was like at least an hour for sure, you know, and they all
come back that's talking. Story too.
Well, you fast. They probably a talking story
that's like what? Like you like the one I paid
for? They're like fucker.
I thought it was here for real, for just, you know.
When you go in like 5 of your or whenever a bunch of your friends
you like see who come out last year so you go away.
You talk story, drag them out. I was fucked too.
I got the Mama song too and I saw the massage.
Like the ones they got, I was like, oh, they got like young
girls and I got an old lady. I was like, whatever.
But the when I was going to the ones in Dallas where you is
BYOB. What?
Bro, you bring your cooler so you you can when you you come in
with your cooler have have all the alcohol inside, but you got
you can't bring in the the mixer or the chaser, So you got to buy
the juice and the soda from them.
But bro who's coming with the fucking XL?
Great. Like bro, who's coming in loaded
with the fucking cooler with the wheels going?
Oh, he's getting. You had No Fear of the massage
parlor like drugging you guys or?
I think I think about that too though.
Just because I just, I just, I just look for my escape route.
Hard to escape when you're like. Yeah, you drink your water.
You. Look, you know, I never really
thought about that part, but I always like would look out the
window and then Kev some the dog was boom boom, knocked down,
then jumping on here, jumping here, running.
It was like the worst fear. Yeah, 'cause like sometimes you
can see like the security cameras on the TV.
Yeah, you're like, you'll be the guy in the news walking out
tissue. I thought it was big.
News Report Hey, we would love to interview for the for the
massage parlor that I got that. Was always right.
You should see when the fucking massage parlor get pop.
I like bra. You don't want to be that guy
walking out. Especially like you're on like
the text list or something too, you know, they hit you up for
like, oh, got new girls. Facials out for the week.
The text list give you an e-mail name.
He's a subscriber e-mail list. Does it have the text the text
number 0? I always want subscribers.
Subscribers, you just. Frequent them.
Freaking flyer. Frequent Flyer.
Oh, I sold them a car, that's why.
The one on Hacienda and the Decatur.
Oh, Decatur. Yeah, next to Goyaman.
Yeah, Goyaman, for those who know, next to Goyaman on
Decatur. Check about Team cheeks review.
He got up for you. Before we get out of here, where
can everybody find you on social media?
You guys can find me at Arizona dot Green tea.
That's going to be you guys still want to catch up on
whatever I post? I don't really post too much now
I'm trying to think what I'm going to post but I usually post
more on my story. Mostly stupid stuff, Pokémon,
whatever. You got to carry the momentum,
man. You got a lot of momentum and
it's fun content. It's fun, it's entertaining.
Yeah, that's why I'm having fun with it.
So we'll we'll see on that interview with him.
That's up. That's on him.
You would be open to doing the interview.
With yeah, for sure if you come alone, that is all entourage me,
I strapped. I strapped right now like
because when you guys when I got invited, I was like, tell him
wait, wait, you think this one trap.
So I have my boys. No, me, like me.
I was telling you it was a brawl.
Is it good to get, like, involved?
He's a bro. We're newscasters.
I mean. It's good for you to interview
everybody. And I was like, you got to look
at it that way. And I guess yeah, like, And I
was like, Are you sure? He's like, bro, we're like
newscasters. We're like putting on some.
Journalism, right? You got to be neutral and I like
having everybody's side of the story.
But we just had on Lexi recently.
Yeah, I saw and then there. Was actually all kind of heat
last night. Yeah, yeah.
There was some in the comments saying that we didn't give the
right credit to Keone Was the founders right?
But the podcast was on Lexi, so yeah.
We're going to talk about call him the whole.
Time we all we have. Yeah, he's an invite to Keoni to
also come on the podcast, so yeah.
I've been here. I haven't talked in years, but I
was like, yeah, fuck it, if he wants to come on then fuck it,
whatever. Sure, yeah, I'd rather do it,
you know, you know, off record, But I don't mind also coming on.
Here we can talk on camera medium.
It's cool. And.
We'll have a few minutes to talk before the cameras turn on,
yeah. You know, I'm a cool guy.
I'm cool to just be like, you know what I'm sorry for?
That's also another big thing for him.
That would be the craziest thing because a lot of people think
that me and that his beef is like, we're together, we're
doing this on purpose, like, but I don't know this guy, he don't
know me. Oh, Brad, I would.
He'd do. The craziest thing and just be
like eh and. That's what everybody, the most
people really want. That would be the second biggest
heist beside besides Ryan Garcia's.
What you mean? Oh.
Because we we knew what the the Ryan Garcia that last.
Point Yeah, yeah, we. We was kind of like in the
circle of all that. So we we saw, we knew what was
going on the whole time. Oh, OK, that's.
Like creating, like all the chaos in my plate, everything.
This is not bad. So we was like, we was like, no,
I mean, like, yeah, that I want to be in a yeah, yeah.
What kind of got to see all behind the scenes and the
secrets of how it all got put together.
But sure seems like this is authentic.
It's pretty legit, but then again, like I said, I'm still a
nobody from my guide. Analyst.
Analyst review, it's kind. Of he just kept sending me the
videos I got. It was hilarious and I got stuck
in like. Whatever.
There was that was not my intent.
No, because it was supposed to be just friends.
And they show their friends, not, oh, people from other parts
of the globe is now messaging me like, whoa, is this in Vegas?
And I was like some guy from like, Europe.
And I was like, oh, my God, what the hell?
What's going on? What, what?
What just happened? And they know about like the
whole the the restaurants and. Everyone now they do, I mean,
but you know, now for the wrong reasons, you know?
I just said I gotta say that Kendrick fucking pretty witty
that. Was.
Crazy. Witty, even.
My coworker was like wow, what's she doing?
He's like Oh no way, no way, no way.
I get I do something real quick quick, only take 5 seconds to do
I mean. Honestly, I always feel like
that's the funniest, funniest shit, right?
Is the stuff you like. Yeah, you stick off my other
spot. Just do it.
And then you can look at them after, you know, But I, I, I
honestly don't knock on if everybody wants me to make more
I porno videos. I'm like kind of I think I got
my point across. Everybody gets it.
Now we're just gonna see what he.
Gonna Food reviews now. Yeah, I guess so.
Yeah. I, like everybody, know we get
good grains. You know, I don't.
I'm not those people that like to gate.
I can't stand. Just it was a Taco shop where
you should. Yeah, come to my Taco shop.
Yeah, you know Vegas Poly seeds where?
Where Vegas policy. He's one of the influencers in
town. He's a really big influencer,
but we own a Taco shop together. Oh OK, yeah, I like Taco maybe.
We should try to go outside because they got honestly,
everybody talk about Hawaii restaurants.
Oh yeah, that's right, there's. Other places I like to try stuff
that's outside of our at the end of the day, like you know what
Hawaii restaurant you want to go to at the end of the day when if
you feel like eating Hawaiian food.
But yeah, I'm always trying to find like, what is a good
outside of our. Yeah, because.
Other people ask me like when they fly from home, they're like
I always said, oh, go to this spot is better.
I don't eat Hawaiian food. Yeah, yeah.
How to eat like Mexican or something.
So if you had reviews on stuff besides Hawaii food be good too.
Yeah, I know. That's good thing about doing.
I also like like I said like soups.
I like this place called Fobos so I don't if you been there
but. I like fuck them long fuck.
You fucking on that for also better?
But fuck em. Long welcome.
Long is like Zippies. Yeah, but it went downhill ever
since. I don't know if they changed
owners but you. Used to be 24 hours, you know,
before. Yeah, I know.
I remember and I saw I used to go after the club all boss at
4:00 AM Yeah, we're eating that as soon as you walk out the
restaurant, sun already coming out and you're.
Like, but that's what to me, that's what fuck em long is is
is like the zippies. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Like that's a go. To what do you think is better
the best fall spot in Vegas? I don't want to see best, you
know, Like I said, there's no such thing as the best.
It's whatever you like. I prefer Forbosa.
Where's that? It's right off of Spring
Mountain and shit. I don't know where that is,
honestly. It's it's near Spring Mountain,
just like on another Rd. just more down the road.
It's a yeah, it's a small little shop, really small, but Arizona
was really good. I like ramen.
You like ramen? Yeah.
You like you read at. I used.
To like Montas, but I don't know what happened to that.
Yeah. I don't know, I used to like
they were really. Good at one time.
To it's the other one. It's on Spring Mountain too,
right? It's around.
The corner. Yeah.
The small little hole in the wall.
Yeah. Yeah, I was.
I don't know the name. I know that one.
I used to go. There a lot.
Like a lot. I was big I.
Was a guy too. I can, but now that, I mean, I
still young, but now I'm getting older, I can, I can tell the
difference in my health when I eat heavy broth like that, you
know, like you know the freaking you.
Ever tried? Oh, you ever tried?
Sorry, No. Are you good?
You ever tried Makaya? Where's that one at?
The all you can eat Wagyu spot? Spring Mountain.
Oh OK, I like Wagyu, that's my shit like.
Is is like, I think it's like $85, all you can eat.
And it's like the legit hot pot. Yeah, yeah.
Like, OK. But if you go with five people
and one person gets the the $85, everybody ought to get the.
Everybody. It's one of those.
Yeah, that makes sense, I guess because, you know, most places
like us were like edges. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Some to me just say it's yours. That's me.
What like seafood boil, like the all you can eat ones like I'm
sure they already know we do that, but I'll I'll be the only
one to get the all you can eat. Viking just got just opened up a
all you can eat menu menu. See all these cool places, man,
that's why I like I'm still trying to explore myself because
I don't like yeah, when my friends come visit from Hawaii,
like yeah, they say the same thing.
Look at. Me, I'm not going.
To use zippies I mean, obviously, because you can just
eat them whenever. Every time I go hot and juice I
gotta blow ass right there. Fucking it brought my ass on
fire and I always got to blow ass.
I like I like going there, but I always wear like clothes I don't
care for because you're you're messy.
Oh, it's messy and you smell and the whole car reek now of the
whole place. Now you smell like seafood boil
everywhere. That's that's just me, you know,
but. What else is good The bro that's
not like maybe that's somebody review you should you should do
is outside of our yeah, that's think that'll be cool to me.
Or even like desserts too. Or Bobo, whatever.
I get food trucks here. There's so many.
And that's why it's Vegas really is a hot spot for like,
anything. Yeah, sports.
Besides, it's not even the gambling like, you know
everybody. Always not as much, just
gambling. Gambling so far down right now.
Yeah, everybody you think of Vegas, they're like gambling.
Sure, it's typical, but now it's like, oh, and a sports baseball
stadium. Soon you know and.
Basketball state-of-the-art stadium too.
It's It'll probably be the best baseball stadium ever built.
You think will be covered though.
It is it. It is.
OK. The final market.
OK, yeah, 'cause I was thinking I was like, oh, much baseball in
the summer. 120. Years watching that.
But I'm going, I'm gonna stay at home.
I'm going to a bar and watch that game.
Go there. But I'm excited for.
That and the sweets are supposed to be insane.
Yeah, it's supposed to be. It's supposed to be a beautiful
park. Yeah, I never realized like the
baseball players do they make plenty money, like more than
like they don't have a cap. Yeah, it's just to keep going.
They're. They're kind of in line with
them now, yeah. No, but what is it?
What is it doesn't it doesn't have a cap.
But they have what did they? They don't have a salary cap.
That's right. And fully guaranteed contracts,
they're just, it's a very strong union.
It's probably the strong. It's like fucking 170 million,
yeah. Yeah, but you got to think
they're signing 10 year deals. 170 divided by. $17 million a
year. But it's.
Not like you can do 1,000,000 on the whole.
But Jalen Hurts that Prescott, they're making 5350.
Four. Yeah, but that career's done,
and not their career's. Not that long.
I mean they're going 1215 years, pretty average.
But baseball, you can play till you're like 50 I think.
OK. But that's still four times,
that's still making four times what he's making per year.
Yeah, but they have CTE and fuck on it that shit, you know?
Yeah. I don't know about fucking.
I don't know. We'll ask.
Is my question Victorino's when they come on the?
Podcast Oh yeah. Shane mother fucking bear answer
my phone call. That's how I texted you.
He texted back. But yeah, that's what I don't
know. I don't know of all like my my
son's in like trying to see like he like he like wrestles and
boxes and jujitsu. What Oh see that?
I'm trying to see like what fucking like is it golf?
Is it like you know? Yeah, Vegas has everything for
that too. Like everybody coming for
conventions, all kinds of stuff. I might I?
Probably I might got into golfing I think.
I can't you golf. No, my friend tried to get me
into it. I I like try like them.
I like trying new things, so I'm not dogging.
I like. That you get to dress up.
Yeah, that's like back home, everybody wearing Aloha shirt.
I know. Oh, you dress more nice than you
go to the club. Like what the hell, You're just
going golfing. Some people it's a, it's a
fashion seat right now when you golf.
Yeah, you can be shitty at it. They're like, but you have.
A good time. You have a good time with the
boys. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
What? Kind of clubs, you got all that
crazy stuff, all I hope we can get together and a podcast with
Gene and the rest. I pornos, whoever's going to
come down. Would you do a pod with Gene and
the cameraman? What's his name?
Reagan. Reagan.
Reagan as a high season. Oh yeah, I guess so, yeah.
I think that would go down well. Look, one of our Co hosts is one
of their ambassadors. He says he loves their food and
I've never gone with him so I got to go.
By the time we go to that next, we do the next podcast.
That's cool too, yeah. Awesome.
Sounds like a plan. Well, yeah, appreciate you
coming down there. Anything else you want to put
out there before we head out? Oh, no, that's it.
I mean, if you like good food, that's all you do, you know, You
like, you like food, you like food.
That's it. There's no, it's not the best.
There's no such thing as the best.
Appreciate you coming up brother.
Look forward to doing the next pod with you.
For sure man, see you guys next time.