it's in your blood, your koko. hawaiian people. >> what's your feeling here? >> i do feel like i'm hawaiian in a sense, you know, because it's, like, my place, but culturally it's a different story. >> well, let me ask you this. you're saying you're not hawaiian? >> no. >> what's your feeling about spam? >> i love spam. >> so you're hawaiian. >> i'm from hawaii. i'm born and raised, gonna die 808. >> the owners of ethel's are a sort of typical hawaiian mix. okinawan ryoko ishii, aka mom, mainland japanese husband yoichi, daughter minaka, who i guess would be japanese, okinawan, american/hawaiian, and son-in-law robert, who is, of course, mexican. >> it's the pig feet. >> oh, nice, that's pretty. oh, wow, look at that. that's the tripe. >> that's the tripe, that's the tripe. >> that looks good. >> spam and bitter melon. >> now we are talking. oh, that's awesome. >> i just call it local food. >> right. >> but local just, like, covers, like, a wide net. when i look at this table, again, i just get hawaii. it's got por