Adventures in Hawaii Kai
Got some catching up to do…
Last week, went to the East side for dim sum and happened to catch the grand opening of Beard Papa’s, the maker of fresh ‘n natural cream puffs, located in the Koko Marina Foodland. The short line took forever to move. We ordered 6 puffs and were in line for about 30 minutes! I’m no expert, but from my introduction to the efficiencies of Lean Six Sigma, I would recommend the guy packing the puffs be “cross-trained” into another position. How hard is it to take an already cooked puff, fill it with cream, powder it, then pack it in a box?
The puffs are good. Crispy on the outside and sweet with a lot of filling on the inside. Eventually, more varieties will be added to the menu after the production line gets their act smoothed out.
After downing the puffs, we drove to the lifestyled Safeway in search of chocolately fruity goodness and proceeded to clear out their inventory of the Coffeemate Chocolate Raspberry creamer.
Check out my pictures of Beard Papa’s grand opening and the lifestyled Safeway.
Bonus: Some local guy’s quest to try Beard Papa’s puffs from Shirokiya.
October 11, 2005 @ 2:32 pm
Do they have the limit of six puffs like they do when they are at Shirokiya? A co-worker brought me one a couple of weeks ago and it was pretty good. I don’t know if I would wait 30 minutes to an hour for them though, especially if you can only buy six at a time. Aren’t they supposed to open up a few more stores? I think that is a mistake. They won’t go crazy like they do know if they know they can get it anytime. I think that’s why Krispy Kreme on Maui does well. All the Oahu people buy like crazy when they go there like da Guri Guri.
October 11, 2005 @ 10:21 pm
Had no limit when I went. Folks were buying a few boxes at a time. We didn’t think the line would take that long.
October 12, 2005 @ 12:01 pm
So where is it….. Sharing is good…. Now I’m force to take a ride down to the east side…….
October 13, 2005 @ 9:33 pm
Beard Papa’s is actually inside the Foodland in the Koko Marina shopping area. Their hours are pretty limited until their staff sizes up.