Pork Tamago Onigiri

Located in a small third-floor food court, Pork Tamago Onigiri serves several kinds of musube-like Japanese half-bread slice-sized snacks comprised of layers of omelette, rice, SPAM, and additional components (like spicy mayo or seasoned miso; a chutney-like paste).Tasty, filling, and interesting. What more could you want during a break from shopping or strolling "the Rodeo Drive of O'ahu"?

A little out of the way and hidden, but this onigiri spot has delicious food!! The seating area is expansive and there's a really nice view of the greenery inside of the mall. Every time I've been, there's been very few people in the food court. There isn't much advertisement from the outside, but it's definitely worth the trip.The double shrimp onigiri is absolutely delicious and all of the flavors are made fresh. Super crispy and salty!

A while back there was a Yelp event hosted here and because of that I remembered there exists a food hall on the 3rd floor of Royal Hawaiian center. Honestly, the food hall tucked away at the end of an already quiet floor, it's a terrible location. I hope you will visit this shop after reading this review because they serve some amazing freshly made open-faced onigiri!!!There's an old lady working at the back and I really appreciate her making my food. I tried the $8 tempura shrimp onigiri - it's delicious with the spam and the tartar sauce? I was skeptical with the small twig of cilantro in there but geez what a great addition! Whoever thought of this is a genius lol. I also got the mentaiko onigiri with egg and spam for $5 and it's delicious as well! They use Japanese rice and the onigiri came out fresh and warm. The egg was also kinda fluffy too. If you wanna have some elevated musubi, come here! Also it's a great spot to get your $10 spend for the kama'aina 3 hour parking. Win-win! ;-)

Brah this is not your typical $1.99 spam musubi from your childhood 7/11 corner store where you use to go to play pogs and grab one large slurpee and try refill em more than once. This musubi is top notch with the load of toppings. Kinda expensive tho, but I never worry cause the Christmas bonus came early. Ordering this fancy spam musubi was super easy, just gotta go to the bar and order em from there. I like how the area was spacious, just enough space to shadow box. I would recommend sampling this place bah. Shoots

Ohh my wow, these have got to be the best musubis I have ever had. The portions are generous. The potama (pork tamago onigiri) Okinawan musubi are more protein to rice, compared to other musubi shops. And I love the combinations of flavors they make in their potamas!I was prepared to just walk on by as my friends and I checked out this new(er) food hall but I saw that the special flavor of the day was goya. If you like bittermelon you will absolutely love this selection! I had no idea that the goya onigiri would be lightly battered and tempura seasoned and fried to the perfect degree. Served with a slice of spam, fried egg, and bonito flakes. Sorry no photos of that one. I also got a katsuo konbu Okinawan musubi for later consumption. Both were loaded with delicious ingredients.Pork Tamago Onigiri is located in the new(er) smaller foodcourt in the Royal Hawaiian Center. You can find them on the 2nd floor beyond Noi Thai Restaurant and across the aisle from them.The ordering and pay process was extremely easy with an order directly at their counter. Credit cards now taken. Ample seating inside the foodcourt.Protip: Remember to ask for the kamaaina or local resident/military discount..!Take your parking card and receipt down to the concierge station right across from centerstage, with local or military ID, get a 3 hour validation. Can't wait to go back and try the shrimp tempura or the mentaiko musubi that I see written up about in other reviews... or another goya potama! Yumm!

I recently checked out Pork Tomago Onigiri, a charming musubi shop nestled in the Waikiki Food Hall. It's an ideal spot for grabbing a quick, tasty snack without spending too much, although at $5 per musubi, it might seem a bit steep. However, considering the location right in the heart of Waikiki, it's pretty reasonable, especially if you're looking for something quick to eat before heading out to enjoy the area or catching a happy hour.The musubis themselves are delightful--small, cute, and packed with flavor. They hit the spot perfectly and are exactly what you'd hope for from a quick service spot in such a bustling area. Whether you're in need of a quick bite between shopping sprees or just want a delicious snack to accompany a cold beer, Pork Tomago Onigiria offers a solid choice that's both satisfying and convenient.

My husband was super excited that there was a Pork Tamago Onigiri within walking distance. He went to one in Japan and raved about it. The one here is in a food hall on the second floor. The food hall was decent and clean and the customer service as friendly. If you ever had a musubi, this pretty much a bigger version of a musubi/onigiri but it's called a potama. It looks more so of like a musubi sandwich but I'm not complaining! The difference in a potama is that it is more so of like a foldover rice sandwich around a slice of omelet. We got two sampler pack (one of each flavor) and also a special one that had shrimp tempura in it (my husband's favorite). You order from the counter and then given a pager. It took about 30 minutes for 12 potamas. For the sampler box (all came with rice, spam, and egg): Mentaiko mayo: 8/10 - I didn't try this since I don't care for pollack roe but my husband, sister, and BIL loved it. Just wish it had a little bit more flavor from what they said.Tuna mayo corn: 8/10 - I enjoyed this very much as the the corn gave it a pop of brightness and sweetness against the saltiness of the spam and tanginess of the rice. I love how the tuna and corn was coated in every inch with the mayo and as I continue eating the potama, the tuna mayo soaked into the rice and added more flavor. We decided to get two of these instead of the cheese and ketchup potama. Kelp: 9/10 - I tried kelp at the other musubi place and fell in love and expected not to be disappointed her. It was worth it! I savored every bite and the kelp was seasoned so well (marinated in teriyaki or shoyu) that I didn't want to share haha. Like the tuna mayo corn, as I progressively ate the potama, the glaze soaked in the rice and provided an explosion of flavors. Regular potama: 7.5/10 - I didn't try this but my brother's gf seemed to like this one the best. She loves the simplicity of just the spam and egg. She said the spam and egg were cooked perfectly. Miso: 9/10 - I enjoyed this very much and besides the kelp one, this one was my second favorite. I loved the saltiness of the miso paste combined with the spam and eggs. The miso paste also had a hint of sweetness and miso is a taste that is unique. You either like it or not as it some people might think that it's too salty for their liking (Miso is fermented soybeans that are sometimes combined with barley, rice, etc. during fermentation) . They added a lot of the miso paste to the potama and while my brother's gf and sister didn't care for it too much, I thoroughly enjoyed it and ate it all! Shrimp special: 10/10 - I didn't try this one but my husband swears up and down that this is the best kind. The shrimp looked perfectly fried and golden and when he ate it, I could hear the crunch and crisp of the shrimp. I think it came with some type of tarter sauce too. We got the same potamas for the second sampler box. Overall, the price as good for how big the potamas are. I loved the protein, seafood, egg to the rice and seaweed ratio. The rice and also egg were fluffy. They don't skimp on the ingredients at all! We paid about $25 for 6 of them so it was definitely a steal! We would get this again! But I will say that these aren't as flavorful or seasoned as the musubi from the musubi cafe. I don't think the tamago was sweetened as well, but just the regular egg flavor. I prefer my tamago to be sweetened as I feel it adds a better flavor. However, these are a great alternative if you're in the area.

When in Hawaii, one must get spam musubi! When I spotted Potama at the Waikiki Food Hall; I knew I had to try this place out. Pontama offers Pork Tamago Onigiri which is an Onigiri-Sandwich with a slice of grilled spam and fried egg. The outer layers are seaweed and then the next layer is rice and in between is spam an egg.They offer six different Pork Tamale Onigiri. They have the Po-Tama, Abura Miso, Mentaiko Mayo, Katsua Konbu, Spicy Tuna Corn Salad and Cheese Ketchup. Each is $5 or you can get the Japanese Box for 6 pieces that you can mix and match.I got to try the original Po-Tama and enjoyed it a lot. I felt like it was an elevated spam musubi and was it was definitely very fulfilling. It had great flavoring. The seaweed had just the right amount of crisp, the spam was not too salty and the egg was fluffy. So ono! (I did want to note one thing that occurred however when we went here. They gave us a pager to get our dish when it was ready. When we went to go pick up our dish; they accidentally gave us the wrong dish from the garlic shrimp place next door. It managed to get all the way to our table before we realized it and the employee ended up taking the shrimp dish back and bringing us our onigiri. I did think it was a bit weird for them to take the shrimp dish back considering it was already sitting at our table. This was just a minor thing and didn't really change my impression of this place as overall I think Potama is great!)

This is located in the small food court area above Cheesecake Factory. Just keep taking the escalator up two floors. They have plenty of seatings with tables and a restroom is right next to this restaurant. We went pretty late around 8pm so it was not crowded. A very chill and relaxing time to be there. I ordered the mentaiko mayo which is usually what I get if I order an onigiri (triangle shaped type). When I first opened the package I first thought got the wrong order because I didn't see the main ingredients. But when looked closely it was there between the egg and rice. Very thinly applied. Because the spam is so salty, it overpowered all the other flavors. And because there were so little mentaiko mayo spread it was really hard to taste the flavor. The rice and egg was not seasoned which I like because the spam and the mayo should be the main flavors. But I didn't like how I couldn't taste anything other than the spam. I would rather just get the spam musubi. If you like mentaiko then get the onigiri. If they would have added more of the mentaiko mayo, it might have been a bit better. I have had this same type of musubi before so I was a bit disappointed.

We came across Pork Tomago Onigiri on our last day of vacationing in Waikiki, and I wish we had found it much earlier! It's hidden on the third floor of a shopping center, so this place probably doesn't get the business it deserves.We ordered the double shrimp tempura onigiri, and it was a huge hit with the whole family. It's been weeks, and I'm still dreaming about how good it tasted.Definitely worth going off the beaten path for this treasure!