Mō te tunu tuna, ko te whakaaro tuatahi o te tangata he tuna tunutunu. Kua roa e paingia ana tēnei kai reka, ā, e mōhiotia ana mō tōna reka momona, reka me te ngawari o te kakano. I roto i tēnei aratohu, ka tūhuratia e tātou te toi o te tunu tuna, mai i te whiriwhiri i te momo tuna tika ki te matatau ...
He hononga tata te onigiri nori ki tōna tikanga whakarite me tōna hiranga ahurea. He roa te hītori o ēnei kai reka rongonui a Hapanihi, ā, nō ngā wā onamata ngā tikanga whakarite me ngā tikanga kai. I te Wā o ngā Whenua Pakanga i Hapani, ko ngā Hapanihi onamata...
He mea nui te ranu soya i roto i te nuinga o ngā kai Āhia, e mōhiotia ana mō tōna reka umami me te maha o ngā momo tunu kai. Heoi, kāore i te rite te hanga o ngā ranu soya katoa, ā, mā te mārama ki te pūnaha whakatauranga ka āwhina i a koe ki te whiriwhiri i te kounga e pai ana mō ō hiahia tunu kai. ...
Mō ngā kai moana reka, he taonga nui te hua ika, ā, he maha ngā wā ka noho hei kaupapa matua. Mai i tōna āhua ahurei ki tōna reka ahurei, he mea nui te hua ika i roto i ngā momo kai maha puta noa i te ao. Engari he aha rawa te mea nei? He aha ngā rerekētanga i waenga i ngā momo...
He ranu reka, kakara hoki te ranu huamata hīhiama e whakamahia whānuitia ana i roto i ngā kai Āhia. He mea hanga noa iho tēnei me ngā kai pēnei i te hinu hīhiama, te winika raihi, te ranu pīni, me ngā mea reka pēnei i te honi, te huka rānei. Ko te āhua o te ranu he reka nati, he reka, he reka hoki...
He kai Hapanihi rongonui te sushi, kua rongonui puta noa i te ao nā tōna reka me tōna āhua toi. Ko tētahi taputapu nui mō te hanga sushi ko te whāriki pāpaka sushi. He taputapu māmā engari he maha ngā whakamahinga e whakamahia ana hei huri me te hanga i te raihi sushi me ngā whakakī kia rite ki te...
He kai reka rongonui ngā pihikete kōura, e mōhiotia ana ko ngā maramara kōura, i roto i ngā kai Āhia maha. He mea hanga mai i te ranunga o ngā kōura tapatapahi, te māngaro, me te wai. Ka hangaia te ranunga hei kōpae angiangi, porowhita, kātahi ka whakamaroketia. Ina paraihia, ina tunua rānei ki te ngaruiti, ka pupuhi ake...
He mea nui te ranu soya i roto i ngā kai Āhia, e mōhiotia ana mō tōna reka umami me te maha o ngā momo tunu kai. Ko te tukanga hanga ranu soya ko te whakaranu i te soya me te witi, kātahi ka whakapūpū i te ranunga mō tētahi wā. I muri i te whakapūpū, ka pēhia te ranunga kia...
Hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia o ngā kiritaki, hei whakawhānui ake i te whānuitanga o ngā hoko o te vermicelli Longkou, me te whakatairanga i ā mātou kai Hainamana ki te ao, kua whakaurua te tiwhikete Halal mō te vermicelli ki te kaupapa i te marama o Hune. Ko te whiwhi tiwhikete Halal he tukanga uaua e hiahiatia ana...
Mā ngā paninga, pērā i te māngaro me te paraoa pokepoke, ka puta te āhua me te kakano e hiahiatia ana, ā, ka mau tonu te reka me te makuku o te kai. Anei ētahi tirohanga ki ngā momo paninga kai e tino kitea ana hei whakatutuki i ngā hua pai rawa atu mai i ō kai me ō taputapu paninga....
Ko tētahi kaupapa wera i roto i te umanga kai ko te pikinga me te tipu tonu o ngā kai tipu. I te mea kei te piki haere tonu te mōhiotanga o te tangata ki te hauora me te tiaki taiao, he tokomaha ake te hunga e whiriwhiri ana ki te whakaiti i tā rātou kai i ngā kai kararehe, ka whiriwhiri i ngā kai tipu...
Kua noho ngā rākau hei wāhanga nui o te ahurea o Āhia mō ngā mano tau, ā, he mea nui hoki mō ngā whenua maha o Āhia ki te Rawhiti, tae atu ki Haina, Hapani, Kōrea ki te Tonga me Whitināmu. Ko te hītori me te whakamahinga o ngā rākau he mea whai pūtake mai i ngā tikanga tuku iho, ā, kua whanake haere i roto i te wā kia noho hei mea nui...