Hawaiian Shave Ice Anyone?

See the above?  It looks like a conch shell, but guess what?  It’s not. It’s white chocolate disguised as a shell thanks to the Four Seasons Maui (we were there for a  Daily Candy story).  Awesome.  Okay, so we went to Hawaii and we had a blast, but what we did not have was a Hawaiian shave ice.  We are bad parents.  Luckily, a few blocks from our house in Del Rey is Rutt’s Café, an authentic Hawaiian café where we have eaten big fattening breakfasts before.  I promised Sebastian that this summer, we’ll ride our bikes over there and taste a real Hawaiian shave ice. It’s not Maui, but it will have to do. On that note, I recently read an article that our fave ice cream spot, Milk, will be serving up some super special shave ice only on weekends.  Tamarind-chili shave ice anyone?  Not authentic, but we look forward to comparing the two!