In addition to that, we want to continue to support our community by locally sourcing with farmers in Hawaii and the DMV area to protect our environment by sustainable sourcing.Ībunai means to take risks and our founder did by moving 4500 miles away from her family in Hawaii to the East coast for college and furthering her education in an MBA at New York University. Abunai’s mission is to have a purpose in bringing a positive impact for the community by providing accessible healthy and affordable foods and feeding our youth by offering children under 12 years old to eat free at the Abunai DC location. What does the Aloha spirit mean to us? It means spreading the love and affection to others with no obligation in return.

Our mission is to spread the Aloha spirit and bring you the taste of Hawaii by serving up Hawaiian and local dishes. She was acknowledged and recognized by Mayor Bowser of DC, Senators of Hawaii, United States Representatives of Hawaii, and the Governor of Hawaii for being a successful minority woman business leader in Washington, DC. A year later, she opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant in DC and Philly. Upon graduation, she started her own food truck called Abunai in 2016 serving Hawaiian and local dishes in Washington, DC. The reality is, while all these big streamers may be friends, they are mixing in business at the end of the day with what they do for a living, especially if they mainly interact on-stream too.

She might be the first stream so far to speak on blending business’s and personal relationships. Our founder and CEO is a minority woman, part Japanese and Native Hawaiian, from Honolulu, Hawaii who moved to the east coast for college. Poki stands out as someone who’s VERY business savvy.

Poki and toast living in a house