“Ryan why did you drop my pans of Laulau?!” … she said… “Sorry mom”… I replied. It all began in the year 2000, it was the smell of goodness. I was brought up with this dish called Lau Lau.
My mom and uncle had a shop called “Good Deal Market”. Their Lau Lau was one of the best on the island. The shop opened on January 15, 2000. This shop was thought of by my mom. She thought of it by always making the pre frozen ones. then she told me i am going to open up a lau lau shop. once she said "open a lau lau shop" i yelled on the top of my lungs saying "oh yeah baby". As I walked into the shop I could smell the goodness of all the ingredients mixing together. My mom’s ingredients was pork butt, tea leaf, and butter fish.
She started by placing 5 tea leaf down into a star shape then places 5 pieces of pork butt in the middle and one piece if butter fish, then wraps it into a triangular shape. My grandma always use to take us to the shop to eat. As I ate my mom yells “who ate two of my Lau Lau?!” Then I would always blame it on my brother Troy. My Mom and her shop was always crowded with al lot of people every time i would go there after School i always have to yell " Hey People LEt me in or i will beat you up"…. then there reply was… " oh i am sorry"… that's when i was only 5 years old. My Mom worked really hard and then when i wanted to help her she would always push me into the big freezer .."grrrrrr" as my teeth would always shiver… Then i will always cry. then once my mom heard me cry she open the door then i would throw meat at her. She would always take care of me and let me and my brother do anything, from playing hide and seek, too knocking down my moms pots and pans.
This dish was always asked to be made from family members. This dish was a family favorite from the pot to the dinner table. My Mom always like to make this dish no matter how much time it takes she always stops and make her laulau. This dish was really good i always use to eat a lot when i saw this dish on the table. we all loved it.
