Day 5.. We woke up early and headed to the North Shore side of Oahu. I heard the beaches on this side are amazing. On our way to the beaches, we saw a sign that said “Historical Town of Haleiwa.” So of course we stopped by! Lucky we did, because Matsumoto’s Shave Ice was on this street! It’s the famous dessert place showed on Rachel Ray’s $40 a Day and Unwrapped! We got the Large Matsumoto (rainbow and all flavors!) with ice Cream. Yummy! I suggest getting the one with the beans and ice cream. Heard that was really good also!

So this is how they make the shave ice dessert!

After our snack, we drove around to find real food. After seeing a few shrimp shacks, we stopped by Romy’s Prawn and Shrimp. The food wasn’t that bad, but the wait was a bit long. And eating shrimp is very messy. heh But they have a sink with soap for your convience! The fun part was actually after lunch. We strolled around the back and checked out the small lake with live prawns. Did you know you can fish for them? One of the workers actually held up a huge prawn for me to see!

I had garlic shrimp for lunch. Wonder if I should have gotten prawns since they look a lot fresher!

Video clip at Romy’s.

We stopped by Sunset Beach for a bit. Parking was very hard to find here, but we got lucky. Beautiful beach, but I would suggest bringing an umbrella. It’s quite sunny since there are no trees around!

We drove around some more and went to Pupukea Beach Park, aka Shark’s Cove. I liked it! There’s lots of palm trees and the water is shallow enough for you to walk in. Very nice to see crabs right on the beach and rocks. But if you swim out further, the snorkeling gets much better. We stayed there for several hours.

On our way back, we stopped by Waimea Bay Beach Park. The waves here are quite rough. We just sat down for an hour or so, watching the courageous people jumping off the big rock. Crazy!

Before heading home, we stopped by Breakers Restaurant and Bar for dinner. The food was good, but nothing too fancy but the service was great. I liked the atmosphere too. It’s like a tiki bar with live music!