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Ō The Bake Shop is the brick and mortar of our brand Ōrwaiian, a Hawaiian and PNW inspired snack and bake shop. We created this brand with culture and love at its core. As a wholesale food purveyor we are open Wednesdays through Saturdays to the public. We produce and sell our scratch made mochi crunch to our wholesale accounts out of our small kitchen space in Gresham, Oregon. However, on Wednesdays through Saturdays you can come experience our mochi crunch, malasadas as well as other snack and baked goods inspired by Hawaii and the PNW.
About those malasadas…
If you don’t know, a malasada is a fried yeasted donut. A lightly sweetened, heavy on the eggs, dough that’s rolled in sugar and optionally filled. It was brought to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants and quickly became one of Hawaii’s favorite tasty treats. At Ō The Bake Shop we learned to make malasadas using our Vovo’s (Portuguese nickname for grandma) Malasada recipe. Everything is house-made from scratch. So these items are limited. We are intentional with our food, source what we can locally, and do our best to eliminate food waste. Due to our small team we make only what we can. We hope to see you soon. MAHALO NUI!
about us.
Being Ōrwaiian is a journey. Simply put it’s an Oregonian and Hawaiian. It’s a Hawaiian that’s also an Oregonian.
Like so many, Cyndi (sometimes Keahi, everyone’s Tita) and her family moved to Oregon from Hawaii and began a new life in a different beautiful place. She considers herself lucky to have been born in Hawaii (a blend of many cultures - Portuguese and Native Hawaiian herself). When she and her siblings felt a little homesick, tasting a bit of the islands relieved the pain of being offshore. Whether it was snacks from her Grandma in Hawaii or malasadas from her Vovo, the nostalgic gastronomy of Hawaii always brought her home. Cyndi eventually began cooking her way through cultural recipes and learned to make Vovo’s Malasadas and one of her favorite snacks, Mochi Crunch.
Chris is a proud PNW-er. He even has the beard to prove it. Growing up with an amazing family of cooks and bakers, he’s certainly done his best to follow in their footsteps. His love for the PNW truly shows up in his pride for being outdoors as often as possible. His thirst for travel and exploration is second only to his love and admiration for people and places. Learning to work hard at whatever it is that you do is something his parents made sure he knew. Chris’s love for doing it yourself shows up in his support for scratch made goods.
Today, inspired by their cultures, Cyndi and Chris would like to share their take on what it means to be Ōrwaiian through their food.
