Jason Momoa, Morena Baccarin, and Jacob Batalon Try NYC's Best Hawaiian Food — Let's Do Lunch

Quick Overview

Jason Momoa, Morena Baccarin, and Jacob Batalon visited Narita in New York City for lunch featuring an assortment of Hawaiian dishes, including spicy spam, various poké, loco moco chicken, and galbi, with the actors sharing personal food preferences, opinions on controversial ingredients like pineapple on pizza, and discussing topics ranging from favorite food cities to hypothetical superhero fights.

Key Points: The cast sampled a large assortment of Hawaiian food at Narita in East Village, which included regular and spicy spam, scallop, yellowtail, unagi, salmon and tuna poké, bok choy salad with tempura fried oyster mushroom, loco moco chicken, and entree-sized galbi with mac salad. Jason Momoa strongly asserted that pineapple on pizza should not be called Hawaiian pizza because pineapple is a 'colonizer fruit' brought to Hawaii, stating, 'Pineapple is not from Hawaii. It's a colonizer fruit that was brought into Hawaii.' When discussing favorite food cities, Jacob Batalon chose New York, Morena Baccarin mentioned London, and Jason Momoa suggested New York or San Francisco, while the favorite country for food among the group was Italy. The group debated food opinions, with Jason Momoa stating he hates olives, and Ketchup being judged as only appropriate for fries and meat pie (or dinosaur chicken nuggets by another cast member). Jason Momoa revealed that his ideal Valentine's Day dinner date involves taking his fiancée out, but ultimately prefers eating at home for a nice dinner. In a hypothetical fight scenario involving Aquaman, Spider-Man, or Deadpool, Jason Momoa suggested Aquaman could win because he 'can just drown them both,' acknowledging Deadpool's regeneration. The meal concluded with dessert, including a chocolate halapia sundae and Hawaiian pineapple brulee, leading the guests to declare the experience 'the best modern Hawaiian I've ever had.'

Context: The video features actors Jason Momoa, Morena Baccarin, and Jacob Batalon participating in an 'Let's Do Lunch' segment where they try Hawaiian food at a restaurant called Narita in New York City, run by someone named Chong who is from Hawaii. The segment involves tasting multiple courses while the actors engage in casual conversation covering a range of topics from personal food habits and culinary debates to promoting Momoa's then-new movie, 'The Wrecking Crew,' streaming on Prime Video.