adobo: Filipino pork or chicken cooked in vinegar, soy sauce, and garlic
ahi: yellowfin tuna
azuki: sweetened red or black beans
crack seed: popular snack of dried fruits with salt, sugar, and seasonings
dim sum: Chinese brunch of appetizer-size food, often served with tea
haupia: coconut pudding
huli huli chicken: chicken barbecued on spits over an open grill
laulau: pork, butterfish, beef, or chicken wrapped in taro leaf and then baked or steamed in an imu
li hing mui: preserved plum, a type of crack seed
lilikoi: passion fruit
limu: edible seaweed
loco moco: a fried egg on top of a hamburger, served with rice and gravy
lomi salmon: cold diced salmon, tomatoes, and onion
kalua pig: barbecued pork, cooked whole in an imu (underground oven)
katsu: pork or chicken dipped in bread crumbs and deep-fried
kimchee: Korean spicy pickled cabbage seasoned with garlic, chiles, and other spices
kona coffee: coffee from beans grown in the Kona District of the Big Island
kulolo: dessert made of baked taro root mixed with coconut milk and honey or sugar
mahi mahi: dolphinfish that can be broiled, grilled, baked, or poached
malasadas: sweet Portuguese doughnuts without a hole
mochi: cakes made out of rice
musubi: rice ball wrapped in dried seaweed (often made with Spam)
nori: dried, compressed seaweed
onaga: red snapper
ono: fish similar to mackerel or tuna
opihi: island limpets (a shellfish delicacy)
plate lunch: two scoops white rice, macaroni salad, and a local-style meat or seafood entree
poi: purple paste-like food made of pounded taro root
poke: appetizer consisting of cubed raw fish, served with seaweed
saimin: Japanese ramen-like noodle soup
shave ice: shaved ice topped with syrup, flakier than a snow cone
shoyu: Japanese word for soy sauce
ulu : breadfruit
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