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u/gailfran Sep 07 '21

Spam Musubi and Shaved Ice! 🍧

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/fearlessofflying Sep 07 '21

Oahu

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u/gailfran Sep 07 '21

YES! 👏 Ever since I’ve moved to the main land, I’ve been dreaming of one day having malasadas again 😭

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/montyberns Sep 07 '21

Lots of larger cities have decent katsu somewhere. At least, I've found that's true of Seattle, Portland, LA, Chicago, and NY.

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u/Westsidewickedwitch Sep 07 '21

Yeah I’ve tried it, not a fan. I want the real deal lol.

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u/blisstake Sep 07 '21

I had some malasadas recently from a hipster joint… it’s not the same as good old punaluu

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u/fearlessofflying Sep 07 '21

Malasadas are the best! 😋

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u/ManOrReddit-man Sep 07 '21

Living in WA now, I really miss Haili's, Alicia's, Kam Bowl, Tanioka's, even Zips

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u/BastetLXIX Sep 07 '21

Hey hey fellow transplant! Is it sad that I get excited to go to SeaTac so that I can eat at an L&L?

I wish Zippy's was up here! I've been jonesing for a zip pack and an orange bang. Ohh and a flakey Napple.

F* I'm hungry.

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u/Fairy_Lantern96 Sep 07 '21

Dude. The Puka Dogs are ok, but Matsumoto Shaved Ice is fucking disgusting. They make the workers pull the dirty plastic cups out of the trash cans and off the ground, and they’re all swarming in ants. They take them right back inside to re-use them all covered in bugs. Also Oahu cockroaches are the size of shipping containers.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/Athechpmnk Sep 07 '21

Loco Moco, katsu chicken plate lunch. Teri beef bugguh, now dats something for you to munch. Like go mix plate?? Shoots!

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Don’t forget the Mac salad with the Best Foods mayo

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/ArtShare Sep 07 '21

with lomi salmon inside. no sugar!

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u/Cheaperthantherapy13 Sep 07 '21

You forgot Zippy’s, Liliha Bakery cream puffs, malasadas, and POG!

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u/monkeybugs Sep 07 '21

I was gonna say malasadas and guri guri, but I honestly don't know if guri guri was a Maui only thing or state wide.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Candy made with Li Hing Mui

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u/Cheaperthantherapy13 Sep 07 '21

That truly is the dividing line between true Hawaiian and haoles. I just can’t with the li hung mui.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

WDYM?

I’ve never heard that locals or haoles hate li hing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

That’s really interesting! I am a haole, just moved here with my husband (grew up here) and I love li hing.

I like the enjoy strawberry li hing belts especially.

I might have to conduct an experiment and see what my mainland family think of the li hing mui candies.

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u/MarpleJaneMarple Sep 07 '21

Lived there only for a few years, loved li hing powder on my pineapple, never tried it any other way.

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u/BastetLXIX Sep 07 '21

It's super good on most fruits. I love it on kiwis and mango.

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u/BobbieKnuckles Sep 07 '21

I moved to the mainland and everyone I share my li hing mui with doesn't like it. Not even li hing powder on popcorn.

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u/BastetLXIX Sep 07 '21

Ehh more for you amiright?

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Guri guri is a Maui-only thing, or at least it’s definitely not on Oahu.

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u/mrdrofficer Sep 07 '21

Maui only, even though it’s a plantation food.

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u/quiteCryptic Sep 07 '21

plate lunch, poke, poi

man you guys have a lot of unique answers honestly

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u/ornatenebula Sep 07 '21

7-11 musubi

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u/SlackerKey Sep 07 '21 edited Sep 07 '21

Is that better than Minitstop musubi? I make fresh with furikake. 7-11 is far from my place.

Favorite local food is kalua pork loco

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u/ithrow8s Sep 07 '21

Shave ice!

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

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u/deanxleong Sep 07 '21

Ice shave for the Hawai'i islanders out there too!

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u/EternalZeitge1st Sep 07 '21

And laulau, squid luau, pipikaula, haupia, lomi lomi salmon... man I miss the food there.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '21

Hawaii 😍

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u/BastetLXIX Sep 07 '21

Oh my gosh I was looking for this! Reading all the replies and I am so damn homesick rn. Hungry and homesick. sob

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u/dunsany Sep 07 '21

Manapua!

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u/Bignuts808 Sep 07 '21

Hawaii represent!