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The biggest culinary staple on the topside of the island,
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Kualapu'u Cookhouse
(1700
Farrington Ave., 808/567-9655, 7am-2pm Mon., 7am-8pm Tues.-Sat., 9am-2pm Sun.,
$8-11) is a plate-lunch institution where the going is easy and life moves nice and slow.
Order inside at the drab counter, but go ahead and sit outside on the open-air lanai. When
your food is ready, that's when you're going to get it. No sooner. No later. No worries. Try
the chicken katsu or hamburger steak. Live Hawaiian music on Thursday evenings at 5pm
fills out the area's lone entertainment, and on Thursdays it isn't uncommon to have a prime
rib special suddenly spring on to the menu.
