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The authentically Chinese Hotel Street.
From Hotel Street, turn left on Maunakea and proceed to the corner of King Street to the:
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Bank of Hawaii
This unusual-looking bank is not the conservative edifice you'd expect—it's guarded by
two fire-breathing dragon statues.
Turn right onto King Street, where you'll pass the shops of various Chinese herbalists. Stop at 150 N. King St., where
you'll find the:
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Yat Tung Chow Noodle Factory
The delicious, delicate noodles that star in numerous Asian dishes are made here, ranging
from threadlike noodles (literally no thicker than embroidery thread) to fat udon noodles.
Tours of the factory are not offered, but you can look through the window, past the white
cloud of flour that hangs in the air, and watch as dough is fed into rollers at one end of the
noodle machines; perfectly cut noodles emerge at the other end.
Proceed to 162 N. King St., to the:
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Viet Hoa Chinese Herb Shop
At this location, Chinese herbalists act as both doctors and dispensers of herbs. Patients
come in and tell the herbalist what ails them; the herbalist then decides which of the myri-
ad herbs to mix together. Usually, there's a wall of tiny drawers labeled in Chinese char-
acters; the herbalist quickly pulls from the drawers various objects that range from dried
