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Chocolate-covered pineapple, a staple of the Honolulu Chocolate Co.
Maunakea Marketplace Food Court
Hungry patrons line up for everything from pizza and
plate lunches to quick, authentic, and inexpensive Vietnamese, Thai, Italian, Chinese, Japan-
ese, and Filipino dishes. The best seafood fried rice comes from the woks of
Malee Thai/
Vietnamese Cuisine
—it's perfectly flavored, with morsels of fish, squid, and shrimp.
Tan-
dooriChickenCafe
serves Indian culinary pleasures, from curries and jasmine-chicken rice
balls to spiced rounds of curried potatoes and a wonderful lentil dal.
Masa's
serves bento and
Japanese dishes, such as miso eggplant, which are famous. You'll find the best dessert at
Pho
Lau,
which serves haupia (coconut pudding), tapioca, and taro in individual baskets made of
pandanus. Join in the spirit of discovery at the produce stalls (pungent odors, fish heads, and
chicken feet on counters—not for the squeamish). Vendors sell everything from fresh ahi and
whole snapper to yams and taro, seaweed, and fresh fruits and vegetables.
1120 Maunakea St.,
Chinatown.
&
808/524-3409.
People's Open Markets
Truck farmers from all over the island bring their produce to Oahu's
neighborhoods in regularly scheduled, city-sponsored open markets, held Monday through
Saturday at various locations. Among the tables of ong choy, choi sum, Okinawan spinach,
opal basil, papayas, mangoes, seaweed, and fresh fish, you'll find homemade banana bread,
Chinese pomelo (like large grapefruit), fresh fiddleheads (fern shoots) when available, and
