Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
kalua
Hawaiian method of cooking pork and other luau food in an
imu
kare-kare
Filipino oxtail stew
katsu
Japanese deep-fried cutlets, usually pork or chicken
kaukau
food
bundle of pork or chicken and salted butterfish, wrapped in taro and
ti
leaves and steamed
laulau
sweet-salty preserved plum a type of crack seed; also refers to the fla-
vor powder
li hing mui
lilikoʻi
passion fruit
hearty dish of rice, fried egg and hamburger patty topped with gravy or
other condiments
loco moco
lomilomi sal-
mon
minced, salted salmon with diced tomato and green onion
luau
Hawaiian feast
mai tai
tiki-bar drink typically containing rum and tropical fruit juices
sugar-coated Portuguese fried doughnut (no hole), often filled with
flavored custard
malasada
manapua
Chinese
bao
(baked or steamed buns) with
char siu
or other fillings
manjū
Japanese steamed or baked cake, often filled with sweet bean paste
miso
red, yellow or white Japanese fermented soybean paste
mochi
Japanese pounded-rice cake, sticky and sweet
musubi
Japanese
onigiri
(rice ball or triangle) wrapped in
nori
noni
type of mulberry with smelly yellow fruit, used medicinally
nori
Japanese seaweed, usually dried
ogo
crunchy seaweed, sometimes added to
poke
;
limu
in Hawaiian
Japanese take-out delicatessen, often specializing in home-style
Hawaiian and local dishes
okazu-ya
ʻono
delicious
ʻono kine
grinds
good food
pau hana
happy hour (literally 'stop work')
