Any Hawaiians? I'm now a hawaiian food nut

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Or rather, I should say crazy about a lot of the food EATEN in Hawaii.

See, my interests fall more with Loco Moco and Spam/Kimchi Bokkumbap than with Poi and Lomi Salmon.

Not that I don't ENJOY Poi and Lomi Salmon, because I most definitely do, but stuff like Poi, and then also things like Taro Leaves (for lau lau) are really tough to get on the East Coast.

However, I can obviously get the ingredients for Loco Moco, Misoyaki Butterfish, Spam Musubi, Kimchi Fried Rice, etc.. anywhere.

I've started taking my own "plate lunches" to work. I even make my own Mac Salad! I'll take a piece of Kalbi Shortrib, some homemade kahlua pig (from crockpot, LOL), and "2 scoop rice, 1 scoop mac salad".

My next thing is going to be trying to make my own Ahi Poke and Squid Luau.

And no, I've never been to Hawaii, but I've developed an enormous obsession with the food through blogs (Ono Kine Grindz, Tasty Island, etc).

It's all the best Asian cuisines melded into one supertasty ubercuisine, and then combined with the best the USA has to offer. How did I not discover this sooner?

And why don't we have Okazuya in DC?!?!



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yup hawaii food is the ****should try lau lau that **** is killas

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HashiriyaS14 wrote:Not that I don't ENJOY Poi and Lomi Salmon, because I most definitely do, but stuff like Poi, and then also things like Taro Leaves (for lau lau) are really tough to get on the East Coast.
LOL - You actually liked Poi? I thought I was going to throw up in my mouth after eating that...

But I agree with you on the other foods - spending two weeks in Hawaii was amazing for food and fun

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i dont really care for poi either...marlin what island did you visit???

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I was on Maui, Kauai, and Oahu. Best vacation ever

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yup its way different then the mainlandyo have to come to hilo next time thats were im at

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I used to eat food with a bunch of spam in it, that stuff is tasty.Kalbi is win.And dark chocolate with macadamia nuts

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any of u guys tried spam musubi its killas

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is there anywhere in jersey where you can get hawaiian food..i ate thai food b4 its bangin..

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marlin29311 wrote:I was on Maui, Kauai, and Oahu. Best vacation ever
yeah you said it right, a nice place for vacation... not to live in, i cant wait til get back to the mainland, being able to ride for more than 1 1/2 hrs w/o going around all the way around the island would be nice...

going on road trips is something i miss very much

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why do Hawaiins love spam?

I had this conversation with the chef at the hibachi grill.

he also fessed up to eating dog at one point.

that guy rocked...did a great job too!

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biundaground wrote:any of u guys tried spam musubi its killas
Of course i have too!! I like to put Sugar in my poi.. I haven't had any in about 14 years though...

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hawaiian food = anything with pineapple :D


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