Hawai‘i’s Favorite Foods

As locals say, “Broke da mouth”— in other words, “Absolutely delicious!” cookies: in assorted flavors baked on Kaua‘i, such as Kaua‘i Kookies haupia: coconut pudding kālua pig: pork smoked in an imu (underground oven) laulau: steamed fish and pork wrapped in kalo (taro) and ti leaves loco moco: hamburger patty served with gravy and topped with eggs on rice lomilomi salmon: raw, salted salmon combined with diced tomatoes and Maui onions malasada: Portuguese hole-less donut rolled in sugar manapua: Chinese meat-filled bun, steamed or baked mochi: Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice plate lunch: two scoops of white rice, one scoop of macaroni salad and a main entrée poi: mashed taro root poke: (cubed) seasoned raw fish pūpū: appetizer saimin: noodle soup with various meats, vegetables and/or dumplings

SPAM® musubi: salted rice block under a slice of SPAM, wrapped with nori (seaweed)