How to Eat Traditional Hawaiian Food in Honolulu (in HD)

How to Eat Traditional Hawaiian Food in Honolulu (in HD)
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Even after eating lots of different cuisines, Hawaiian food still ranks as a favorite. Whenever I’m in Hawaii, I’m always happy to dine on luau style foods from the islands.

Here’s a quick rundown of the traditional dishes I eat during this video.

The first thing is called poi. Poi is Hawaii’s staple dish. It’s a thick starchy pudding paste like substance that’s slightly fermented so it’s a little sour. The paste goes great with lomi salmon or other vegetables.

Chicken long rice, though Chinese in origin, has become one of the popular Hawaiian foods. It’s basically just long glass noodles cooked in chicken soup and served with pieces of chicken in it.

Laulau is the next dish on the list. The popular dish can either be made with pork, chicken or sometimes fish and it’s wrapped in luau leaves. The leaves and meat cook together into a spectacular flavor.

Lomi lomi salmon is the combination of tomatoes, onions, and raw salmon. The luau dish is common and is really good when eaten alongside a bowl of poi.

Poke is the sushi of the islands. Though it can be made from a variety of fish, the most common is cubes of ahi tuna marinated in soy sauce and sea salt. The tender cubes of fresh fish are wonderful!

Fruit, like Hawaiian pineapple is always great for dessert!

Though traditional Hawaiian food has adapted to the many cultures in Hawaii (now including things like SPAM musubi and chicken katsu), there are still so many uniquely Hawaiian dishes origination from Polynesia.

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28 Comments

  1. Let me help you out here Mark. IMO, poi can only be described as bland and flavorless. It's not supposed to be sour and unfortunately not sweet or salty. It's served at room temperature and honestly, I can't call it pudding because it's got a watery-base and It's not even jello. It's a confusing dish to eat and as well to look at. LOL (wth is it?)

  2. Hawaii was my second home. I have family on Oahu. You got the food perfectly, in this and the previous video. I think poi taste and looks like Elmer's glue. I love that type of taste, but the taste is not for everyone.

    Thank you for going to "Da" (the) Islands" for "Da" food. Mahalo (thank you)

  3. What is traditional Hawaiian food? You need to clarify what time period you are talking about. For me, the Hawaiian food that I ate, while growing up in the 1940's, was poi, lau lau w/ butterfish, lomi lomi salmon, pipi kaula, limu kohu and sweet round onions. I forsake all others. Hawaiian food can also include raw beef liver, lomi raw fish, chili peppers, raw fish guts, kalua pig, sea urchins, sea weeds, chicken/pork luau, and chicken long rice. Recent addition is poke, which is less bloody than lomi raw fish. I am sure that I have miss a few others. I live in Texas and keep poi in the freezer just for reminiscing.

  4. pineapple isn't indigenous to Hawaii… that is definitely not a "traditional" item. Its things like this that make people associate Hawaiians with pineapples. Yes we are a huge source (in modern era) for pineapple because the climate allows year round growing, however I hate when people think things are Hawaiian just because of a pineapple.

  5. I did not care for poi, I found it too salty and pasty. The roasted pig I had was some of the best meat I have ever eaten. It is amazing to see their process of preparing the pig in the ground to cook all day.

  6. If you think poi will taste good then you are correct unless you don't think it won't taste good then it won't taste good it will taste bad if you think it tasted bad it will taste good if you think it tastes good

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