
You basically choose your fish, the type of rice (brown, white, sushi),the sauces you want (spicy mayo, shoyu or spicy volcano) and any additions like ginger, spring onions and then the size. A small bowl which is ideal for a snack is $6USD and the service is fast. Maguro Spot poke in Waikiki is a good place to try poke at a great price. Everyone had a favourite poke place and really, a lot of it depends on your taste and what you like to combine with it. Ahi or tuna is the most popular fish on top of poke. Diced cubes of raw fish (or cooked prawns or scallops) are seasoned and served as is or on a bed of rice or salad with a range of additions. Poke is one of the most delicious seafood dishes in Hawaii.

But it's a good excuse to go for a walk or if you have to drive, there's a small but busy car park. Where to find it: Leonard's Bakery is located near Kaimuki, about a 30 minute walk from Waikiki. We went twice, once at night where we waited about 15 minutes but when we went around 2pm there wasn't much of a queue at all. The only off putting thing is that there's often a long queue. We also bought some merch including t shirts and mugs (their pink mugs with a pineapple design are adorable).

These reasons why Leonard's malasadas are so good is because the dough is so light and they come out hot from the fryer, the cool custard a lovely juxtaposition against the hot and puffy dough.īuy half a dozen and they'll come out in their cute pink box. There are 9 flavours to choose from and they come either filled with custard or rolled in flavoured sugar. A malasada is a Portuguese donut without a hole and at Leonard's Bakery the malasadas are absolutely worth the hype. In a city there's always one place that people ask if you've been and on O'ahu it's Leonard's Bakery for their signature malasadas. Wahine: woman 1 - Leonard's Bakery's Malasadas Pau Hana: happy hour (pau means finished, hana means work)

Keiki: child, also seen on menus as small or child sized serves eg keiki sized shave ice is a small shave ice Here are some basic terms that you'll probably come across when you're eating out in Hawaii. But what about the beaches and jungles? Don’t worry, Honolulu has them, too.If you're on O'ahu you must try these 21 must try Hawaiian foods and drink! These Honolulu must eats are absolutely delicious, unashamedly popular with tourists and locals alike and infinitely photographable! These dishes reflect the delicious melting pot that is Hawaii with Polynesian, Japanese, Chinese and Portuguese influences. Meanwhile, newcomers continue to arrive, exerting their influence with new glass-and-steel towers that reflect the ocean and sky. They are the legacy of immigrants who brought their culture and perpetuate through menus and festivals traditions that have waned in the rest of the world.

Some restaurants are mid-century time capsules (many in the derided strip malls) - of Hawaii and America, and also of other countries, including China, Japan and the Philippines. Honolulu is about juxtapositions - not just of the oft-touted East and West, but of past and present. But this is the Hawaii where the majority of the state’s residents live and work, where its creatives have rediscovered the wisdom and beauty in Hawaii’s indigenous culture and apply it to Kakaako murals and Waikiki hotels’ interior design, to Kaimuki restaurants and Chinatown boutiques. Those in search of an “authentic” Hawaii will often bypass Honolulu, pointing to its strip malls and high-rises, to Waikiki and its crowds, as if Hawaii should be nothing but beaches and jungle.
