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Top food to try in Honolulu

6 dishes to eat in Honolulu, what is in them, and where they belong.

Last updated 2026-08-09

1. Poke

Poke
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Raw cubed fish with soy, sesame and onion, sold by weight from supermarket counters.

2. Plate lunch

Plate lunch
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Two scoops of rice, macaroni salad and a protein — the everyday local meal.

3. Kalua pig

Kalua pig
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Pork slow-cooked in an underground imu oven, the centrepiece of a luau.

4. Malasadas

Malasadas
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Portuguese doughnuts without a hole, rolled in sugar and eaten hot.

5. Shave ice

Shave ice
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Finely shaved, not crushed, with syrup and often ice cream or azuki beans underneath.

6. Spam musubi

Spam musubi
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Grilled spam on rice wrapped in nori — genuinely beloved, not a joke.

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