Hawaiian cuisine
Luau feast fare
Hawaiian cuisine blends Native Hawaiian, Polynesian, Asian, and American influences into a distinctive regional food culture.
Traditional elements include poi (taro paste), kalua pig cooked in an underground imu oven, poke (raw fish salad), and laulau (meat wrapped in taro leaves).
Plate lunches—protein with rice and macaroni salad—reflect the islands' plantation-era mix of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, and Portuguese immigrants.
Spam musubi, a slice of the canned meat on rice wrapped in seaweed, exemplifies how Hawaiian cuisine transforms humble ingredients into local staples.
We had a luau spread with all the traditional Hawaiian food.
- taroEdible tropical corm
- pineappleSpiny-skinned tropical fruit
- poiMashed taro root
- pokeSharp, quick thrust
- plate lunchCompartmentalized takeout meal
macadamia nuts · sweet bread · rice · kalua pig · breadfruit · poke bowls · poke bar · ahi tuna · luau · tiki torch · hula dancer · coconut milk · shave ice · guava · banana leaves · kabocha · lei · mahimahi
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