Hawaiian Food at People's Cafe in Honolulu (Guest Appearance with Grandma)

Hawaiian food is not all that well-known outside of Hawaii, despite being very delicious. But when I go back to Honolulu, along with the delights of Chinese food and other Asian foods, I've always got to have a few good meals of traditional Hawaiian food. There are a few different restaurants serving delicious Hawaiian meals in Honolulu, and a recommendation I got from some of my relatives, is a long-standing restaurant known as People's Cafe.

People's Cafe has been around for very long time. Actually I think it started about 80 years ago, though it has changed owners at least once. But the good news is the food has remained delicious and they have maintained a very good quality of home style comfort food. Most of the menu is actually Filipino food - and while I would have really liked to eat a huge Filipino meal, I decided to eat Hawaiian food this time. The next time I go back to People's Cafe, I'm going to have to eat Filipino food.

There are a couple of different Hawaiian food combination plates to order - most of them with most of the same dishes, with just a few differences - so you can pick and choose whichever one looks the best to you. I went with the classic Hawaiian plate, a platter that came with laulau, kalua pig, squid luau, lomi salmon, rice and a slice of haupia. My wife got the laulau plate and chose a few other different dishes from what I got, so that we could all share together. She got the pipikaula (short ribs), and the chicken long rice. So anyway one of the best things about People's Cafe is that they serve huge portion sizes. I'm telling you, after a meal here you should be well satisfied and ready for a nap.

The food arrived quickly, and unfortunately they had no poi the day I went, so I had to settle for brown rice. The kalua pig was excellent, very tender and had an incredible smoky flavor to it. But the real winner on the entire Hawaiian food plate was the laulau. This is typically one of my favorite Hawaiian dishes, and I have to say that at People's Cafe, they really hit the spot with their version. Laulau is a dish that includes pieces of pork and fish wrapped in taro leaves, then steam smoked. The meat becomes extremely smoky and tender, and the leaves are just fall apart soft.

Overall I would highly recommend the Hawaiian plate at People's Cafe for a delicious meal when you are in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Music in this video courtesy of Audio Network

[WhiteHope]

Loved watching one of your older videos, introducing your grandma. So sweet, I’m a grandma too. ❤

[Sweetysalado]

Your grandmother is soooo cute, reminds me so much of my great aunt. ♥

[MarkWiens]

Eating Hawaiian food at People's Cafe in #Honolulu   #Hawaii  (plus a guest appearance with Grandma!)


#eating   #foodtravel  

[jessemayra]

Your grandma is adorable!... Blessings to you and your family!... Keep up the good work!

[caribbeanpot]

grandma stole the show! Wish I did some cooking videos with my grandmothers (both gone now - 104 and 99 yr each).

[lindatripp]

Thank you for sharing you Grandmother. It was so sweet to see her. I have been enjoying your visit home very much.

[taylermisener]

Your grandma looks so sweet and looks like she is absolutely loving having you there.

[dganir]

Grandma's response to being in the spotlight: Whatevah.

[garshere]

Nothing is much sweeter if you are with your family enjoying eating together...

[bebebutterfield]

Mark you have met your match. Po Po is cuter than you. Shes adorable! This all looks good and TY for sharing.

[koizumialison]

That grandma is so adorable!! I love her

[sandranokes]

Blessings and hugs for your Grandmother.

[bnnhbnnhbunnie]

This is a really sweet video of your having a meal with your grandma! When will we see Ying? She looks really cute and I bet she has a sense of humor too!

[Rondadoreronda]

This is the moment, love of sweet Aloha.  Nothing is more delicious and precious time than having a meal with your family. 
This is one of the best video I've ever seen.  Thank you for sharing it.

[bgishy]

Your grandmother is so precious!! I love her!

[TheLicewine]

I just like to watch you eat and with your granny - priceless! ty, chris

[nvillanueva]

I'm glad you like my relatives hawaiian food restaurant in Honolulu. .I enjoy watching your videos

[wanderingphotog]

Awesome, Mark! haha...the shot when your grandmother and you both were eating and looked up at the same time was great! What a nice way to spend time with your grandma and have a nice memory of the outing. The food looked delicious, too. 

[JannahPerkins]

I'm so distracted by your grandma.. I kept missing what you eating lol she reminds of my grandma.

[billymcmonagle]

Love your Grandma Mark, lovely to see her she is so sweet