Hawaii Food: 16 Mouthwatering Hawaiian Dishes!

Sure there are lots of beautiful beaches, volcanoes and green mountain in Hawaii, but nothing compares to Hawaiian food.

With a mixture of local and foreign cultures mingled together on the islands of Hawaii, there has been a food development that is one of the tastiest in the world. Local style Hawaii food is a mixture of flavors with many rooted in Asian cuisine.

Throughout this video I'll give you an overview of the the top 16 Hawaii food dishes you should eat when you visit the islands of Hawaii. You can eat these dishes in Honolulu or even throughout the islands of Hawaii.

In case you want more information, I'll go ahead and list all the foods right here so you can take a look.

1. SPAM - Yup, it's one of the most popular things to eat in Hawaii, especially when it's fried up and served with rice.

2. SPAM Musubi - Spam fried and added to a block of rice and wrapped in seaweed.

3. Portuguese Sausage - Following SPAM, Portuguese sausage is a really popular Hawaiian food for breakfast.

4. Teri Chicken Plate Lunch - The trio of teriyaki chicken, rice and macaroni salad makes a great lunch in Hawaii!

5. Mahi Mahi Plate - I also love to eat plate lunches made from fried mahi mahi fish.

6. Loco Moco - A huge container filled with rice, hamburger patties, eggs and brown gravy on top.

7. Barbecue Ribs - Hawaiian style pork ribs!

8. Chow Fun - Noodles in Chinese style but with an added touch of Hawaiian flavor!

9. Poke - One of my favorite Hawaiian dishes to eat is called Poke, raw cubes of marinated fish - normally ahi tuna.

10. Mussels Poke - Another favorite on the islands is similar to poke but made with mussels instead of fish.

11. Ocean Salad - Seaweed salad marinated in sesame oil.

12. Poi - The traditional staple in the islands is a pudding like paste made from taro root.

13. Laulau - Another Hawaiian staple is laulau made from taro leaves and pork.

14. Malasadas - Sweet Portuguese donuts, deep fried and dusted in sugar granules are absolutely fantastic!

15. Chocolate Haupia Pie - It's one of the tastiest dessers the islands have to offer - sweet and coconut flavored.

16. Shave Ice - Of all the Hawaii local style food, barely anything is as famous or well loved than shave ice!

Enjoy eating these foods!

[DavidSaintloth]

Hilarious how your production values have advanced in the years. I just went from watching the advanced video and audio production of the Brazil street food tour to stepping back in time 7 years to see this video and it's very to see how you've grown in your coverage of these amazing foods from countries around the world! Here's to another 7 years!

[MarkWiens]

Yes! The pie is from Ted's on the North Shore and a few of those plate lunches are from Rainbow's. You're going to enjoy it!

[MarkWiens]

Yah, I love taro as well. The paste is slightly sour and the consistency of a pudding. It's eaten as a main staple starch in Hawaiian food.

[MarkWiens]

I agree! I think about the food more than anything else in Hawaii.

[matteedeonarine]

The Hawaiian dishes looks so Mark how time change an age look so different then...keep up the good work.

[MarkWiens]

Awesome, poke is my favorite thing on the list!

[KnowTrentTimoy]

Fantastic foods but my all time favorite is MUSUBI.  Nothing like a nice block of white sticky rice with a nice layer of fried spam and wrapped in fine seaweed...absolute heaven.

[eileenbento]

It will be 18 yrs since I left Hawaii..and gosh, this made my mouth water..everything looks so ono! Thanks Brahdah Mike,  Aloha!

[MarkWiens]

I don't think things can get much better than a pound of poke in hand with a beer on the side. That's a pure slice of paradise! Thanks for watching this video!

[MarkWiens]

Thank you! Yah, I was in Singapore just for a few days a few years ago - I would love to return for a food visit!

[hitachicordoba]

I'm lucky to have grown up in Gardena, CA with many ono Hawaiian and Japanese restaurants. Want to eat the real kine sometime soon though!

[MarkWiens]

I do too Michael, makes a killer combo!

[MarkWiens]

Cool, thanks so much for sharing, and glad to hear that delicious shave ice combo. I don't think I've ever had green tea shave ice flavor - going to have to try that sometime!

[MarkWiens]

Hey, no problem, I love Hawaiian food!!

[arshenry]

You need your own eating show man. Love your videos!

[MalMilligan]

Everything looked great. When I was a kid living on Kauai (in the 60's) we used to get meat on a stick for a special treat. I remember the distinct flavor... it was terriyaki based and sweet.

[MarkWiens]

Wow, I've never had that, but sounds delicious!

[rjx]

I live on that side of the island, if you want good Loco Moco on the Leeward side, i'd recommend Hannara in Waianae as have good hamburgers and gravy. If you're in Kapolei, En Fuego has the best Garlic Chicken/Spicy Garlic Chicken/Mochiko Chicken on this side. If you want good Hawaiian food, Highway Inn in Waipahu is the best place to go, they're known for their beef stew. If you get that, don't forget to add the chili pepper water to spice it up.

[MarkWiens]

I'm with you! Too bad I didn't have a chance to grab any garlic shrimp this time.... but I'll always go back to Hawaii!

[scrapstress]

I miss Hawaii so much I'm salivating over that Portuguese sausage and Mahdi Mahdi plate