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Sydney Morning Herald
01-07-2025
- Sydney Morning Herald
Cheap eats are (thankfully) delicious in this wallet-draining paradise
Located on Kalakaua Avenue, a 25-minute stroll north-west of downtown Waikiki, the Food Truck Park serves a local version of world cuisine, from tacos to Vietnamese barbecue (meals start at around $US15/$23). For the best-value local foods head to the strip of eateries along Kapahulu Avenue, a 10-minute drive east of Waikiki. Rainbow Drive-In is a popular drive-thru (pedestrians are welcome, too), where you can order loco moco, a bed of sticky rice topped with hamburger patties (or other meat), gravy and a fried egg. This popular style of meal, the 'plate lunch', costs around $US12 ($18) and will give you energy to tackle the afternoon surf or the hike to the top of Diamond Head (Le'ahi), the volcano crater east of Waikiki. Beyond Rainbow Drive-In is Ono Seafood, a top spot for quality and reasonably priced poke, the Hawaiian dish of raw fish covered with soy sauce, sesame oil, chilli flakes and topped with ogo, Hawaiian dried seaweed. For dessert, continue north to Leonards, a Portuguese bakery that introduced malasadas, Portuguese doughnuts, to Hawaii in 1952; here a mere $US1.85 ($2.90) will bring you sugary joy. And for some of the best Asian-inspired local food, spend half a day in Chinatown, six kilometres north-west of Waikiki. For about $US15 ($23) a meal, the food hall at the bustling Maunakea Marketplace transports you to every Asian country; Maguro Brothers is a must for sushi and sashimi. Elsewhere, dotted around the surrounding grid of Chinatown streets, are great dim sum locales and bakeries. Join the throngs at Sing Cheung Yuan, a Chinese bakery, for freshly baked char siu manapua (barbecue pork in bao buns; $US3.65/$5.60) among other things. Lastly, the famous treat of Hawaii, shave ice (no, not 'shaved ice'), is available throughout Waikiki, but for atmosphere and history nothing beats Matsumoto Shave Ice in Hale'iwa, 51 kilometres north-west. Since 1951, millions of locals and visitors have ventured here for a bowl of finely shaved ice that's topped with a vibrant rainbow of syrups and your choice of ice-cream, adzuki beans mochi and condensed milk. Nothing better represents Hawaii's colours, blend of cultural influences (past and present), and intriguing flavours of Hawaii than this concoction. All for about $US5. That's sweet indeed. The details Fly Qantas' new non-stop Melbourne-Honolulu flights depart three times a week. The airline has daily Sydney departures.
The Age
01-07-2025
- The Age
Cheap eats are (thankfully) delicious in this wallet-draining paradise
Located on Kalakaua Avenue, a 25-minute stroll north-west of downtown Waikiki, the Food Truck Park serves a local version of world cuisine, from tacos to Vietnamese barbecue (meals start at around $US15/$23). For the best-value local foods head to the strip of eateries along Kapahulu Avenue, a 10-minute drive east of Waikiki. Rainbow Drive-In is a popular drive-thru (pedestrians are welcome, too), where you can order loco moco, a bed of sticky rice topped with hamburger patties (or other meat), gravy and a fried egg. This popular style of meal, the 'plate lunch', costs around $US12 ($18) and will give you energy to tackle the afternoon surf or the hike to the top of Diamond Head (Le'ahi), the volcano crater east of Waikiki. Beyond Rainbow Drive-In is Ono Seafood, a top spot for quality and reasonably priced poke, the Hawaiian dish of raw fish covered with soy sauce, sesame oil, chilli flakes and topped with ogo, Hawaiian dried seaweed. For dessert, continue north to Leonards, a Portuguese bakery that introduced malasadas, Portuguese doughnuts, to Hawaii in 1952; here a mere $US1.85 ($2.90) will bring you sugary joy. And for some of the best Asian-inspired local food, spend half a day in Chinatown, six kilometres north-west of Waikiki. For about $US15 ($23) a meal, the food hall at the bustling Maunakea Marketplace transports you to every Asian country; Maguro Brothers is a must for sushi and sashimi. Elsewhere, dotted around the surrounding grid of Chinatown streets, are great dim sum locales and bakeries. Join the throngs at Sing Cheung Yuan, a Chinese bakery, for freshly baked char siu manapua (barbecue pork in bao buns; $US3.65/$5.60) among other things. Lastly, the famous treat of Hawaii, shave ice (no, not 'shaved ice'), is available throughout Waikiki, but for atmosphere and history nothing beats Matsumoto Shave Ice in Hale'iwa, 51 kilometres north-west. Since 1951, millions of locals and visitors have ventured here for a bowl of finely shaved ice that's topped with a vibrant rainbow of syrups and your choice of ice-cream, adzuki beans mochi and condensed milk. Nothing better represents Hawaii's colours, blend of cultural influences (past and present), and intriguing flavours of Hawaii than this concoction. All for about $US5. That's sweet indeed. The details Fly Qantas' new non-stop Melbourne-Honolulu flights depart three times a week. The airline has daily Sydney departures.
