The Hawaiian Plate Explained

The restaurants, the factories, the farmers, the history, the origins.

	Hawaiian Plate: A 20th Century Invention Just how old is the Hawaiian plate, anyway? Read
	Hawaiian Plate Timeline The roots of the “Hawaiian” plate: who came, what they brought and the food that eventually made it on the plate. Read
	Laulau: how it's made Watch Keoki's Lau Lau Factory, which makes up to 8,000 laulau a day, in action. Plus, Highway Inn shows the step-by-step process. Read
	Where are the Hawaiians? Most of our Hawaiian food institutions are not owned by Hawaiians. Also, meet an outspoken pa‘i ‘ai pounder...who's not Hawaiian.  Read
	Luau Leaf Dynasty All the people who used to grow wetland taro leaf were in Thelma Wong's family—and they still are now. Read
	Pre-Contact Diet What did it look like? Read
	Where's the kalua pig? Does kalua pig in restaurants really come from an imu? Read

Directory

Haili’s Hawaiian Food, 760 Palani Ave., 735-8019, hailishawaiianfood.com.

Helena’s Hawaiian Food, 1240 North School St., 845-8044, helenashawaiianfood.com.

Highway Inn, 94-226 Leoku Street, Waipahu, 677-4345, myhighwayinn.com.

Ono Hawaiian Foods, 726 Kapahulu Ave., 737-2275.

Waiahole Poi Factory, 49-140 Kamehameha Highway, Kaneohe, 239-2222, waiaholepoifactory.com.

Young’s Fish Market, 1286 Kalani St., 841-4885, youngsfishmarket.com.

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