Hawaii's plate lunch.

Sunset | October 1, 1984 | Copyright

Hawaii's plate lunch

The plate was heaped to overflowing. Barbecued ribs stacked against a steaming mound of Chinese cabbage with pork, and two hillocks of rice left little room for a scoop of macaroni salad. The counter girl was coy: "Local boys don't eat till they're full,' she said, sliding over the order, "they eat till they're tired.'

King of the daily specials in Hawaii's traveling lunch wagons and hole-in-the-wall eateries, the plate lunch is a strictly local phenomenon--as popular as the hula and just as much fun to try. Often billed as the workingman's special, ...

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