Oahu Food GuideUpdated Jan 24, 2021
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Key
★ = Worth a stop ★★ = Worth a detour ★★★ = My top picks |
Bakeries, Pastries, Desserts
Restaurants
- Uncle Clay's (shaved ice)
- Chau's Fresh Fruit (fruit + smoothies + sugarcane juice)
- Teruya's Andagi (sweet potato mochi + andagi/okinawan donut)
- Da Angadi Guy (andagi donuts on wednesday outside Don Quijote)
- Leonard's Bakery (any malasada without filling here is great, especially the li hing. the fillings are not good)
- ★ Holey Grail Donuts (turmeric tangelo donut, lilikoi, guava, miso & other taro donuts)
- ★ Pipeline Bakeshop (try the fresh li hing malasada)
- ★ Breadshop (city loaf, brioche, danish, pastries)
Restaurants
- Diamond Head Market & Grill (for the mixed plate)
- Adela's Country Eatery (unique noodles + braised beef & lechon)
- Chubbie's Burgers (very good burger food truck)
- The Pig & The Lady & Piggy Smalls (pho french dip, vegan pho, soup specials, etc)
- Kokohead Cafe (for brunch)
- Cream Pot (soufflé pancakes + cheesecake french toast)
- Marukame Udon (curry nikutama + tempura)
- ★ Nanzan Giro Giro (kaiseki style)
- ★ Helena's Hawaiian Food (luau squid, ribs, laulau, butterfish, etc)
- ★ Miro Kaimuki (tasting menu)
- ★ Tanioka Market (garlic ahi poke over sushi rice + garlic fried chicken)
- ★ Tonkatsu Tamafuji (tonkatsu set)
- ★★ Sushi Sho (incredible omakase + chirashi takeout. this would be Michelin star elsewhere)
