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Lomi Lomi Salmon (Hawaiian Salted Salmon Salad)
Salted salmon massaged by hand with tomato, sweet onion, green onion, and crushed ice, the cool Hawaiian lūʻau bowl that brightens the table beside poi, laulau, poke, and kālua puaʻa.
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Pohole Salad (Hawaiian Hōʻiʻo Fiddlehead Fern Salad)
Crisp Hawaiian hōʻiʻo fiddleheads, blanched quick and tossed with tomato, sweet onion, dried shrimp, shoyu, sesame, and rice vinegar, the upland picking brought to the lūʻau table.
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ʻOpihi Paʻakai (Hawaiian Limpets with Sea Salt and Limu)
Raw Hawaiian ʻopihi, served cold in the shell with paʻakai, limu, and a little ʻinamona if you like, the lūʻau delicacy that means somebody loved the table enough to risk the rocks.
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Kalo Rolls (Hawaiian Taro Bread)
Soft Hawaiian kalo rolls, lavender from poi (pounded taro) and tender with butter, baked pull-apart for the lūʻau (feast) table, the potluck pan, or breakfast.
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ʻUala Kō (Hawaiian Honey-Roasted Sweet Potato)
Purple Hawaiian ʻuala roasted until soft at the center and crisp at the edges, then glossed with island honey, butter, and paʻakai for the sweet side of the lūʻau plate.
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Ogo Limu Salad (Hawaiian Seaweed Salad)
Hawaiʻi's reef bowl, ogo limu blanched crisp, dressed with tomato, sweet onion, shoyu, vinegar, and sesame, then brought to the lūʻau table beside fish, poi, and every cousin who came hungry.
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ʻAʻama (Hawaiian Black Rock Crab with Paʻakai)
Hawaiʻi's reef-gathered ʻaʻama, the small black rock crab from the shoreline stones, boiled quick in salty water and picked whole at the lūʻau table beside ʻopihi.
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Pipikaula (Hawaiian Salt-Dried Beef)
Hawaiʻi's paniolo beef, salted and dried until chewy, then glossed with shoyu, sugar, ginger, and garlic and broiled for the lūʻau table.
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Haupia (Hawaiian Coconut Pudding)
Cool Hawaiian haupia, coconut milk set firm with pia or arrowroot and cut into white squares, the quiet sweet finish after kālua puaʻa, poke, laulau, and poi have fed the whole table.
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Chicken Long Rice (Hawaiian Ginger Chicken and Glass Noodle Soup)
Hawaiʻi's lūʻau comfort: shredded chicken, slippery long rice noodles, and a clear ginger broth that drinks halfway to soup, born from Chinese hands and kept at the local table.
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