Opal Thai Food appeared in Season 15, Episode 10 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “All Family, All the Time,” which aired October 22, 2012, as a Haleiwa, Hawaii Thai restaurant serving the authentic curry, pad thai, and the fragrant Thai dishes that earned it a devoted North Shore following in a community that appreciated having
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15, ThaiBig Wave Shrimp Truck on Kamehameha Highway in Haleiwa sits on the North Shore of Oahu along the famous shrimp truck corridor that has become one of Hawaii’s most iconic food experiences, serving the garlic butter shrimp and coconut shrimp plates that the North Shore shrimp truck tradition is built around. It appeared in Season
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Fresh Catch on Kapahulu Avenue in Honolulu has been serving the fresh Hawaiian seafood and poke bowls that the islands do better than anywhere else in the world since it opened, building a menu around whatever the boats brought in combined with the Hawaiian poke traditions that have been part of the islands’ food culture
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Sweet Home Waimanalo appeared in Season 15, Episode 2 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Goin’ the Extra Mile,” which aired August 13, 2012, as a Waimanalo, Hawaii BBQ and comfort food operation serving the local windward Oahu community with scratch-made burgers, grilled meats, and the kind of from-scratch Hawaiian comfort food that earns a small-town
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Barbecue, Burgers, Comfort Food, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15He’eia Kea Pier General Store and Deli on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe sits at the edge of He’eia fishpond on the windward side of Oahu, combining a working pier general store with a scratch-made Hawaiian comfort food deli that serves the local community and the visitors who find their way to one of the most
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 15Camille’s on Wheels appeared in Season 14, Episode 13 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Coast to Coast Chow,” which aired July 30, 2012, as a Kailua, Hawaii food truck building a global street food menu around fresh Hawaiian ingredients and the creative, multicultural cooking approach that earns a mobile operation its DDD segment in a
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Season 14Jawaiian Irie Jerk Restaurant appeared in Season 14, Episode 12 of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, “Dynamic Dishes,” which aired July 2, 2012, as a Honolulu Caribbean and Jamaican restaurant bringing the jerk chicken, oxtail, and island comfort food traditions of Jamaica to a Hawaiian island that shares its own deep Polynesian food culture — a
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Carribean, Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 14Poke Stop in Mililani was chef Elmer Guzman’s tribute to Hawaii’s most beloved raw fish tradition, building a menu around poke — bite-size pieces of fresh ahi seasoned with seaweed, sesame, and salt — while expanding the concept into soups, sandwiches, and bento boxes that reflected the full spectrum of Hawaii’s local food culture. It
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Hawaii, Restaurants, Seafood, Season 9Seiju Ifuku was born in Okinawa, joined the US Army, learned to cook while serving with the 100th Battalion through campaigns in Italy and France during World War II, and eventually settled in Hawaii. In 1961 he and his wife Ayako opened Rainbow Drive-In in Kapahulu, a small neighborhood at the edge of Waikiki, serving
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Hawaii, Honolulu, Restaurants, Season 9Murphy’s Bar and Grill on Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu has been the city’s Irish pub since Don Murphy opened it in 1987, serving the classic Irish-American pub food alongside the kind of comfort food menu that makes Murphy’s the place downtown Honolulu workers end up after work and tourists end up when they venture
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