Hawaiian Plate Lunch

The Hawaiian plate lunch is the ultimate comfort food — two scoops of white rice, macaroni salad, and a protein (kalua pork, teriyaki chicken, or loco moco — a rice bowl topped with a hamburger patty, fried egg, and brown gravy). Shave ice (finely shaved ice drenched in tropical syrups) is the essential dessert. Poke bowls — fresh raw tuna or salmon with soy, sesame, and vegetables — were born in Hawaii and are now famous worldwide.