There are some unique food items here in Hawaii.  One of my favorites is the Loco Moco.  As far as I know, it is unique to Hawaii, but I’m sure there are variations of it all around the world.  This is a cheap meal that really fills me up.  If your on a diet you might want to pass on this dish as it a calorie monster.

What the heck is a Loco Moco?

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The Loco Moco with mac salad and greens.

The Loco Moco starts off with a bed of rice then a hamburger patty is put on top.  Next a fried egg is put on top the hamburger.  Finally brown gravy tops off the dish.  In many places you can replace the hamburger with other meats such as teriyaki beef, Portuguese sausage, Spam, teriyaki chicken, fish or shrimp.

This dish looks like breakfast but it is eaten more during lunch here in Hawaii.  I like mines with the egg scrambled and a little shoyu (soy sauce) on top. 

Where can I eat a Loco Moco?

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Loco Moco with Brown Rice and Mushroom Gravy

Well, if your in Hawaii you can get one at a popular local chain of restaurants called L&L.  There are 2 L&L Hawaiian BBQ restaurants in New York City as well as many in the West Coast for all you mainlanders.  If anybody knows of other restaurants that serve it let me know.

You could also try making one yourself, it is easy just remember rice, meat, egg & gravy.  You might also want to add "sleep" because it might put you into a coma trying to digest this bad boy.

Well, It is around lunch time as I write this and I’m getting hungry to so I’m going to grab a Loco Moco for lunch.  Here is another Hawaii tidbit, the Hawaiian word for delicious is "ono".  When used in a sentence you could say "That Loco Moco I ate in Hawaii was ono".

Reference:

Wikipedia Loco Moco Entry

Hawaii Restaurants