Haili's Hawaiian Foods

 

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Emoh E.

Los Angeles, CA

I got my ahi poke!  I got my tako poke!  I got my lau lau!

There's no way to write that out without it looking strange, is there.  Oh well, I don't care - I got my poke!  I got my lau lau!

1/2 pound of ahi poke with limu.  1/2 pound ahi poke with green onions, sesame seeds, and sea salt.  1/4 pound of tako poke.  1 lau lau.

Total = 1 happy local/not so local anymore girl enjoying some of  the best things about home.

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Olivia D.

Honolulu, HI

I nearly ate a FLY that was in my kalua pig.

Boy, I bet that got your attention, huh?

In fact, I probably did ingest some fly jus, as it was sitting at the bottom of a mound of pork that had been sitting in a warmer all day. What was especially appalling about the situation was that I didn't find the fly until I was almost done with my Hawaiian plate.

Equally appalling was that the staff, when I called to inform them of the fly, did not seem too bothered by it. Granted, I should have expected that with the copious amount of flies buzzing about the Ward Farmer's Market, at least one of them would drop dead in the hot pan, but I tend to look on the positive side.

One star for their lack of empathy over my traumatic finding.

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Brenda Kaye W.

San Francisco, CA

Back by popular demand, mango haupia!  My husband, my mom and I split a mango haupia and a more traditional coconut haupia.  My husband loves the coconut-based dessert, dating back to his childhood, when he used to beg his dad to buy it for him.  My mom and I are not big fans of coconut, but Haili's haupia (both the mango and coconut varieties) has got us sold.  The texture is firm and solid, without being too hard, and it satisfies the sweet tooth without being overly sweet.

Next time I'm back in Honolulu, I'd like to get a whole lunch here.  They have all of my favorite Hawaiian foods like laulau, poi, squid luau, lomi lomi salmon, kalua pig, and Puerto Rican pasteles, too!

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.Nette T.

San Mateo, CA

Every time I visit Hawaii I have to stop by Haili's. It's in the Ward Farmers Market next to Marukai.  They've got 10 different kinds of poke, I prefer the regular poke with onions, the limu poke is not for me but there are a lot of people who like it.

The lau lau is always fresh and the pork inside is tender with bits of glistening pork fat surrounding it.  I wish they would have bigger pieces of butterfish but mmmm...good stuff!   They also have fresh pastele (like Mexican tamale) wrapped in banana leaves with pork, garlic, onions, tomato sauce, black olives, cilantro and grated green bananas.

I love haupia and the first time I went to Haili's a few years ago they were the only place that had mango haupia! When I went back they said that they stopped making it.  Booo.....

I usually stop by and grab a tub of poke before getting on a plane back to the Bay Area.

*just read B. Kaye W.'s review*

What?!  They have mango haupia again? Thanks for letting me know...I'm soooo there! I need to get my mango haupia fix next time I'm in Hawaii....

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