Did you ever go to Honda’s Delicatessen in Liliha? Masu’s is there now. Honda’s had the best bento fare ever. In my head, I’m picking menu items off a shelf that bears striking resemblance to the ones they had.
Anyway, I’ll help you out by listing all the stuff I miss:
Loco Moco (The Hungry Lion’s. There is no other.)
shoyu hot dogs, shoyu chicken, shoyu pork
lau lau
portuguese sausage or spam or shoyu hotdog musubis (For the hot dogs, you cut 'em in half lengthwise, so they have a flat surface that won’t roll anywhere.)
triangular musubis, with furikake sprinkled on it
chow mein or chow fun
andagi
malasadas
teriyaki chicken
tonkatsu
chicken katsu
cold somen salad
hamburger or chicken long rice
mochiko chicken
shrimp tempura
I don’t think the Primo brand is around anymore, except for on a few T-shirts on a couple guys down in Waianae or Waiamanalo.
I second the fruit punch idea.
Some links for you:
http://www2.hawaii.edu/recipes/
http://www.royalelephant.com/food.shtml
http://naio.kcc.hawaii.edu/tours/grinds/grinds2.html
That last link in particular is totally cute.
Here’s what I remember of the song:
Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree
A Filipino Christmas tree!
Hear the dogs in the valley
(arf arf arf! arf arf arf! arf arf arf arf arf!)
And the chiiiiiiicken in Kalihi
(bwok bwok bwok! bwok bwok bwok! bwok bwok bwok bwok!)
Little do they know
they going to be adobo
Dinner for the Filipino clan!
Oh come, all you people!
Joypul and triumpant!
[There’s some line about Ewa Beach and Kalihi Uka somewhere here.]
You’ll find us in Waipahoo!
You’ll find us in Waipahoo!
Black dog roasting on an open fire
bagaong boiling on de stove…
I actually had this song on mp3 once. I wish I remembered it better than that.