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Plate Lunch

Plate Lunch (Hawaiian: pa mea 'ai) is a vaguely pan-Asian menu item that is part of local culture in Hawaii. While sometimes available in 'mini' form, the standard plate lunch consists of two scoops of rice ('two scoop rice' in Hawaiian pidgin) and a scoop of macaroni salad taken by an ice cream scooper, combined with one kind of meat. Fifteen or twenty meat choices are typically available at a local Hawaiian restaurant, and they include choices from a wide range of Asian cuisines (Chinese stir fry, Japanese chicken katsu) to American home cooking (hamburger patties). Image File history File linksMetadata Platelunch. ... Hawaiian is the ancestral language of the indigenous people of the Hawaiian Islands, the Hawaiians, a Polynesian people. ... State nickname: The Aloha State Official languages Hawaiian and English Capital Honolulu Largest city Honolulu Governor Linda Lingle (R) Senators Daniel Inouye (D) Daniel Akaka (D) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 43rd 28,337 km² 41. ... Hawai‘i Pidgin English (Hawaiian Pidgin English is an inaccurate label), also known as Hawai‘i Creole English, HCE, or simply Pidgin, is actually a creole language based in part on English that is widely used by residents of Hawai‘i. ... In cooking, Macaroni Salad is a salad made with cooked elbow macaroni pasta served cold and usually prepared with mayonnaise. ... Asian cuisine is a term for the various cuisines of East and Southeast Asia and for fusion dishes based on combining them. ...

One of the more interesting aspects of Hawaiian plate lunch is the repeated inclusion of SPAM, the canned pork luncheon meat made by Hormel. Spam turns up in saimin (a sort of Hawaiian ramen), in Chinese-style chow fun, and in the ubiquitous local food delicacy Spam musubi, which is a sort of huge homestyle makizushi made with sushi rice, fried or marinated Spam and nori seaweed. While often a component of plate lunches, Spam musubi is Hawaiian soul food in the extreme all by itself, and is sold everywhere in Hawaii, from 7-Elevens to mom-and-pop grocery stores. Look up Spam in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Spam may mean: Spam (food), canned meat sold by Hormel. ... Saimin is a plantation era inspired delicacy unique to Hawaii. ... A typical packet of ramen Contents of the packet The same ramen, prepared, sans the broth water and flavoring This article discusses Japanese food. ... Spam musubi made from SPAM. Spam musubi is made by taking a piece of SPAM and placing it onto of a block of rice. ... Sushi (鮨 or 鮓 or 寿司) is a Japanese dish consisting of vinegared rice combined with other ingredients such as raw fish, raw or cooked shellfish, or vegetables. ... Nori (æµ·è‹”) is a Japanese term used to refer to edible varieties of seaweed in the various species of the red alga Porphyra, including most notably and . ... Spam musubi made from SPAM. Spam musubi is made by taking a piece of SPAM and placing it onto of a block of rice. ...

A Hawaiian plate lunch is the rough equivalent to a Southern American meat-and-threes plate, although the inclusion of pan-Asian components like Korean kim chee and kal bi (spicy fermented cabbage and short ribs), Filipino lumpia (a kind of thin egg roll), Japanese teriyaki and Chinese Char siu (red glazed barbecued pork) elevate it to something very exotic to most American palates. Still, it can feature things as prosaic and familiar as a loco moco (a hamburger patty topped with a fried egg and beef gravy) or chili and beans. And while plain sticky white rice as a side dish is distinctly Asian, plate lunch is a truly regional American dish -- so much so that, like out-of-state Philadelphia cheesesteak or Chicago-style pizza restaurants, plate lunch emporiums are cropping up with more frequency outside of Hawaii, most notably up and down the entire West Coast, and oddly enough, in Las Vegas, the number one tourist destination for Hawaiians. Steve Lombardi (born April 18, 1961 in Brooklyn, New York, New York) is an American professional wrestler and road agent, better known as The Brooklyn Brawler. ... Galbi (or Kalbi) is a Korean meat dish made from beef short ribs. ... Lumpia is the Filipino word for spring roll. ... Teriyaki (照り焼き, テリヤキ) is a Japanese cooking technique where fish or meat that has been cut or sliced is broiled or grilled in a sweet soy sauce marinade. ... Char siu (Tradtional Chinese: 叉燒, Simplified Chinese: 叉烧; Mandarin Pinyin: chāshāo; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: caa1 siu1, Yale: chā siū; Min Nan: Char Sio), also known as cha siu, BBQ pork and char siew, is Cantonese-style barbecued pork. ... The most awesome dish in the world. ... Cheesesteak with Cheez Whiz and onions The cheesesteak, known outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as the Philadelphia cheese steak, Philly cheese steak, or steak and cheese is a sandwich which usually: is made with a Hoagie roll (an oblong, typically 6 or 12 piece of French or Italian bread sliced vertically... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...

External link

• The Plate Lunch Critique