Dueling Dishes: Hawaiian Plate Lunch

This Friday in La Habra, the Ono Hawaiian BBQ chain is opening what their calling their first store in OC. You might be thinking, “Wait, isn't there an Ono in Tustin?” If you're thinking of the one on 17th Street, that one's actually called Ono...

Gross oversimplification alert: On this side of the Pacific, there are exactly three types of Hawaiian restaurants. First, you have the lunch-plate purveyors. Think L&L and its brethren at which Styrofoam containers groan under heavy loads of...

Garlic shrimp at Giovanni’s. Photo by Edwin Goei Like everyone else, you’re going to O’ahu for the sand and the surf. But as the most populous Hawaiian island, O’ahu also packs food options that are as endless as the traffic to those beaches. Seek...

If you're not In-N-Out, Chik-fil-A or one of the other proven local stalwarts such as Lucille's Smokehouse or JT Schmid's, the only sure thing of doing business as a restaurant at The District In Tustin is that someone will take your place soon...

Best plate lunch around. Photo by Edwin Goei A scoop of rice. Macaroni salad. Fried chicken. Disassemble a typical Hawaiian plate lunch to its components and you’re left with things that, by themselves, aren’t very special. But put them together...