Captain Cook, Hawaii City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Captain Cook, Hawaii Travel Guide has been your connection to Captain Cook's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Food
Hawaii is a melting pot, of food that is. With influences from the Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Samoan, Thai, Vietnamese and others, bed and breakfast travelers will enjoy this fusion of flavors from around the world. Favorite meals are generally accompanied by rice, a simplified version of American macaroni salad, a fried egg, and gravy of a Loco Moco. Japanese style Tonkatsu and the lu'au favorite Kalua Pig will melt in your mouth. Other Pacific Rim cuisines include dishes such as Lobster Springrolls, Vietnamese Chile-Lime Marinade Chicken Salad, Garlic and Chile-Baked Dungeness Crabs, Teriyaki Salmon and Black Sticky Rice Pudding. The unique blend of Pacific Island and Asian flavors will delight the palette of any bed and breakfast traveler. Confide in your bed and breakfast innkeeper for some insightful advice on where to eat and where to go. Visit local restaurants or even participate in a lu’au. Where ever you choose to eat, be sure to come with a large appetite for large meals are a must in Hawaii.
At nearby Kailua Kona, bed and breakfast travelers can experience one of the finest markets in Hawaii, the South Kona Fruit Stand. Juicy tangelos, breadfruit, Tahitian limes, cherimoya and guanabana are only a few of the island fruits you will enjoy on a warm, lazy day.
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