Honolulu 7-Visit FOOD BIBLE

🦐 1-LB CORAL SHRIMP – DOCK PRICE 📍 1125 Ala Moana Blvd (Commercial Fishing Pier) Ask the captain “when will the boat unload?” – buy straight off the ice, 16 $/lb. Bring cash + cooler; cook in hotel microwave = 5-star surf’N’turf for 4 $. Best time: 06:30-08:00 Sunday. 🚢 🦐 JENNYS SHRIMP TRUCK – NORTH SHORE MVP 📍 66-532 Kamehameha Hwy, Haleiwa Garlic-butter lake over rice; spice level you choose (go “Hot” if you can handle sinus-clear). Line shorter than Giovanni’s, flavor = personal Hours: 10:30-17:00 (closed Tue); hit before 11 or after 15 to skip bus-tour tsunami. 🚌 🐟 MAGURO BROTHERS – WAIKIKI OMAKASE 📍 2250 Kalākaua Ave (inside Waikiki Food Pantry building) Counter seats 8 – feel like kitchen confessional. Must: Hokkaido scallop, Big-eye tuna, Santa Barbara uni shooter, Kona oyster. Lunch set 35 ;dinneromakase90 (book day before). Uni sells out by 14:00 – run. 🦪 🔥 HELENA‘S HAWAIIAN FOOD – LOCAL LEGACY 📍 1240 N School St – 10 min Uber from Waikiki Since 1946; James Beard medal on wall. Order sheet: Pipikaula (smoked beef rib), Fried Ahi Jaw, Laulau (pork in taro leaf). Purple poi – thick wall-paste; first-timers share 1 portion = enough. Closed Sun/Mon; cash only ATM inside. 💵 🍣 FURUSATO SUSHI – UGLY PHOTO / BEAUTIFUL FISH 📍 2424 Kalākaua Ave (basement, looks 1995) Sashimi cuts NYC-thick, price half. Hidden from tourist flood = zero wait at 15:00. Ask for “chef’s choice” – they’ll throw in seasonal flown-that-morning. 📸 🍜 RAMEN NAKAMURA – 2 A.M. LIFE-SAVER 📍 2141 Kalākaua Ave Open till 02:00 – line out door at 01:30 (proof humans never sleep). Pro tip: order oxtail soup REQUEST “less salt” – kitchen heavy hand fixed. Add onsen egg + kaedama noodles when stamina low. 🥚 🍍 ROADSIDE FRUIT – NORTH SHORE EASTER EGG Drive Kamehameha Hwy; spot handwritten “PAPAYA 2 $” signs. Stop, cash, talk story, eat in car – juice guaranteed better than supermarket GMO. Season: Nov-Apr white pineapple, May-Sep mango. 🥭 🍶 IZAKAYA UOSAN – PRETTY BUT CITY-SIMILAR 📍 1221 Kapiolani Blvd Instagram cute; if you’re from Beijing/Shanghai/LA/NYC you have equal at home. Oyster quality → go back to Maguro Brothers for ocean punch. 🦪 ⭐ MISSED THIS TRIP – STILL LEGIT 1️⃣ Ono Seafood (747 Kapahulu) – locals’ poke, mix your own shoyu %. 2️⃣ Island Vintage Shave Ice (2201 Kalākaua) – surprise liliko‘i syrup + snow cap. 3️⃣ Island Vintage Coffee (2301 Kalākaua) – Taro bagel + lox; also espresso that punches jet-lag. ☕ 💡 MICRO HACKS Bring cash for shrimp trucks & Helena’s – card machines love to “break”. North-Shore traffic Sat/Sun 15:00-19:00 = parking lot; eat early or late. Reef-safe sunscreen only – they WILL confiscate neon chems at state parks. 🧴 Pack cooler bag – buy 2 lbs coral shrimp, fly home, instant party hero. 🎉 #US #Hawaii #Honolulu