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Big Island Hawaiian food centres on: Kona coast (coffee, deep-sea fishing, aʻu/marlin, resort cuisine), Hilo side (farmersʻ market culture, local “local” food, saimin, Portuguese bean soup). The Big Island is where Peter Merriman built HRC on direct farmer relationships and where Kona coffee defines the agricultural identity. The volcanic soil produces the most distinctive terroir in Hawaiʻi.
Regional Hawaiian
1. Big Island plate lunch from a Hilo counter: kalua pig, rice, mac salad, lomi-lomi salmon.
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