Hawaiian
The Hawaiian food truck is not a trend. It is the natural evolution of the plate lunch tradition: extraordinary food from minimal kitchen infrastructure, served to anyone who shows up. Giovanniʻs Shrimp (HI-82), Tin Roof (Sheldon Simeon), numerous poke trucks, Spam musubi trucks, and shave ice trucks represent a food delivery system that is democratic, affordable, multicultural, and deeply Hawaiian. The food truck IS the plate lunch freed from the counter: it goes to the people rather than waiting for the people to come. The format connects to every Pacific communal feeding tradition: the umu feeds the village, the lūʻau feeds the family, the food truck feeds the street.
1. A shrimp truck on the North Shore: garlic shrimp, rice, served on a paper plate, eaten on a tailgate.
A shrimp truck on the North Shore: garlic shrimp, rice, served on a paper plate, eaten on a tailgate.
Pacific Migration Trail