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Poor Man's Huli Huli Chicken

4.6 (12 reviews)
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Li Y.

How can a person resist a perfectly bbq chicken hulihuli style. Love finding these treasures while driving around our beautiful island, or in this case cruising on Instagram! After seeing the post on IG made a drive out to this wagon. Instantly recognized the cook known as John Wayne. Boy was he cooking up a storm..! And the scents coming off of the grill... pure bliss! Chicken perfectly seasoned and still moist. Price is crazy reasonable. For just $20 one gets 3 quarters of a chicken, rice and corn. If you don't want the sides you can opt for four pieces of chicken instead. Be sure to bring cash. No cards accepted here. While driving down Kamehameha Highway be sure to look for the bright blue sign or white truck... or just follow your nose. Truck located just past the hygienic store between Kaneohe and Kahalu'u!

Ila L.

We walked up ordered and sat at the tables. Our wait wasn't long and he was so friendly. The chicken was so AMAZING! The skin had amazing flavor and it was juicy! Soon after we got our food people started pulling up too... next time we're in town we will be back!!!

plate on the left is poor man's plate of chicken thighs rice and corn
maya h.

Seasoned amaaaazing, chicken was SO juicy and tender genuinely some of the best chicken i've ever had I didn't even need to use any of the sauces they had out. Rice was cooked nicely corn was canned. Service was meh they didn't even speak to me or acknowledge me until their son came out and took my order and made it. Granted it was 6pm end of the day so they were probably just tired.

The owner of this spot was so kind and gave us yummy free drinks along with our delicious dinner! Highly recommend.

Owner was so kind and gave us drinks on the house with our delicious dinner! Highly recommend supporting this local business.

Rotisserie pit!

If you are looking for huli huli chicken on the windward side this is the place! So good and done on open rotisserie.

My mouth is watering just thinking about the flavors! 12/10

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I got 2 plates of all chicken. My family enjoyed it. The older man gave me a drink on the house too. I think it was otai lol

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4.3(33 reviews)
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There's only 1 guy working and totally crushed it (in a good way). Looked up local food trucks…read morenearby that sells fresh shrimp plate lunches near Kaneohe, and this one popped up and looked bomb. Totally worth it and would tell all my local friends and fam about this place because the food was that ono!!! We ordered the steak fried rice, the garlic shrimp and chicken plate, the coconut shrimp, and the Hawai'i chop steak plate. All fireeeeeee!!! About $18/each. Cash only! Support this local braddah. He doesn't say much, all business, but his food speaks volumes. My favorite was the fried rice, so tasty and garlicky, it was hard to put down my fork. Mahalo Nome Ono!! Last but not least, the location is situated right off a roundabout next to a HUGE banyan tree, and has views of the valley with picture perfect palm trees overlooking the Ahuimanu stream inlet. Couldn't have been a more enjoyable experience! The only con was the flies that swarmed around our food were a bit annoying, so had to keep shoo-Ing them off..but at least there weren't mosquitos. Can't help the flies wanted in on the delicious food too! Haha, we'll live.

Lunch in Kaneohe, O'ahu, Hawai'i…read more.. Located in the parking lot, next to the Hygienic Store, Nome Ono Food, is a relatively new Food Truck. It was a rainy, overcast day, and the unpaved parking lot was muddy and wet. There was a tarped area with picnic tables and benches, but we didn't want to stay and eat because of the flies. I think there would be feral chickens if it wasn't raining. We both ordered Steak Fried Rice ($18 cash only) from the cheerful, helpful man. The food came out really hot in the takeout container. Luckily, I had a towel so that my niece could hold our meals on her lap in the car without getting burned. The fragrance of the food was delicious! It was torture driving to Windward Mall! We couldn't wait to find a table in air conditioning and sit down! We both dove into our containers. Everything looked good and had yummy flavor. Too bad the steak was a bit chewy from the gristle. Maybe next time, we should share a crab fried rice for $29?

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5.0(9 reviews)
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Takeout lunch from Kaneohe, O'ahu, Hawai'i…read more.. Located on the left side of Kahekili Highway, headed towards the North Shore, Trydis is a bright red food truck. Look for it when you pass the traffic circle by the Hygenic Store. I parked right there at the store's gravel parking area. The menu was intriguing and the fragrances were inviting! The woman inside the truck was very friendly! I appreciate the Kama'aina discount! The man outside the truck had the Aloha Spirit, too, and helped me with my food photo, as well as packaging up my containers! I ordered the Triple Threat plate and chose Creamy Garlic Shrimp (with tails on), kalbi (tasty), and Lilikoi Smoke Meat (tender). It came with rice and a pasta salad (short spaghetti noodles with a peppery flavOno! Yummy! This was a fun adventure! It looks like they have a truck in Waikiki, too! Try Dis food! Stay ono!

If you haven't tried this....you are MISSING OUT! It's located on the side of the road, right…read moreacross a 7 Eleven and a gas station. There's plenty of parking. We went here because we met Solé at the Waikiki location and he suggested we try his sister's location. They have the same food, but different vibe. This one is on the side of the road closes around 6 or 7, depending on the traffic. Very island life vibe. They also have a shave ice truck right next to them. I got the creamy garlic shrimp. OMG it was so yummy! I LOVED it. It's not like all the other shrimp places in the island. This is creamy and garlicky. It's not spicy. It comes with rice and even the sauce with the rice tastes sooooo good. I didn't eat the mac salad because it has shredded tuna. My bf got the Trydis Mix with the creamy garlic shrimp and bone-in short rib. He really enjoyed the meat, it was very flavorful and tender. It was grilled to perfection! The service was amazing. I don't remember her name, but Solé's (I hope I'm spelling it correctly) sister was friendly. She checked up on us to make sure everything was good. I truly can't wait to come back! The only thing is we did get blocked by some kids parking on the lot blocking the exit. We had to get out of the car and ask them to move. They saw us trying to get out, but still didn't move until we asked.

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