What is the best kept secret resturaunt on Oahu in Hawaii?|157225

Visiting Hawaii soon and would like to find the best kept secret places there . . .

I don_t think my list would qualify as _best kept secrets_...Oahu is so crowded now that there are very few places that people don_t know about. How about restaurants that are well-known among locals, that few tourists know about?

-Sushi? Try Genki Sushi right on the edge of Waikiki. Not as _high-class_ as other sushi joints, but the locals love Genki for their prices and the novelty of being served sushi on a conveyor belt.
http://www.genkisushiusa.com/


-Like garlic? Eat the spicy garlic chicken from Sugoi about 10 minutes from the airport.
http://www.sugoihawaii.com/


-another garlic place is one of the shrimp trucks in Kahuku (small town on the North Shore of Oahu). These are not really _restaurants_, as you buy your plate out of a truck (where the shrimp is cooked) and eat under a canopy...here_s an article I remember reading awhile ago:
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/articl��


-For _local-style plate lunch_, Rainbow_s is a favorite among locals as well (also at the edge of Waikiki). Here_s a link:

http://onokinegrindz.typepad.com/ono_kin��

Boneless chicken is the only thing I eat from there...it_s that good.

-Japanese style saimin (noodles)? Go to Shiro_s. Here_s a link:
http://onokinegrindz.typepad.com/ono_kin��
Try Googling this place though...My and my family eat at the one that_s closer to where we live; it_s on Kamehameha Hwy. in Aiea. I_m sure the food tastes the same though.

Don_t ask here... ask when you get there! Ask the bell boy at your hotel, ask the bus driver, ask people on the street! Make sure you get at least one of each of the following:

1. Plate lunch - meat, rice and mac salad
2. Spam musubi - you can get this anywhere... probably even the gas station
3. Saimin - hawaiian noodle soup
4. Shave Ice - soooo different than snow cones on the mainland. Melts in your mouth. Get the ice cream on the bottom too!
5. Malasadas - hawaiian (portugese) donuts. Yum!

That should give you a good taste of the islands. Have a great time... I wish I were back!

Young_s Ramen in Salt Lake Mall by Coldstone Creamry is an awesome place and cheap. There is also several others all around, you just have to look for a small place that has lots of cars out front.

Zippy_s restraunts are the best place to go.You need to try their world famous chili.

There is a plate lunch place on Lewers St in Waikiki quite near the beach. If they_re still there, they have chicken cutlets, potato/pasta salad and rice. You can eat in, but we took ours on a short walk out the beach on our first night in Waikiki. Wow, the best ever!!

The best breakfast within walking distance of Waikiki is Eggs _ Things. Their banana pancakes are to die for!

The McDonalds by the Pink Palace... yummy!

Kalakaua Plate Lunch $5 great stir fry ~ Mushroom Chicken, Shrimp Stir Fry
Ala Moana Beach Park Concessions ~ good local food Plate lunches/fried noodles
Regal Drive In ~ McCully Shopping Center ~ Plate Lunches/Chinese Food _ Manapua/Dim Sum, Roast Pork, Char Siu, Cake Noodle, Shrimp
South Shore Grill ~ Daimond Head ~ Kal Bi Ribs, Fish tacos
Teddy_s Bigger Burgers ~ Waikiki by the Honolulu Zoo _ Kuhio Beach.