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Saturday, July 23, 2011

ono to go

Food trucks have always been a part of Hawaii's culture serving up plate lunches to construction workers and businesses.

In recent years though, they have been making a comeback as gourmet food trucks. Ooh and there are dessert trucks too now.

I met up with Deb of Kahakai Kitchen for lunch and we checked out a food truck called Ono to Go.

Ono (oh-no) in Hawaiian means delicious, so the name of the truck literally means "delicious to go".

Unlike some trucks who drive around for a space to sell on the street, this truck is located in a specific parking lot.

We tried the grilled pork chops with brown rice and tossed salad. The tossed salad was dressed with papaya seed dressing.

The pork chops were smoky and quite moist....US$9 tax included.

We also tried their teri citrus furikake salmon with white rice and their mac potato salad...US$11 tax included.

The salmon was very moist and flavorful but the mac potato salad a bit too salty for my liking.

The pieces of salmon were very generously sized too.

This truck does a lot of grilling, so most everything I think would be tasty. They even had a grilled vegetable medley which sounded delicious too.

Oh and if you follow them on Twitter, you can see what their daily specials will be.

After picking up our lunch, we headed to Ala Moana Beach Park and found a bench under a tree to sit and enjoy our lunch.

The weather turned out to be gorgeous. You should know the early morning was pouring rain...

As we ate and chatted we noticed many Japanese tourists taking their wedding photos here and there.

It was fun to watch.

I was surprised that the park was unusually quiet. It was quite peaceful and relaxing.

It was a great day, nice company and great food...thanks Deb!

Ono to Go
located in the parking lot on the corner of Sheridan and Makaloa
Honolulu, Hawaii
Ph:808.673.3933
Open Monday-Friday 11:00-14:00 (or earlier if they sell out)
Saturday 10:00-13:00 (or earlier if they sell out)
UPDATE: 7/2012 they seem to be on hiatus or permanently closed
2013, they moved to a different parking lot on Sheridan near another food truck
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12 comments:

  1. Anonymous5:34 AM, July 23, 2011

    Mmmm, sounds terrific. :)

    Sandy

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  2. Japan Australia3:37 PM, July 23, 2011

    Those food trucks sound really good and very convenient. I bet the smell of that great food would drag them in from all places!!

    Japan Australia

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  3. Deb in Hawaii5:08 PM, July 23, 2011

    Always a treat to hang out with you.
    Good food and excellent company in such a nice setting. ;-)

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  4. K and S2:14 AM, July 24, 2011

    Thanks Sandy, it was :)

    Very very convenient and really good too, J-A! I wish Japan would have more of these food trucks, they are only starting to appear here and there.

    Same here, Deb in Hawaii!!

    Take care everyone.
    Kat

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  5. KirkK11:14 AM, July 24, 2011

    Hi Kat - The food does indeed look ono!

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  6. K and S2:57 AM, July 25, 2011

    another place to add to your list Kirk :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  7. Kathy YL Chan3:40 AM, July 25, 2011

    Looks so good! Have you been to Nico's at Pier 38 before? That's what that furikake salmon reminds me of. Hope you check out the dessert trucks and blog about those places too! ^_^

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  8. K and S3:51 AM, July 25, 2011

    loved the food at Nico's Kathy! I hope to check out the dessert truck too :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  9. K10:07 AM, July 25, 2011

    Looks like a great food truck experience!

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  10. K and S11:42 AM, July 25, 2011

    really good one K :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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  11. Rowena10:26 PM, July 25, 2011

    Awesome lunch and glad to hear how the food trucks are going more uppercrust and branching out to other things. Now if you should come across an italian food truck....^-^

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  12. K and S2:48 AM, July 26, 2011

    if I find an Italian one, you'll be the first to know about it Rowena :)

    Take care.
    Kat

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