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All burger patties are cooked to order, including the loco moco. Hoping to find out if my hometown still does the dish justice, I visited Hilo recently with a mission of sampling as many loco mocos as my doctor and cholesterol level would allow.
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The beloved, calorie-laden Hawaii comfort food dish began in Hilo, on the Big Island, in the 1940s. All Rights Reserved.
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My friends and I stopped to have breakfast here one raining Hilo morning. Vote now in our 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards! I had big plans for my loco moco adventures in Hilo. “The ingredients can be changed around, but it always comes back to those basics,” agrees Hawaii food historian and Hilo native Arnold Hiura, author of "Kau Kau: Cuisine & Culture in the Hawaiian Islands". Must-try loco moco: Prime-rib loco (when available), otherwise try the corned-beef hash loco.
By Catherine Toth Fox Aug 20, 2020. We have more than 30 varieties on our menu! The burger here had a great, broiler-charred taste. If it's too early, don't worry, order hot coffee and they'll bring you the whole pot. An island favorite and iconic dish the loco moco made Wolfgang’s style with a homemade hamburger steak patty served over hot steamed rice, topped with a fried egg and smothered in rich brown gravy. I ate around it and finished the rice. I ordered the beef loco moco bowl. 73-4040 Hulikoa Dr, Kailua-Kona, (808) 327-1234, pinetreecafehi.com. Venerable Hilo drive-in Café 100 has long billed itself as “the home of the loco moco,” serving a basic version since 1949. But one thing is rarely disputed: the origin of the humble dish. 75-5702 Kuakini Highway, Kailua-Kona, (808) 326-1153, Guy Kaoo, a veteran in the restaurant industry, took over the already-popular Hawaiian Style Café, in 2005 and overhauled the menu.
The loco moco—hamburger patties stacked on a bed of white rice, smothered in brown gravy and topped with an egg—was introduced in the late 1940s at the long-gone Lincoln Grill in Hilo. Still, the best locos, in my opinion, rarely stray from the basic, original recipe of meat, egg, rice and gravy—handmade, with as many high-quality ingredients as possible. 969 Kilauea Ave., (808) 935-8683, www.cafe100.com.