You'll find some you really like and some will make you wonder why they bothered. Favorites are Lemon Peel and Li Hing Mui. Haupia A custard made from fresh coconut milk and cornstarch. They wrap a whole pig in ti and banana leaves and bake it in a pit. The meat comes out really tender and flavorful.
Kalua pork is the centerpiece of any luau.
A Korean pickle of fermented cabbage and spices. This can be fiery. Lau Lau Make a bag of ti leaves, fill it with butterfish, pork, taro leaves, maybe sweet potato, and steam it for this Hawaiian favorite. Limu Several kinds of seaweed served raw or cooked into dishes. Mixed with ground kukui nuts, salt and sliced fish or octopus and you have poki.