North Shore Huli Huli Chicken, Kahuku Shrimp

One of the great pleasures of Oahu is the food. There are many places to choose from, which sometimes presents a problem for people who are not familiar with the reputation of the restaurants. Even harder is finding good food served in an establishment that is not even permanent.

Huli huli chicken is one of the great foods you will find on Oahu. Huli huli chicken is basically rotisserie barbecued chicken.

Huli Huli Setup:

Served usually out of temporary barbecue carts set up in the parking lot on weekends only, it can be hard to figure out when, where, and which huli huli chicken to buy. I have had huli huli chicken from the Marukai parking lot at Ward, and at Manoa Shopping Center, but I'm telling you, Ray's huli huli chicken in the North Shore next to Malama's market is by far, the best.

Malama's:

Ray's:

Get the chopped whole chicken. They take cash only, and it's about $10 a chicken, so bring enough cash to buy enough.

Chopped Whole Chicken:

This place is by far, the best. They are open for business only on the weekends during lunch. The latest I got my huli on was at 4PM, and I think they were about ready to close shop. If you get there, and it's just an empty dirt parking lot, you missed them and you missed the crazy deliciousness of the best huli huli chicken on the island. Again, my friend Tim and his wife Rosanna introduced me to this establishment. If it weren't for them, I would have never driven 45 minutes from town to the country, just to get huli huli chicken.

For the best Kahuku shrimp, go to Romy's Shrimp Shack. Get the garlic shrimp. Well worth the wait, and definitely an experience. Go check out the pictures on Yelp. This information is also courtesy of Tim and Rosanna. Thanks guys!