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Liholiho Yacht Club

Team Infatuation

December 13, 2023

ICYMI, Liholiho Yacht Club has temporarily relocated to Dear Inga’s space in the Mission, and is easing back into dine-in service for the first time in over a year. According to their Instagram , they have three sit-down tables for now - and reservations are on their way. So swing by to grab an order of their excellent poke or steam buns. This week, Liholiho Yacht Club also brought back their beloved breakfast sandwich with house-made spam, egg, and cheese, which is now available for dinner Wednesday-Saturday.

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Liholiho Yacht Club

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Calling this a Hawaiian restaurant would be like calling Lady Gaga a “talented singer.” True—and yet not really the whole story. Because while Oahu native Ravi Kapur’s spins on tuna poke and pork belly are delicious riffs on the 50th state’s signatures, what really sets Liholiho apart is the chef’s ability to pull from NorCal, Japanese, Indian, and Korean playbooks. These influences are mashed together into dishes that feel both excitingly new and so spot-on it’s like they were, well, born this way. Think festive, shareable dishes like lettuce cups of fried oyster and beef carpaccio, beef tongue–filled poppy-seed steam buns, and humongous mains like beef ribs in kimchi-chili sauce or fried cornish game hen with flowering kale. The minimalist light fixtures and blonde-wood booths give off California cool. No wonder Kapur’s mom, whose face beams from behind the bar in a giant black-and-white photograph, sports such a big smile.

What to order: tuna poke with nori crackers, beef ribs with kimchi-chili sauce, Baked Hawaiian (caramelized vanilla ice cream with toasted chiffon cake)

We love: the off-menu house-made Spam, served over rice with furikake

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"The dish is fantastic."

Recommendations

Visit California

"If you’ve never tried Spam, the canned cooked meat product, Liholiho Yacht Club is the place to finally take the plunge."

Fodor's Travel

"Restaurant is known for big-hearted, high-spirited cooking, including contemporary riffs on Spam."

Joshua Ozersky

Jessica Wan Bielawski

"It’s not a fancy dish by any means but it’s super tasty and incredibly addictive."

Alana Kysar

"Order one of my top three here: housemade spam with Calrose Japanese short grain rice, furikake, and quick pickles."

Dan Rosenbaum

"Don't leave without eating the spam."

Vox Creative

"Order like a local and ask for the off-menu spam, made in-house and served over furikake rice."

Living Hilo Style

"There was no way we weren’t going to order the off-the-menu housemade spam. It had a flavor reminiscent of Portuguese sausage. Delicious!"

John Rieber

"This Spam is seared and packed with flavor: slightly smoky with spices and a rich meaty bite to it – served over fried rice with pickled cucumber and a delicious aioli sauce… absolutely incredible – and a gorgeous presentation as well."