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    Happy Rico

    4.5 (48 reviews)
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    Nelly C.

    Best shrimp taco I have ever had since California. It was so nice and it legit made the opu happy.

    Pastele stew with rice and side Mac salad $13
    Jeanette E.

    We both ordered the pastele stew. Mine was a mini and hubby had the add on of mac salad. It was tasty, but we both agreed that it was too salty. There was a huge helping of rice, but not enough stew. We only waited a few minutes in the line and then a couple more minutes for the order.

    Pastele plate and pastele lumpia
    Jesse A.

    If your looking for gandule rice and pastele do not pass this place up. Food is great.

    Pastele lumpia ... ONO!!!
    Owen K.

    My sister and her husband was in the area and thought it would be a great idea to try Happy Rico. They had already got some food to bring over for dinner and saw a line forming at Rico's. Well, "Fomo" set in and they joined the line. What a find! They ordered some Pastele lumpia (see pic) WOW, not at all greasy w/crisp exterior. I'm hooked, especially with that creamy sauce. Call and order in advance (if can) See you in line folks! - Take care

    Borinki Pasteles
    Nelson Q.

    HEY OAHU ?!?!? You guys ARE SLEEPING on Happy Rico Truck!!!!. Its run by a couple serving up Puerto Rican Fusion food. There is a big community of Puerto Ricans or "Borinkis" as locals would say, living in Hawaii. I always like to drive down Kahekili Highway to hunt down street vendors, and this is how we found Happy Rico! Perusing the menu, we were sold on their Surf and Turf Plate-Pastele Stew, Gandule Rice, Mac Salad, and Pickled Shrimp Ceviche with Air Fried Saltine Crackers. Of course, we added a couple of Borinki Pasteles to our order. We LOVED everything on the Surf and Turf Plate, however, the pasteles have a super soft texture than we're used to, but taste was good. These are the types of small businesses I will continue to support, and I hope to feast on some Happy Rico on my next visit home. ALOHA!!! SHAKA METER: \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ \uuu/ 5

    Happy Rico at Bellows. Saturday and Sunday.

    To call the food at Happy Rico "good" is to offend the English language. To call it "Amazing" is to lack the appreciation for the incredible. Spectacularly Good food is what you will find at Happy Rico. Shrimp tacos with toppings that perfectly blend to make a mouth watering delight not normally found in a food truck. Pork Pastele Stew tacos that will make you wonder why you didn't order more! The Crunch Wrap that looks so simple, even humble, when you first see it, that you are guaranteed to be surprised at how incredibly good it is. And then... when you don't think they can raise the bar any more, you try their fried pork pies. Better than my mom's, and that's all I can say, cuz my mom's polish meat pies were beyond comfort food. If you like good food... and want to redefine what that is, stop by and tell Rich and Loretta that Matt said "hi"... and then order anything on the menu. You'll be thanking me.

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    Michael I.

    The good was good. I wasn't a fan of the Mac salad but the stew was so ono. The rice was great! The guy who helped us was super nice and was very helpful with what was sold out and what he recommends. We payed via Venmo which was convenient. Make sure to check the Instagram for the up to date hours though.

    Across from Zippy's Kaneohe
    Seka T.

    Back again to try out others items on their menu. I wanted something fried and this is what I got. Honestly I forgot what it was called lol but it was really good. There was a grilled cheese on the top of it, definitely getting it again

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    S. K.

    Fast, Friendly, Clean, and most importantly....Delicious. Good amount of food for the price. If u stay shopping at Windward mall or passing thru Kaneohe and its time fo grindz, try check out dis food truck...get parking right in front. Food is mean!

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    Best pastele stew I ever had, the pastele stew tacos are a go too lunch for me weekly.

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    Tha pastele stew with gandule rice was so good! Will definitely go back to try the rest of the menu. Such a great find in kaneohe.

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    We had the Surf n Turf tacos, empanadas, the various lumpias, the pastele stew and rice, and the Ulu patele.

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    Khao and Papas

    Khao and Papas

    4.7
    (35 reviews)
    14.2 km
    $$

    This is my first review of 2026!…read more Tonight I enjoyed the sticky rice with chicken anticucho and it is my favorite meal of 2026 so far. The chicken thighs were beautifully seasoned and slightly charred. The meat was cooked all the way through yet still juicy with bone in thigh. The purple sticky rice was perfectly done and I love the texture of sticky rice in general. The plate also came with sliced cucumbers and pickled mustard greens (reminiscent of Vietnamese pickled mustard greens - but in a much more vibrant green color). My favorite part of the meal was the tart and aromatic sauce that came in the meal. If you're not a fan of lime juice and fish sauce, you may want to use sparingly. However, I was thoroughly enjoying the sauce and when accompanied with a bit of the mustard greens, it toned down the sour aspect of the flavor profile. Overall, so delicious and I would love to find them again and enjoy more of their menu items!

    Navigating Oahu's mobile food scene means knowing where to look. Khao and Papas is one of those…read moreitinerant food trucks with a constantly changing dynamic schedule, popping up in another place almost daily. Using Yelp's Mobile Food Trucks search will identify them but you need to use another app to actually find out where they are. I ran across them on a weekend in my neighborhood and stopped by. The food is a fusion of Peruvian and Laotian by husband-wife team, Juan Ching and Kim Thepsenavong. There is a long history of Japanese cuisine fusing with Peruvian - it's called Nikkei. But other Asian cuisines, especially Southeast Asian, also blend seamlessly with Peruvian staples. Think about the heavy use of pepper and spice in Laotian cuisine. You've been in restaurants where the heat scale is hot, Thai hot, and Laotian hot. Peppers were only introduced into Southeast Asia in the 16th century. Peru is one of the recognized birthplaces of peppers, with over 300 varieties and a 7,500 year history of cultivation. Peruvian Laotian fusion works when you do it right. I had a beef anticuchos skewers plate with Laotian accompaniments. The anticuchos had a nice smokey sweet dark color from aji panca paste. The rice was Laotian, with black and white grains of sticky rice. There was pickled Laotian som pak, a vinegar marinated mustard cabbage. A fine blended salsa-like jeow mak len, full of charred tomato smokiness, savory paedek fish sauce, garlic, shallot, bird's eye chiles, and lime, was terrific on top of the marinated beef. I hope I run into Khao and Papas again one day so I can try their grilled chicken. Until then, I have the memory of a fine take-out plate of Peruvian Laotian fusion comfort food.

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    Adela’s Country Eatery

    4.8
    (3.8k reviews)
    0.3 km
    $$
    Locally sourced ingredients
    Locally owned & operated

    I've been to Adela's Country Eatery 4 times and it never disappoints me. If you haven't tried…read moreAdela's yet go and you won't regret it. Mahalo, mahalo Adela's for your wonderful and delicious food. See you soon **

    HIGHLY RECOMMEND!! We stopped by here on our way back from Kualoa Ranch. It's a hole in the wall…read morein a small shopping center and doesn't look like much upon arrival. BUT LET ME TELL YOU THIS PLACE SURPRISED US SO I HAD TO WRITE A REVIEW. A worker explained that the noodles are made in an ancient art form that is dying. You can tell they take pride in their work. A lady at the entrance walks you through how to order to make it easy. The staff are so nice. There isn't seating so they package it to-go and separate everything so nothing gets mushy. We all loved our orders! We got the Ube (purple sweet potato) noodles with shrimp, avocado noodles with shrimp, regular noodles with shrimp, and the Moco Loco. My vegan sister got the breadfruit noodles with tofu and veggies. They make the noodles per order and they are soft and savory and so so good. I cant explain how good so you just gotta trust me. We are foodies and rarely this impressed. Even my vegan sister was because she has difficulty finding good vegan food when eating out.

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    Beautiful Taro pasta with Lechon and Portabella Mushrooms
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    Yumyum Tumtum

    Yumyum Tumtum

    4.5
    (13 reviews)
    15.0 km

    Found them at the former Chi-Chans Okazuya location at Kaneohe. It's for takeout, no tables inside…read more They do have a nice selection of comfort food like pancit, pork or chicken adobo, dinuguan, pork guisantes, lumpia, and desserts as well. They also have packaged snacks they sell too. Greeted immediately by the guys behind the counter, my daughter and I already knew what we wanted, so we got the fried rice adobo, pork adobo and pancit to go. When I say comfort food, after one bite I was brought back to when I was little and my mom making these for us. I'm looking forward to going back and trying their other offerings. It's good to have a Filipino food spot in Kaneohe instead of driving all the way down to the Leeward side. Visit them and try it out for yourselves.

    Lunch in Kaneohe, Oahu, Hawaii…read more.. While driving along Alaloa Street, passing Windward Mall, I noticed a food truck with a lot of people around it. Thinking that there must be Good Grindz there, I made a U-turn and parked behind the truck. YumYum TumTum is usually in Waimanalo (by Bellows), but on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, they're across from The Plaza at Kaneohe. Service is excellent. The two workers in the truck are very personable with the "aunties and uncles". They inform each customer about the ten to twelve minute wait-time since each order is made fresh! Because the Pancit was sold out (and the banana lumpia), I ordered the Garlic Rib Eye Steak... whoa... Da buggah was Beeg!!! I couldn't finish it! Made with the "secret special rub", the Garlic chips and onions were Broke da Mouth! The meat was tender and juicy! I enjoyed the koge edges of charred fat! Mmm! I should have ordered the BBQ chicken skewers, too... and the halohalo... welll... I'll just have to return... And go earlier before the Pancit runs out!!!

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    Each plate comes with a drink... help yourself!
    Each plate comes with a drink... help yourself!
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