Benson K.
Yelp
Whenever I go to Hawaii, one of my biggest priorities is getting good Hawaiian food that I cannot access in the mainland United States. Thus, whenever I visit Oahu, I always want to make sure I have a memorable meal that is distinctly Hawaiian.
Young's Fish Market definitely appeared, on glancing Yelp, to be the type of establishment I was looking for. I saw that Young's had a variety of laulau, and also served purple sweet potato and poi. Thus, I decided to come here with my wife for my first meal in Hawaii.
It's a very small establishment. We ordered at the counter, then picked up our food and ate it at our table. The people at the counter were very nice. We ended up ordering a butterfish laulau with pipikaula, sweet potato, poi, and macaroni salad. My wife was pregnant at the time and could not eat lomi salmon, so we substituted macaroni salad.
The macaroni salad was fairly standard. I loved the poi, which was not too sour for me. The pipikaula tasted more stewed than grilled, and I am used to the latter. But it was still amazing. The laulau was one of my favorite parts of the lunch. The butterfish and taro leaves went amazing together, and the butterfish was melt in your mouth soft. The sweet potato was a purple yam, unlike commonly seen orange sweet potatoes in the mainland. It was not too sweet, and quite good.
Overall it was a solid start to my weekend in Oahu.