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Best Restaurant in Hawaii? Helena’s 5 Star Review! (Hawaiian Food + Empanadas)
We pulled up to Helena’s Hawaiian Food—our longtime go-to—for a full classic Hawaiian spread, then took you on a bonus stop to a Waipahu garage pop-up for fresh empanadas. Pure local comfort food, family vibes, and plates we’ve been craving for years.
In this video we:
🍖 Order the must-get pipi kaula short ribs (our favorite)
🐟 Go in on fried butterfish + butterfish stew
🌿 Try salt beef watercress
🌴 Scoop squid luau (with coconut milk)
🍃 Unwrap lau lau and talk kalua pig / imu style
🍜 Slurp chicken long rice
🍲 Taste tripe stew
🍅 Mix up lomi salmon
🥥 Finish with haupia (coconut dessert)
🐟 Fresh poke & ‘opihi moment (no previously frozen fish here)
🥟 Drive to Waipahu for Norma’s empanadas + an air-fryer crisping hack at home
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