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Golden Palace Seafood Restaurant
It says seafood on the sign outside, but it is the dim sum around US$2 that brings in Chinatown's midmorning regulars. All the dim sum components are here: impatient wait staff, mystery meatballs, pink tablecloths and Asian kitschy art. You get only a quick peek inside the bamboo steamers and no accompanying explanation. Tasty requests include char siu bao (steamed pork buns), shrimp or chive dumplings and look funn (steamed rice noodles).
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Huong Lan
In Chinatown Cultural Plaza (mains around US$5 - US$9 ), Huong Lan is one of Honolulu's many beloved pho shops where Vietnamese families fill the booths with adept noodle wrangling and spirited conversations.
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Legend Seafood Restaurant
Bright, busy and a tad impersonal, Legend Seafood is best known for its extensive dim sum - observe what savvy patrons grab from the wheeled carts and follow suit.
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Legend Vegetarian Restaurant
This Buddhist vegetarian, lunch-only spot is known for several fish and pork analogs that even meat eaters acknowledge as tasty. Favorites include the vegetarian butter fish and sweet-and-sour vegetarian pork, along with a huge selection of dim sum offerings.
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Little Village Noodle House
A quiet, air-conditioned restaurant in Chinatown? That's only the beginning. The kitchen sets a gold standard, particularly for black-bean sauce and noodles.
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Royal Kitchen
A simple takeaway shop, Royal Kitchen is famous for its baked manapua (Chinese-style buns) with a selection of fillings: char-siu (barbecued pork), chicken curry, vegetarian, sweet potato, kalua (cooked in a pit) pig and more. Mains per piece around US$1 .
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