The Islands are home to literally hundreds of small take-out shops, okazuya (Japanese delicatessens), plate-lunch places, manapua shops and bento stands. This is a mere sampling.

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Be ready to circle endlessly looking for parking, elbow your way up to take a number and then, please, for the rest of us waiting in line, be decisive. You can get plate lunches, but noodle dishes and a wide range of manapua are the main draws here.

Two locations: 505 Kalihi St. 841-5303. 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fridays, 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturdays, 7 a.m.-noon Sundays. Also, Waimalu Shopping Center, 98-040 Kamehameha Highway. 485-1107. 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday sand Tuesdays, 7:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Saturdays, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays. No reservations. VS, MC, AX, DC, DS, JCB. No checks. $.