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No. 61 in the world · November 2026

Fukuya Delicatessen

Mōʻiliʻili · Honolulu, United States

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The one piece to order

The mochiko chicken and the nori chicken

The line to expect: Mornings only; go early before it sells out.

An old Okazuya deli whose mochiko chicken Honolulu Magazine's editors keep ordering.

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Hawaiian mochiko chicken

Hawaiian mochiko chicken

Overnight marinade, 30 min · 4, with rice and mac salad. Hawaii's plate-lunch fried chicken, from the islands' Japanese delis: boneless thigh marinated in a sweet-salty batter made with mochiko (sweet rice flour), shallow-fried until crackly and chewy at the edges.

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