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No. 40 in the world · November 2026
Ma'ono
No. 40The one piece to order
The Hawaiian-style fried chicken with rice
Buttermilk batter and a Hawaiian spice blend, from a Seattle cook raised on the islands' fried chicken.
Make it at home
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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