Forget the melting pot or the salad bowl. Hawai’i, says Alana Kysar, is a really good mixed plate lunch.
The plate lunch is the Aloha State’s most iconic dish: a combination of a protein—or multiple, in the case of a mixed plate—a scoop or two of steamed white rice; another of creamy macaroni salad; and, occasionally, a vegetable side, all served typically on a sectioned plate or container.
