W & M Bar-B-Q Burger, Serving Teriyaki Burgers in Honolulu for Nearly 60 Years

During my week-long trip to Honolulu from May 9 to 16, I made it a point to try as many different Hawaiian foods as I could without exploding. In the "burger" category that meant getting a teriyaki burger, or teri burger, made with a patty soaked in sweet soy sauce-based teriyaki sauce. I stopped by drive-up burger joint W & M Bar-B-Q Burger to squeeze in a teriyaki burger and fries.

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8 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, May 25, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Tagged: AHT reviews, Hawaii, Honolulu, reviews, Snapshots From Honolulu, teriyaki burgers, W and M

The Avocado Burger from Kua 'Aina in Hawaii

Damn, look at those burger innards. [Photograph: Kathy YL Chan] Since Serious Eats contributor Kathy YL Chan just spent the holidays at home in Hawaii, I got her to share an update on the avocado burger from Kua 'Aina...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, December 30, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Hawaii, Kua Aina

Review of The Counter in Honolulu: Great Burgers, Long Wait

The Tasty Island Pomai of Hawaii-based blog The Tasty Island reviews the recently opened outpost of Californian "build your own burger" chain The Counter in Honolulu's Kahala Mall. The Counter is known for its extensive list of toppings resulting...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, March 5, 2009 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: chain burgers, Hawaii, Honolulu, reviews, The Counter

May's Teri Burger from the 2009 Punahou Carnival in Hawaii

Photograph by Pomai at The Tasty Island Pomai of Hawaii-based blog The Tasty Island ate a May's Teri Burger at the 2009 Punahou Carnival held last week on February 6 and 7. When he described it as, "Pretty much...

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5 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, February 10, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Hawaii, Hawaiian, teriyaki burgers

Obama's Not-So-Secret Hawaiian Burger Joint

Photograph of avocado burger from Kua 'Aina from skyseeker on Flickr. After reading Pico Iyer's feature on Barack Obama in Time, Amy Wolf of Sunset Magazine tried to figure out what unnamed Hawaiian burger joint Iyer and Obama had...

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6 Comments | Posted by Robyn Lee, November 13, 2008 at 10:00 AM
Tagged: Barack Obama, Hawaii, Kua Aina, Oahu, Obama burger runs, politics

From the Mailbag: Does this Count as a Cheeseburger?

Dear AHT, I'm in Hawaii, and I thought of your Cheeseburger Challenge [This one? —LK] when I saw this local special called the Loco Moco....

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11 Comments | Posted by Lauren Krueger, January 18, 2008 at 1:30 PM
Tagged: Dear AHT, Hawaii, loco moco

Burger Link Roundup

News Attack of the Clone: A Utah burger joint is in the doghouse with In-N-Out: "The company in question is Chadder's, an American Fo1rk burger restaurant that opened in May with a menu that is so similar to In-N-Out that...

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Post a Comment | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 21, 2007 at 11:43 AM
Tagged: Hawaii, link roundup, NYC, Texas, Utah

From the Mailbag: Teddy's Bigger Burger; Oahu, Hawaii

Dear AHT, There is a place on Oahu near the base of Diamondhead that makes one of the best burgers I've ever had. Its called Teddys Bigger Burger and its almost worth a flight to hawaii just to eat there....

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2 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, February 23, 2007 at 12:09 AM
Tagged: Adam, countries, Dear AHT, Hawaii, U.S.