The semester’s 100% “Local First” meals start Feb. 7, continue first Wednesday of each month
On the first Wednesday of each month during the semester, the daily menu at the UH Hilo Campus Center Dining Room is 100 percent locally grown food.
The first “Local First” menu of the spring 2018 semester will be served Wednesday, Feb.7, at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Campus Center Dining Room (menu below).
Each day, the majority of the food served on the campus of UH Hilo is from local sources, increasing annually since 2012. Once a month, on the first Wednesday of the month, the daily menu is 100 percent locally grown food and called “Local First.”
- Eating with aloha at UH Hilo, putting sustainability and local farmers first, UH Hilo Stories, Feb. 24, 2015.
- Local First Dining at UH Hilo (video above), UH System News, Aug. 22, 2012 (click link for transcript).
100% Locally Sourced Specials
UH Hilo Campus Center Dining Room
February 7, 2018
7:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m.
Grill Breakfast
- Rainbow French Toast with Sasho’s House-Made Hamakua Mac Nut Butter, Punaluʻu Guava, Taro, and Traditional Sweet Bread French Toast topped with Mac-Nut Butter, served with grilled Purity Sliced Portuguese Sausage
Grill Lunch
- Laulau Loco Moco, Kulana Beef & Pork Laulau topped with a Fresh Egg cooked to your liking, served with L&R Farms ʻUala Salad.
Deli Sandwich
- Toasted Korean Cheesesteak Sandwich, Thinly sliced, grilled, marinated Big Island Rib-Eye steak, topped with Cheddar Cheese, grilled Sweet Onions & Waimea Won Bok Kim Chee on a Housemade French Roll.
Sizzling Salad
- Kaua’i Shrimp Ceviche served in a Tortilla Cone, Kaua’i Shrimp marinated traditional Ceviche style, on Mixed Greens topped with sliced Kona Avocado.
Hot Line Entrée #1
- Kiawe Infused Hawaiian Style Pulehu Rib-Eye Steak, Big Island Raised Grass-Fed Beef, marinaded and smoked with Kiawe wood, grilled to medium rare, served with Alaea salted Maui Onions
Hot Line Entrée #2
- ʻUala Battered Ahi, Line Caught, Fresh Island Ahi coated in a Moloka’i Purple Sweet Potato Batter, deep fried to golden brown.
Hot Line Vegetarian/Vegan
- Grilled Organic Tofu Kalo & ʻUala
- Tempura Stack, Natural Pacific Organic Tofu lightly seasoned and grilled marked, layered with Tempura battered Molokai Purple Sweet Potatoes & Big Island Taro topped with a sweet & spicy Mango Salsa.
Between noon and 1:00pm, performing live, Kaʻikena Scanlan sharing awesome Hawaiian songs to go with your awesome lunch choice!