222 Kilauea Ave., Hilo, HI, 96720 (808)-969-6652
When you live on the West coast a whole new area for vacations becomes available— especially with early summer discounts to Hawaii. We ended up on The Big Island and found our way to Hilo, a small South Seas port town not yet overrun by tourists. In the heart of the slightly worn-around-the-edges downtown is a little restaurant named Low’s International Foods. The entrance to this unassuming restaurant isn’t much more than a rickety screen door. The “waiting area” is filled with used appliances for sale. Inside you are greeted by a towering wall of pictures of everything on the menu—a good thing since most of the items are nfamiliar Hawaiian creations such as Spam sushi. Even better than any of these just-exotic-enough-to-beinteresting-but-not-scary selections are their distinctively sweet Hawaiian sweet rolls in flavors from original to pineapple to guava. Hawaii is famously expensive, but this place won’t break the bank. Our daughter Caroline dove right into a paper basket full of Spam Sushi. Hot, fresh, and tasty, it was a wonderful way to end a long day of travel.
[...] islands can be a budget busting disaster or a cheap eats chow down. I’ve already written about Low’s in Hilo on the Big Island. A good way to describe this restaurant is frugal fusion food since it brings [...]
Finally ate at low’s this past April. I wanted to laugh. Used appliances for sale in lobby, pics of food for sale. There is map of restroom. Starts at counter, walk out the door, turn right on sidewalk, continue next door to park public restroom. Ha,ha. I had shoyu daikon buger. Something unusual, so I had to try it. Tasted kinda good. Bought some “rainbow” sweet bread to take home.
Roy K.