House Local Pork Bacon & Egg Salad

The earliest Polynesian settlers introduced the pig to the islands.  Not only were they a food source, but they have great significance in Hawaiian culture, as pigs are mentioned in many legends.

Kamapuaʻa, the pig-god, was highly revered.

Pigs were often used as sacrifice, and it was also kapu (forbidden) for women to eat pigs until 1819, when the kapu system was abolished.

For this dish, house bacon made from local pork is served with local greens, a poached local egg (chicken is another canoe animal), llocal tomatoes, and a charred jalapeño and avocado purée.