ISLAND SUSHI AND GRILL

Island Sushi and Grill provides catering for all occasions. Our catering menu consists of many island favorites from our Grill Menu, but we are... The "plate lunch" is truly representative of who Hawaii is. The largest migration to Hawaii occurred in the 19th century, as Japanese, Chinese, and Filipinos relocated to Hawaii to work on sugarcane and pineapple plantation fields. With these diverse ethnicities came a variety of foods, which were often shared on the plantation fields during lunch hour. Some say the "plate lunch" evolved from the "bento," a boxed lunch that Japanese workers carried to the plantation. The standard "plate lunch" consists of two scoops of white rice, mac (macaroni) salad, and an entrée served on a paper or foam plate. The entrée itself can be anything - fish, chicken, pork, beef, stew, curry. The entrée is prepared with influence from one of Hawaii's ethnicities, although most foods have been adapted from its traditional form over years of being prepared..

Primary location: Las Vegas United States