Hawaii-based Airlines - HA meals

Seems odd that while HA trying to bring a sample of Hawaii into the plane (the Hawaii theme videos, FAs and others wearing aloha shirts, etc.), the food is pretty generic airline food instead of a sample of things one might find in Hawaii like musubi, poi, kimchi, etc..

Because the average tourist won't eat poi spam musubi or Kim chi

Because the average tourist won't eat poi spam musubi or Kim chi

Hmmm, I guess they figure that passengers would rather read about kimchi than taste it?

http://www.hanahou.com/pages/magazine.asp?MagazineID=63&Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=1010

It's been awhile so I don't know if HA still serves the turkey croissant in Y, but one of the local-style touches I always appreciated was that if flying ex-HNL/OGG to the mainland shoyu was always catered and available for that sandwich. For some reason, the west coast stations didn't cater shoyu, even though they did cater the turkey croissants.

The HNL->SJC regular meal recently was a turkey and cheese sandwich (just bread (not croissant), turkey, and cheese with a small packet of mustard on the side) and a bag of trail mix.

Hmmm, I guess they figure that passengers would rather read about kimchi than taste it?

http://www.hanahou.com/pages/magazine.asp?MagazineID=63&Action=DrawArticle&ArticleID=1010

It's the smell. There are some things that shouldn't be allowed on an airplane, and kimchee is one of them.

Also the after effects of some foods after consumption
Yikes

The HNL->SJC regular meal recently was a turkey and cheese sandwich (just bread (not croissant), turkey, and cheese with a small packet of mustard on the side) and a bag of trail mix.
LAS to HNL red eye meal last night in coach was the same turkey and cheese on a small roll with a mustard and mayo packet. I ate the sandwich with the mustard instead of the mayo and ate the dried fruit from the trail mix(nuts would be tough on my dental work). They also had snack boxes for sale from the cart or buying by asking in the galley.
Considering the late hour of the flight (left at about 1:40 AM) I was pleasantly surprised the "snack service" was a small meal rather than a bag of cookies or pretzels like many mainland carriers these days.

been flying hawaiian 4 to 5 times a year the last 4 years.
las to hnl HA 7 red eye turkey & swiss on a roll. sometimes the roll is hard like a rock.
hnl to las HA 18 spinach chesse manicotti like that the best.

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Really no Hawaiian meals served on Hawaiian? Had a decent Chicken Yakisoba last month on AS...