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The Conversation: Local Grindz Hana Hou

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Yelp’s No. 1 pick on its list of Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. was Broken Mouth in Los Angeles. Menu items include local-style meat jun, spam musubi with purple rice, and garlic butter shrimp. The creator of the Korean-Hawaiian fusion restaurant is Kamukī native and Maryknoll graduate Tim Lee. His family also owns the Korean restaurant Sorabol in Honolulu.
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Yelp’s No. 1 pick on its list of Top 100 Places to Eat in the U.S. was Broken Mouth in Los Angeles. Menu items include local-style meat jun, spam musubi with purple rice, and garlic butter shrimp. The creator of the Korean-Hawaiian fusion restaurant is Kamukī native and Maryknoll graduate Tim Lee. His family also owns the Korean restaurant Sorabol in Honolulu.

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Catherine Cruz is the host of The Conversation. Contact her at ccruz@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Stephanie Han was a producer for The Conversation.
Lillian Tsang is the senior producer of The Conversation. She has been part of the talk show team since it first aired in 2011. Contact her at ltsang@hawaiipublicradio.org.
Born in Honolulu and raised on Hawaiʻi Island, Russell Subiono has spent the last decade working in local film, television and radio. He was previously the executive producer of The Conversation and host of HPR's This Is Our Hawaiʻi podcast. Contact him at rsubiono@hawaiipublicradio.org.
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