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Loco Moco

Rice, Grain and Starch Dishes

Loco moco is a dish of contemporary Hawaiian cuisine that traditionally consists of white rice topped with a hamburger patty, brown gravy, and a sunny side up fried egg. Modern, non-traditional versions may add other toppings and side dishes such as grilled onions, pickled vegetables, macaroni, or potato salad.

Facts
Origin Period, From (Year)
1949 1
Origin Region
Hilo, Hawaii, United States 1
FAQs

Where did loco moco come from and how did it get its name?

In National Geographic's telling, loco moco began in 1949 at the Lincoln Grill in Hilo, and moco was added because it rhymed.

National Geographic tells the story this way. The ingredients converged in 1949 at the Lincoln Grill in Hilo, on the Big Island, an after-school hangout for local teens. As the story goes, owners Richard and Nancy Inouye assembled an off-menu adaptation of the plantation plate lunch, pairing rice and beef with housemade gravy and an egg instead of macaroni salad. The regulars gave the meal its name: loco, in honor of a teen nicknamed Crazy (loco means crazy in Spanish), and moco, just because it rhymed.
Connections

In Cuisine

Hawaiian Cuisine, Cuisines
Source Loco moco, Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Egg, Ingredients
Source Loco moco, Wikipedia
Gravy, Ingredients
Source Loco moco, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases

Originated In

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject originated.

Sources
1. Loco moco, Wikipedia
  • History and origin, place
    The dish was reportedly created at the Lincoln Grill restaurant in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, in 1949 by its proprietors, Richard and Nancy Inouye.
  • History and origin, start year
    The dish was reportedly created at the Lincoln Grill restaurant in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, in 1949 by its proprietors, Richard and Nancy Inouye.
  • History and origin, end year
    The dish was reportedly created at the Lincoln Grill restaurant in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, in 1949 by its proprietors, Richard and Nancy Inouye.
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg, Infobox main_ingredient field: white rice, topped with a hamburger steak, a fried sunny-side-up egg, and brown gravy
  • Uses Ingredient: Gravy, Infobox main_ingredient field: white rice, topped with a hamburger steak, a fried sunny-side-up egg, and brown gravy
  • In Cuisine: Hawaiian Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Loco moco is a dish featured in contemporary Hawaiian cuisine.
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Wikidata: Loco Moco
Wikidata Q1202255, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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