le musée interdit ([info]romulus214) wrote in [info]abouthawaii,
@ 2007-12-18 15:51:00
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The Portuguese in The Land of Aloha
Hey gang-

I have a question, i will be going to Hawai'i in January and was wondering-on what island are the portuguese primarily on? Do they have restaurants? Bakeries (which i am familiar with the bakery on oahu-

I have been to Hawai'i before and i was very curious in find the portuguese communities-being Portuguese living in NV-i can't seem to find one-so i was itching to find a restaurant or bakery on Hawai'i-

So where are the portuguese at? Oahu? Maui? please help-

Thanks!


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[info]charmed_hour
2007-12-19 07:17 am UTC (link)
I lived on Oahu in the late eighties, so I can't tell you what the local Portuguese places are, except I do remember Portuguese churches there, and of course you see the food even at the local restaurants, with Portuguese sausage and donuts etc...From what I read, the Portuguese people who came to Hawaii to work in the sugar cane fields etc...were from the Azores. Not from Portugal directly. Ironically my family are also Portuguese from the Azores, but they came to Northern California to settle and not Hawaii.

The Azores are about as far from Portugal as Hawaii is from the mainland U.S. Interesting fact.

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TY!
[info]romulus214
2007-12-19 07:28 am UTC (link)
Thank you-my other half 's family is from the Azores- so im familiarr with the Azoreans =)

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[info]maldito
2007-12-29 03:36 am UTC (link)
BTW, Hawaii's population of Portuguese, was about 50% - 50% when it comes to Azorean and Madeiran immigrants. My family came from Madeira.

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[info]haolegirl
2008-01-28 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Ditto. My Portuguese ancestors came from Madeira... not from the Azores.

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[info]coco_beans
2007-12-19 11:15 am UTC (link)
I grew up on Oahu. I didn't really notice a segregation of races as much as I found in other parts of the US. The portugese are everywhere, the culture blended into everything.
They first came to Hawaii to work in the sugar plantations. Therefore, I would just venture to guess that you'll find a stronger influence of their culture near old large plantations (Oahu).

I found it a lot easier to find CHINESE, PHILIPPINE, HAWAIIAN, JAPANESE, KOREAN, THAI, and VIETNAMESE food devoted restaurants everywhere I went.
Make sure you find a Leonard’s (bakery) for some malasadas (portugese doughnut). They have stands, but I like the actual bakery (on King st?) best. And, it's open 24 hours. Cream puffs are good there too.
Or, there's Agnes in Kailua.

You'll find almost any breakfast place will serve portugese sausage, eggs and rice. Even McDonald's! Though not at McDonalds, you can find some places make french toast with portugese sweet bread.
Clearly, those are not the most authentic portugese foods/dining experiences, but they are definitely "real Hawaii."




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[info]juan70x
2007-12-19 04:00 pm UTC (link)
There's not really a specific area with a general Portuguese population, but the influence can be found in everything from food to the music. There are places on Oahu like Pauoa and Kalihi that are known for having a healthy Portuguese population, but these areas are mixed as well, in terms of ethnicities.

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[info]maldito
2007-12-29 03:35 am UTC (link)
[info]juan70x pretty much covered the areas of the Portuguese. O'ahu is where they settled as well as Makawao on Maui and other areas of Maui but I know that there were a lot that settled in Makawao. For the Big Island, there were a lot in Hilo and in other areas of which the names I forgot. I believe there were some that went to Kauai too but I'd say Maui, Big Island and O'ahu had large concentrations of them. I have a book PORTUGUESE MEMOIRES or something like that and it lists families and the places they lived. The communities aren't as tight as they used to be at the turn of the last century b/c nowadays people have intermarried a lot more. So you'll find a lot of us with Portuguese ancestry, just some may be more into their culture than others. My ex co-worker was only b/c all 4 of her grandparents were Portuguese and I believe 2 of them were not born in Hawaii. One grandfather was from Madeira, the other from the Azores.

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[info]maldito
2007-12-29 03:39 am UTC (link)
Forgot to reply about the restaurants/bakeries. I know that once upon a time there was Leonard's Bakery of which I thought was strictly Portuguese, but even if it was, not sure if it still exists. As far as restaurants, none that I'm aware of unfortunately. Not sure why it doesn't exist. And when I say no restaurants, I'm speaking of Maui and O'ahu. I'm sure if it existed on the Big Island, my ex co-worker would've told me about it. But Portg. bakeries on the Big Island, not sure.

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[info]martiw
2008-01-09 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Cultures here are pretty much blended together - way more so than the mainland. But to try to answer your question... Makawao, lol. (Maui)

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